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Dover Crime Rate Report (New Jersey)

Dover crime statistics report an overall downward trend in crime based on data from 25 years with violent crime decreasing and property crime decreasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in Dover for 2026 is expected to be lower than in 2025.

The city violent crime rate for Dover in 2025 was lower than the national violent crime rate average by 74.31% and the city property crime rate in Dover was lower than the national property crime rate average by 62.99%.

In 2025 the city violent crime rate in Dover was lower than the violent crime rate in New Jersey by 56.58% and the city property crime rate in Dover was lower than the property crime rate in New Jersey by 54.54%.

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

Dover Crime Statistics
Summary Report

2025 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault11
Arson0
Burglary6
Larceny and Theft90
Motor Vehicle Theft12
Murder and Manslaughter0
Rape1
Robbery4
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)148
Property Crime108
Violent Crime16
2026 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault20
Arson1
Burglary0
Larceny and Theft67
Motor Vehicle Theft11
Murder and Manslaughter0
Rape4
Robbery3
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)118
Property Crime78
Violent Crime28

Property and Violent Crime Totals

Dover Property Crime

Dover Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

Dover Crime 2025

Dover Crime 2026

City versus State versus National Crime Comparison

Dover Property Crime vs. State and National Comparison

Dover Violent Crime vs. State and National Comparison
* The source of actual data on this Dover, New Jersey 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 Dover crime report data for 2026 was projected from 25 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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