| | Dover, DE | Philadelphia, PA | United States |
| | 37.5 | 50.8 | 22.7 |
| | 69.9 | 46.6 | 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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I’m originally from New York City, then lived in a small city in upstate New York for eight years, then moved down to Philadelphia and have lived here for many years. More
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