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.
| 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 |