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Violent crimes in Delaware

Violent crimes in Delaware was 3,677 in 2025, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program. That is down 5% from 2024. That is the 43rd highest of 51 states in 2025.

2025, count3,677
Change on 2024-5%
Rank43rd of 51US states ranked
Series high6,1872008
Series low2,6711984

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Violent crimes in Delaware, 1979 to 2025

2,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,00019791986199320002007201420251979: 3,127 count1980: 2,824 count1981: 3,044 count1982: 3,370 count1983: 2,746 count1984: 2,671 count1985: 2,695 count1986: 2,703 count1987: 2,774 count1988: 2,981 count1989: 3,745 count1990: 4,365 count1991: 4,857 count1992: 4,280 count1993: 4,801 count1994: 4,549 count1995: 5,198 count1996: 4,845 count1997: 5,753 count1998: 5,672 count1999: 5,534 count2000: 5,363 count2001: 4,868 count2002: 4,836 count2003: 5,525 count2004: 5,105 count2005: 5,332 count2006: 5,983 count2007: 6,100 count2008: 6,187 count2009: 5,713 count2010: 5,608 count2011: 5,144 count2012: 5,048 count2013: 4,633 count2014: 4,568 count2015: 4,760 count2016: 4,859 count2017: 4,377 count2018: 4,079 count2019: 4,128 count2020: 4,262 count2021: 4,212 count2022: 3,996 count2023: 4,084 count2024: 3,870 count2025: 3,677 count2,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,00019791995201120251979: 3,127 count1980: 2,824 count1981: 3,044 count1982: 3,370 count1983: 2,746 count1984: 2,671 count1985: 2,695 count1986: 2,703 count1987: 2,774 count1988: 2,981 count1989: 3,745 count1990: 4,365 count1991: 4,857 count1992: 4,280 count1993: 4,801 count1994: 4,549 count1995: 5,198 count1996: 4,845 count1997: 5,753 count1998: 5,672 count1999: 5,534 count2000: 5,363 count2001: 4,868 count2002: 4,836 count2003: 5,525 count2004: 5,105 count2005: 5,332 count2006: 5,983 count2007: 6,100 count2008: 6,187 count2009: 5,713 count2010: 5,608 count2011: 5,144 count2012: 5,048 count2013: 4,633 count2014: 4,568 count2015: 4,760 count2016: 4,859 count2017: 4,377 count2018: 4,079 count2019: 4,128 count2020: 4,262 count2021: 4,212 count2022: 3,996 count2023: 4,084 count2024: 3,870 count2025: 3,677 count
count. Source: FBI, FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: violent crime. Retrieved 2026-10-18, published 2026-08-14.
All 47 values
Periodcount
20253,677
20243,870
20234,084
20223,996
20214,212
20204,262
20194,128
20184,079
20174,377
20164,859
20154,760
20144,568
20134,633
20125,048
20115,144
20105,608
20095,713
20086,187
20076,100
20065,983
20055,332
20045,105
20035,525
20024,836
20014,868
20005,363
19995,534
19985,672
19975,753
19964,845
19955,198
19944,549
19934,801
19924,280
19914,857
19904,365
19893,745
19882,981
19872,774
19862,703
19852,695
19842,671
19832,746
19823,370
19813,044
19802,824
19793,127

Compared with United States

Place2025
Delaware3,677
United States1,119,768

Delaware compared with nearby places

Alabama: 18,090 countAlaska: 5,377 countArizona: 28,814 countArkansas: 16,564 countCalifornia: 170,300 countColorado: 25,353 countConnecticut: 4,043 countDelaware: 3,677 countDistrict of Columbia: 5,570 countFlorida: 61,203 countGeorgia: 33,554 countHawaii: 2,938 countIdaho: 4,410 countIllinois: 31,924 countIndiana: 17,737 countIowa: 7,574 countKansas: 13,613 countKentucky: 9,770 countLouisiana: 23,788 countMaine: 1,319 countMaryland: 22,432 countMassachusetts: 21,657 countMichigan: 42,157 countMinnesota: 13,031 countMississippi: 6,704 countMissouri: 26,196 countMontana: 4,797 countNebraska: 4,408 countNevada: 12,445 countNew Hampshire: 1,664 countNew Jersey: 18,508 countNew Mexico: 13,213 countNew York: 73,681 countNorth Carolina: 36,991 countNorth Dakota: 1,903 countOhio: 32,796 countOklahoma: 16,810 countOregon: 13,300 countPennsylvania: 29,613 countRhode Island: 1,606 countSouth Carolina: 21,590 countSouth Dakota: 2,875 countTennessee: 36,014 countTexas: 109,357 countUtah: 8,340 countVermont: 1,382 countVirginia: 18,284 countWashington: 22,715 countWest Virginia: 4,269 countWisconsin: 14,353 countWyoming: 1,059 count
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  • 33K and over
Violent crimes, 2025, count. Delaware is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

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Definition

Estimated number of violent crimes: murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, rape, robbery and aggravated assault known to law enforcement. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program.

Rape is counted under the revised definition from 2013 and the legacy definition before. FBI estimates for the whole population: agencies that did not report, or reported part of the year, are filled in by the FBI. The FBI revises earlier years in each annual release, and from 2021 the estimates are built from incident-based (NIBRS) reports. The national series has no values for 2017 to 2020 in the FBI estimates file.

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Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer. FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: violent crime. https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/downloads. Retrieved 2026-10-18.

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Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program. (2026). FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: violent crime (Violent crimes, Delaware, 1979 to 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 18, 2026, from https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/downloads

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FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: violent crime, Violent crimes, Delaware, 1979 to 2025. Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program, 14 Aug. 2026, https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/downloads. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/violent-crimes/delaware. Accessed 18 Oct. 2026.

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Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program. 2026. FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: violent crime. Violent crimes, Delaware, 1979 to 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 18, 2026. https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/downloads. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/violent-crimes/delaware.

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Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program (2026) FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: violent crime, Violent crimes, Delaware, 1979 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/downloads, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/violent-crimes/delaware (Accessed: 18 October 2026).

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  title = {{FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: violent crime: Violent crimes, Delaware, 1979 to 2025}},
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What is the violent crimes in Delaware?

Violent crimes in Delaware was 3,677 in 2025, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program. That is down 5% from 2024. That is the 43rd highest of 51 states in 2025.

Where does this figure come from?

Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program. FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: violent crime. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-18.

What was the highest violent crimes in Delaware?

6,187 in 2008, the highest value since 1979 in this series.

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