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Lewes Crime Rate Report (Delaware)

Lewes crime statistics report an overall downward trend in crime based on data from 21 years with violent crime increasing and property crime decreasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in Lewes for 2026 is expected to be lower than in 2025.

The city violent crime rate for Lewes in 2025 was higher than the national violent crime rate average by 12.33% and the city property crime rate in Lewes was lower than the national property crime rate average by 43.48%.

In 2025 the city violent crime rate in Lewes was higher than the violent crime rate in Delaware by 6.09% and the city property crime rate in Lewes was lower than the property crime rate in Delaware by 44.36%.

Property and Violent Crime
Lewes Property Crime vs. State and National Per Capita
Lewes Violent Crime vs. State and National Per Capita

Lewes Crime Statistics
Summary Report

2025 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault13
Arson0
Burglary4
Larceny and Theft28
Motor Vehicle Theft1
Murder and Manslaughter0
Rape1
Robbery0
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)40
Property Crime33
Violent Crime14
2026 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault10
Arson0
Burglary0
Larceny and Theft18
Motor Vehicle Theft1
Murder and Manslaughter0
Rape1
Robbery0
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)26
Property Crime19
Violent Crime11

Property and Violent Crime Totals

Lewes Property Crime

Lewes Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

Lewes Crime 2025

Lewes Crime 2026

City versus State versus National Crime Comparison

Lewes Property Crime vs. State and National Comparison

Lewes Violent Crime vs. State and National Comparison
* The source of actual data on this Lewes, Delaware crime rate report is the FBI Report of Offenses Known to Law Enforcement for the corresponding year or years. Arson numbers are reported inconsistently. Zero values may indicate the data was not available. The projected crime rate data displayed above was generated from the trends found in the years of actual reported crime data on file. In this case, the Lewes crime report data for 2026 was projected from 21 years of actual data. The last year of actual available crime data, as reported above, was 2025.

The FBI cautions the data users against comparing yearly statistical data solely on the basis of their population coverage. The comparisons made herein are thus, only meaningful upon further examination of all variables that affect crime in each reported city, state or other reported jurisdicition.



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