Camden, DE Crime


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Crime in Camden, DE is higher than the national average in both violent and property crime categories. Specifically, the violent crime rate in Camden is 18.4 while the US average is 22.7 and the property crime rate in Camden is 92.4 while the US average is 35.4. This means that residents of Camden are more likely to be affected by violent or property crimes than people living elsewhere in the U.S., so extra caution should be taken when visiting or living in this area. It also suggests that further study should be done to understand why Camden has such a high rate of violent and property crimes compared to other parts of the country.

Crime is ranked on a scale of 1 (low crime) to 100 (high crime)

Camden violent crime is 18.4. (The US average is 22.7)
Camden property crime is 92.4. (The US average is 35.4)

NOTE: Click on the links below to see charts for each crime category.
 Violent Crimes  - Murder  Rape  Robbery  Assault
 Property Crimes  - Burglary  Larceny  Auto Theft
Camden, DE Crime History
*Closest City
Year Violent Murder Rape Robbery Assault Property Burglary Larceny Auto
2001515.5046.9140.63283936.3843.52764.8328
2002600.7000600.73373.4739.42403231.1
2003667.300222.4444.86672.6756.25694222.4
2004457.5045.7137.2274.56175.7731.95352.291.5
2005669.6089.3133.9446.45803.66255089.389.3
2006606.6086.7130389.97322.4606.66455.8260
2007603.9040.3201.3362.37045.1603.96320.5120.8
2008582.80155.4116.6310.87031.9505.16332.6194.3
2009801.2038.2267.149611407.9572.310721.1114.5
2010529.9075.7189.32658592378.57986.4227.1
2011314.40085.7228.66401.8400.15858.8142.9
2012477.8028.1140.5309.28291.2505.97729.156.2
2013199.1028.485.385.37935.22567622.356.9
2014312.7028.428.4255.88840.3312.78442.385.3
2015340028.385226.76460.8283.46064113.3
2016398.6028.5170.8199.35580.9142.45381.556.9
2017458.200200.5257.75183.3200.54982.80
2018343.20085.8257.44146.4114.43974.857.2
2019142.60575728.54933199.64647.885.5

   Crime in Nearby Cities
City Violent
per 100k
Property
per 100k
Pop. Miles Data
Year
Wyoming, DE255.61,469.61,40012019
Dover, DE870.75,362.237,40242019
Viola, DE0.00.017052017
Felton, DE140.81,197.21,35172019
Frederica, DE119.3358.066182017
   Crime in Similar Size Cities
City Violent
per 100k
Property
per 100k
Pop. Miles Data
Year
Wyoming, DE255.61,469.61,40012019
Viola, DE0.00.017052017
Felton, DE140.81,197.21,35172019
Frederica, DE119.3358.066182017
Cheswold, DE366.11,647.333382019

   Visualize the relationship between violent and property crime in similar size cities.

   Crime by Location

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As of 5/11, Sperling now lists the crime ratings for Camden, DE for Violent Crime as well as Property Crime at "2" versus the rating of "9" last year. Thank you  More

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The crime ratings for Camden, DE here on Sperling are obviously listed in error. Sperling lists the property crime for Camden, DE at "9", while their property crime  More

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I logged on to this site to see if I could find out more about Camden for a badge that my Girl Scout troop is working on. I was disappointed to see that there was only  More

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