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Delaware Crime Statistics for 2005

With a total population of 843,524, Delaware had a total crime index of 31,577 or 1 crime for every 26.71 people.

Of which 16,89% (5,332) were of a violent nature while 83.11% (26,245) were crimes against property.

Violent Crimes
Murders	37
Forced Rape	377
Robbery	1,306
Aggravated Assault	3,612

Crimes Against Property
Burglary	5,811
Larceny & Theft	18,085
Vehicle Theft	2,349

Crime Rank based on number of crimes per capita	#24
Safety Rank based on number of violent crimes per capita	#45

*States are ranked from #1 (best) to #51 (worst) for each of the 50 states, including District of Columbia.

Year	Population	Crimes (total)	Violent Crimes (total)	Murder	Rape	Robbery	Assault	Property Crimes (total)	Burglary	Theft (larceny)	Theft (vehicle)
2004	830,069	32,361	5,105	28	357	1,343	3,377	27,256	5,669	19,285	2,302
2003	818,166	33,468	5,525	21	370	1,441	3,693	27,943	6,066	18,933	2,944
2002	805,945	31,803	4,836	26	358	1,154	3,298	26,967	5,355	18,555	3,057
2001	796,599	32,267	4,868	23	420	1,156	3,269	27,399	5,144	19,476	2,779
2000	783,600	35,090	5,363	25	424	1,394	3,520	29,727	5,216	21,360	3,151
1999	753,538	36,456	5,534	24	529	1,492	3,489	30,922	5,245	22,634	3,043
1998	744,000	39,902	5,672	21	499	1,445	3,707	34,230	6,395	24,649	3,186
1997	732,000	37,612	4,962	18	476	1,314	3,154	32,650	5,620	23,312	3,718
1996	725,000	35,488	4,845	31	454	1,304	3,056	30,643	5,830	21,665	3,148
1995	717,000	36,988	5,198	25	575	1,425	3,173	31,790	6,491	22,329	2,970
1994	706,000	34,520	4,549	33	546	1,141	2,829	29,271	6,198	20,828	2,945
1993	700,000	34,105	4,801	35	539	1,307	2,920	29,304	6,244	20,853	2,207
1992	689,000	33,406	4,280	32	591	1,042	2,615	29,126	6,598	20,419	2,109
1991	680,000	39,912	4,857	37	588	1,460	2,772	35,055	7,668	24,836	2,551
1990	666,168	35,709	4,365	33	587	1,098	2,647	31,344	6,465	21,922	2,957