| | Dover, DE | Lancaster, PA | United States |
| | 37.5 | 41.3 | 22.7 |
| | 69.9 | 54.1 | 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 Lancaster 
14 Reviews
Lancaster is really nice in some parts, but it seems like the further away you get from downtown the worse it gets. I grew up around Saint Joseph and manor and saw More
I was there last weekend and was extremely favorably impressed. The only hesitation, and question, I have about the place is the high crime rate. It is hard to tell from More
Lancaster is the nation's oldest inland city located in central PA amid Amish farmlands. Walkable and soon to be bike friendly, it offers a variety of great restaurants More
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