Table 8

DELAWARE
Offenses Known to Law Enforcement
by State by City, 2005

City	Population	Violent crime	Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter	Forcible rape	Robbery	Aggravated assault	Property crime	Burglary	Larceny-theft	Motor vehicle theft	Arson¹
Bethany Beach	951	1	0	0	0	1	134	17	116	1	1
Blades	1,007	4	0	0	0	4	25	4	20	1	0
Bridgeville	1,585	12	0	0	2	10	12	4	7	1	0
Camden	2,240	15	0	2	3	10	130	14	114	2	0
Cheswold	340	4	0	1	0	3	18	7	11	0	0
Clayton	1,360	4	0	0	0	4	18	7	10	1	0
Dagsboro	557	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Delaware City	1,529	5	0	0	0	5	26	4	21	1	0
Delmar	1,492	5	0	0	1	4	60	12	46	2	0
Dewey Beach	314	17	0	4	3	10	46	3	42	1	0
Dover	34,151	207	2	13	40	152	1,642	93	1,434	115	8
Ellendale	346	0	0	0	0	0	7	2	5	0	1
Elsmere	5,813	37	0	1	7	29	180	52	109	19	0
Felton	830	8	0	1	1	6	25	10	12	3	0
Fenwick Island	361	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	1	0
Georgetown	4,928	95	0	10	28	57	246	61	176	9	0
Greenwood	890	0	0	0	0	0	34	5	24	5	0
Harrington	3,229	22	0	1	4	17	133	30	93	10	0
Laurel	3,854	39	0	7	8	24	180	53	124	3	0
Lewes	3,141	7	0	2	4	1	70	16	51	3	0
Milford	7,200	115	0	7	12	96	491	74	396	21	2
Millsboro	2,520	28	0	4	2	22	130	29	94	7	0
Milton	1,804	18	0	2	0	16	86	34	52	0	1
Newark	30,294	160	1	18	48	93	1,088	197	806	85	9
New Castle	4,917	38	0	2	14	22	279	33	231	15	1
Newport	1,129	6	0	1	2	3	72	17	44	11	1
Ocean View	1,098	3	0	0	0	3	34	14	19	1	1
Rehoboth Beach	1,568	15	0	1	7	7	215	32	180	3	1
Seaford	7,049	60	1	4	8	47	384	61	308	15	1
Selbyville	1,751	6	0	0	1	5	39	4	35	0	1
Smyrna	6,916	37	0	4	7	26	251	41	189	21	0
South Bethany	518	2	0	0	0	2	7	0	7	0	0
Wilmington	73,938	1,049	12	27	433	577	3,434	817	2,104	513	8
Wyoming	1,164	6	0	0	0	6	29	5	24	0	1

¹ The FBI does not publish arson data unless it receives data from either the agency or the state for all 12 months of the calendar year.

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