| | Dover, DE | Wilmington, DE | United States |
| | 37.5 | 80.1 | 22.7 |
| | 69.9 | 68.7 | 35.4 |
The Crime Indices range from 1 (low crime) to 100 (high crime). Our crime rates are based on FBI data.
YOU SHOULD KNOW
Violent crime is composed of four offenses: murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, forcible rape, robbery, and aggravated assault.
Property crime includes the offenses of burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft, and arson. The object of the theft-type offenses is the taking of money or property, but there is no force or threat of force against the victims.
| Cities with the Least Crime Near Dover, Delaware | Crime Index |
| Viola, DE | 5.5 |
| Kenton, DE | 6.6 |
| Frederica, DE | 10.5 |
| Clayton, DE | 17.1 |
| Wyoming, DE | 22.4 |
| Cheswold, DE | 23.2 |
| Felton, DE | 23.3 |
| Riverview, DE | 29.2 |
| Highland Acres, DE | 36.4 |
| Houston, DE | 37.6 |
Key points are "an excellent quality of life and a low crime rate" as well as low taxes. Delaware attracts the highest percentage of retirees, plus people of all other More
Dover, DE is a great placed to live. I work at OCEAN, which is a non profit organization that sponsors high school exchange students. We had foreign students reside in More
Dover, like any town other than Newark, is very unsophisticated, boring, unfriendly, and uneducated. I've resided in many states and Delaware will be the state that I More
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Reviews for Wilmington 
18 Reviews
I'm ready to get away from this whole state, once and for all! There are no real jobs here. The cost of living is getting entirely too high, as well as the crime. More
can anyone offer information on the Park Plaza, 1100 Lovering Ave, More
When we sold our house in the burbs and downsized to a condo in Wilmington all our friends thought we were nuts. What about the crime? Well, we've been here for a year More
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