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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

Katie Sinclair

Missing: Jul 10, 1993
Katie Faye Sinclair, 53, was last seen on the evening of July 10, 1993, in Dewey Beach, Delaware. Sh ...Read More

Jennifer Atherton

Missing: Nov 05, 2012
Jennifer Dawn Atherton, a 30-year-old woman from Wilmington, Delaware, was last seen on November 5, ...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

Bruce Weaver

Missing: Oct 09, 2008
Bruce Robert Weaver, 50 years old, was last seen on October 9, 2008, when he went fishing with five ...Read More

Sheila Doyle

Missing: Jun 15, 2020
Sheila Rae Doyle, age 66, was last seen at her summer home in the Salt Pond subdivision of Bethany B ...Read More

Michael Scully

Missing: Nov 21, 1986
Michael Joseph Scully, 25, went missing on November 21, 1986, from New Castle County, Delaware. Scul ...Read More

Damond Emory

Missing: Feb 27, 1996
Damond Reginald Emory, a 22-year-old from Wilmington, Delaware, was last seen in the early hours of ...Read More

William Perez, Sr.

Missing: Oct 02, 1990
William Perez Sr., 27, was last seen on October 2, 1990, in Wilmington, Delaware. He had called his ...Read More

Ronald Wilkins

Missing: Jan 01, 2009
Ronald Howard Wilkins, a 57-year-old man from Blades, Delaware, was last seen on January 1, 2009, ar ...Read More

George Harris

Missing: Jan 06, 2006
George Michael Harris, a 57-year-old man from St. Georges, Delaware, went missing on January 6, 2006 ...Read More
Featured Delaware Murder Cases

Nicholas Davis

Murdered: Feb 20, 2022
On February 20, 2022, Nicholas Davis, a 31-year-old man from Seaford, Delaware, was found dead under ...Read More

Hilda Donaway

Murdered: Dec 22, 2021
On December 22, 2021, at approximately 6:18 p.m., Delaware State Police responded to a reported shoo ...Read More

Brandon Brinkley

Murdered: Dec 06, 2008
On December 6, 2008, 25-year-old Brandon Brinkley was shot in Wilmington, Delaware, in the 2700 bloc ...Read More

Hassan Brown

Murdered: Sep 07, 2015
On September 7, 2015, 25-year-old Hassan Uhuru Brown was fatally shot in Wilmington, Delaware. Offic ...Read More

Damar Smith

Murdered: Sep 14, 2020
Damar Martrice Smith, born on December 26, 1992, in Wilmington, Delaware, was the son of Ursula Smit ...Read More

Lymond Moses

Murdered: Jan 13, 2021
Lymond Moses, a 30-year-old man from Wilmington, Delaware, tragically lost his life on January 13, 2 ...Read More

Marell Lowe

Murdered: Aug 14, 2022
Marell Lowe, a 19-year-old from Wilmington, Delaware, was fatally shot on August 14, 2022, marking t ...Read More

Tyrone Sampson

Murdered: Mar 30, 2019
Tyrone Sampson, a 35-year-old man from Dover, Delaware, was tragically killed on March 30, 2019. The ...Read More

Herbert Haynes

Murdered: Aug 09, 1900
On the night of August 9, 1900, Herbert "Hub" Haynes, a 52-year-old policeman serving the town of Cl ...Read More

Terrance Jeremiah RiShea Frisby

Murdered: Feb 27, 2023
Terrance Jeremiah Ri’Shea Frisby, a 20-year-old from Georgetown, Delaware, was fatally shot on Feb ...Read More

Jameir Robinson

Murdered: May 13, 2018
In the early hours of May 13, 2018, a tragic incident unfolded on Mitscher Road in Dover, Delaware, ...Read More