Delaware, OH carries a PlainCrime A safety grade with violent crime 58% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Delaware, OH shows violent crime at 146.6 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 989.9 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 58% below the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade A from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
A safety grade
146.6/100K violent
989.9/100K property
-58% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Delaware, OH
Comparable rate records
Delaware's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Ohio cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Delaware's 146.6 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Miamisburg (146.6), Hicksville (146.2), Fairfield Township (147.9), Ontario (150.4). These are same-year agency submissions that pass the same completeness screen, not a claim that the cities have identical conditions. They make the cohort position above checkable against named records instead of a generic state average.
Position in the state cohort
Delaware sits mid-pack among comparable Ohio cities
At 146.6 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Delaware ranks 132 of 340 — above 208 of the 339 other Ohio cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +29.7% against the cohort median of 113.1. Cities that did not report, or that reported implausibly low totals, are excluded from this cohort rather than counted as low-crime.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window higher
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 135.5 per 100,000 in 2020 to 146.6 in 2024 (+8.2%). The highest observed value was 208.7 in 2023 and the lowest 43.7 in 2021. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property counts dominate Delaware's FBI UCR Table 8 municipal row. Per-100,000 rates use the reporting-year population on that row; cities that fail the completeness test stay out of rate rankings. A citywide figure rarely describes any single neighbourhood inside the municipal boundary.
Mid-size municipal totals above are reported offenses, not safety advice for any single block. Reporting completeness still varies by year and agency.
Delaware's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 20.2 Census sq mi, Delaware logged 22.7 property and 3.4 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Delaware's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (76% of 527 offenses; mix index 5,887).
Violent offenses are only 13% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (20.2 sq mi); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.
Violent rate moved most (2023→2024)
Violent Crime Rate
-29.8%
208.7 → 146.6/100K
Property Crime Rate
+18%
839.2 → 989.9/100K
Property offenses lead Delaware's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
Property Crime
459
989.9
1711
Larceny-Theft
399
860.5
-
Burglary
34
73.3
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
26
56.1
-
Arson
5
10.8
-
Violent Crime
68
146.6
352
Aggravated Assault
47
101.4
-
Rape
13
28
-
Robbery
7
15.1
-
Murder
1
2.2
-
Delaware Crime Trend (2020-2024)
The chart omits 2021 rather than drawing an unsupported zero or partial-coverage dip. The table preserves the year and marks the gap.
Delaware property crime rate trend
Lead series · rose across 4 comparable years · FBI UCR
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Delaware Police Department
Reporting agency for Delaware NIBRS-participating
Delaware Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Delaware's 527 reported offenses (4-year span 2020-2024, with internal gaps).
This agency reports via NIBRS, the incident-based system that captures more detail per offense (multiple crimes per incident, victim/offender data) than the older summary counts.
Similar-Size Cities in Ohio
Crime rates read differently at different scales, so these are the Ohio cities closest to Delaware in population. Their populations run from 43,853 to 48,784, against 46,369 here. Or use our
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In 2024, Delaware reported 68 violent crimes and 459 property crimes, for a total of 527 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Delaware?
From 2023 to 2024, Delaware's violent crime rate decreased by 29.8%, and the property crime rate increased by 18%.
What is the most common crime in Delaware?
The most common crime type in Delaware is larceny-theft, accounting for 75.7% of all reported crimes (399 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Delaware figures are FBI UCR CIUS Table 8 (vintage 2024), population-adjusted per 100,000.
Denominators are the reporting-year population on the municipal row. Incomplete years are dropped from rankings. Confirm at FBI Crime Data Explorer and Census.gov QuickFacts.
Disclaimer (mid-size municipal): figures are informational, not advice. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program is the source. Consult a professional before decisions.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 Delaware, OH rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.