Delaware

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In 2022, 384 violent crime incidents per 100,000 residents were reported to police in Delaware. This is 30 percent lower than the violent crime rate in 2012.

The crime rate in Delaware in 2022 was 1 percent higher than the United States average.

In 2022, 32 percent of violent crimes reported to police in Delaware were not solved. This is 4 percentage points lower than the unsolved rate in 2012.

  • Capital:  Dover
  • Population:  1,935,934
  • Area:  6,446 sq mi
  • Violent Crime Rank:  21st
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Featured Delaware Missing Cases

Richard Vickers

Missing: Apr 06, 1998
Richard Lee Vickers, age 38, was last seen on April 6, 1998, in the Millsboro, Delaware area. He was ...Read More

Lynn Deibert

Missing: Feb 04, 2007
Lynn Sherwood Deibert, a 53-year-old federal ship pilot, went missing on February 4, 2007, off the c ...Read More

Mark Potts

Missing: May 11, 2009
Mark Wade Potts, 44, was last seen on May 11, 2010, in Claymont, Delaware. He lived in the 2900 bloc ...Read More

Benjamin Archer

Missing: Mar 02, 2016
Benjamin Morse Archer, a 32-year-old from Delaware City, Delaware, was last seen on March 2, 2016. O ...Read More

Janteyl Johnson

Missing: Feb 03, 2010
Janteyl Johnson, a 15-year-old from Newark, Delaware, disappeared on February 3, 2010. She was five ...Read More

Donna Urban

Missing: Feb 07, 1983
Donna Lee Urban, 23, disappeared on February 7, 1983, after she reportedly stopped her car in the no ...Read More

Marion Morton

Missing: Dec 30, 1937
Marion Alice Morton, 53, disappeared on December 30, 1937, from Georgetown, Delaware. She had been l ...Read More

Paul Worsham

Missing: Jul 23, 2007
Paul Cecil Worsham, age 82, was last seen on July 23, 2007, leaving his home in Wyoming, Delaware, a ...Read More

Joel Thompson, Jr.

Missing: Apr 26, 2010
Joel G. Thompson Jr., 48, an avid fisherman from Lewes, Delaware, disappeared on April 26, 2010. Tha ...Read More

Nefertiri Trader

Missing: Jun 29, 2014
Nefertiri Renise Trader, a 33-year-old mother of three, was last seen on June 29, 2014, in the Saddl ...Read More
Featured Delaware Murder Cases

Phillip Woody

Murdered: Mar 23, 2003
On March 23, 2003, 18-year-old Phillip Woody was shot and killed in Wilmington, Delaware. Police res ...Read More

Richard Benitez

Murdered: Oct 29, 2002
On October 29, 2002, 25-year-old Richard Benitez was found fatally shot on Lancaster Avenue in Wilmi ...Read More

Samantha Neuwein

Murdered: Jul 12, 2013
On July 12, 2013, 35-year-old Samantha Neuwein was found brutally attacked in her apartment on Shipl ...Read More

Carmen Rodriguez

Murdered: Jul 09, 2000
On the morning of July 9, 2000, the body of 28-year-old Carmen Rodriguez was found near a park bench ...Read More

Tajuane Helton

Murdered: Mar 08, 2017
On March 8, 2017, Tajuane Helton, a 39-year-old Wilmington, Delaware resident, was found shot to dea ...Read More

Jordan Ellerbe

Murdered: Jan 23, 2015
On January 23, 2015, 16-year-old Jordan Ellerbe was shot and killed while sitting on a porch in Wilm ...Read More

Jose Hernandez

Murdered: Jul 24, 2010
On July 24, 2010, 29-year-old Jose Hernandez was shot and killed in Wilmington, Delaware. Police wer ...Read More

Michael Parker

Murdered: Dec 21, 2020
Michael Parker, a 46-year-old Wilmington, Delaware resident, was tragically shot and killed on Decem ...Read More

Aaron Flowers

Murdered: Apr 11, 2008
Aaron Flowers, a 19-year-old from Newark, Delaware, was fatally shot on April 11, 2008, in Wilmingto ...Read More

Janeal Jones

Murdered: Aug 08, 2013
Janeal Jones, a 33-year-old woman from Wilmington, Delaware, was found dead on August 8, 2013, in a ...Read More

Anthony Newman

Murdered: Jun 12, 2012
On June 12, 2012, 16-year-old Anthony Newman was shot in the head while standing at the corner of 10 ...Read More