Table 8

DELAWARE
Offenses Known to Law Enforcement
by State by City, 2007
City Population Violent
crime
Murder and
nonnegligent
manslaughter
Forcible
rape
Robbery Aggravated
assault
Property
crime
Burglary Larceny-
theft
Motor
vehicle
theft
Arson1
Bethany Beach 947 3 0 0 0 3 142 9 133 0 0
Blades 1,006 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 3 0 0
Bridgeville 1,597 20 0 0 4 16 64 13 50 1 0
Camden 2,484 15 0 1 5 9 175 15 157 3 1
Cheswold 460 3 0 0 2 1 22 6 15 1 0
Clayton 1,438 4 0 0 0 4 33 6 25 2 0
Dagsboro 566 0 0 0 0 0 26 4 21 1 0
Delaware City 1,520 4 0 1 1 2 63 21 36 6 0
Delmar 1,498 5 0 0 1 4 61 14 47 0 0
Dewey Beach 313 17 0 1 0 16 53 11 42 0 0
Dover 35,133 277 1 16 62 198 1,861 111 1,625 125 11
Ellendale 348 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Elsmere 5,721 54 1 2 13 38 190 41 118 31 0
Felton 857 2 0 0 0 2 14 4 10 0 0
Fenwick Island 359 1 0 0 0 1 14 1 13 0 0
Georgetown 4,964 94 1 8 42 43 243 81 152 10 0
Greenwood 891 2 0 0 0 2 19 7 12 0 0
Harrington 3,276 28 0 3 4 21 125 46 72 7 0
Laurel 3,842 72 0 8 22 42 174 26 138 10 1
Lewes 3,137 2 0 0 1 1 56 24 32 0 0
Milford 7,995 95 0 3 18 74 487 78 388 21 0
Millsboro 2,532 24 0 0 1 23 146 26 117 3 0
Milton 1,803 15 0 2 5 8 94 38 53 3 0
Newark 30,158 180 0 10 60 110 1,083 200 814 69 7
New Castle 4,960 23 0 0 5 18 257 35 210 12 0
Newport 1,106 7 0 0 4 3 51 16 32 3 0
Ocean View 1,109 4 0 2 0 2 31 12 18 1 0
Rehoboth Beach 1,562 15 0 0 4 11 245 49 194 2 0
Seaford 7,121 78 1 2 28 47 414 97 302 15 0
Selbyville 1,761 8 0 0 1 7 67 22 44 1 0
Smyrna 8,185 45 0 4 8 33 292 49 231 12 0
South Bethany 516 1 0 0 0 1 13 1 12 0 0
Wilmington 72,842 1,230 11 30 593 596 3,388 954 1,913 521 5
Wyoming 1,311 3 0 1 0 2 25 8 16 1 0

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