Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Wilmington, DE Crime Grade
How Wilmington grades for violent crime against every other reporting U.S. city — and against the rest of Delaware — based on the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting data.
National
10/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Delaware
9/10
vs. Delaware cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Wilmington, DE was 1146.8 per 100,000 residents (846 incidents over a population of 73,773). That puts Wilmington Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 235% above the Delaware statewide rate of 342.6.
That ranks Wilmington #3,714 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 2% of them, and #6 of 6 in Delaware. Violent crime is roughly flat year over year and down 21% over the last five years.
Wilmington, DE crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (10/10)
- Delaware Grade
- F (9/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 1146.8 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,714 of 3,771
- DE rank
- #6 of 6
- Safer than
- 2% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- roughly flat
- 5-year change
- down 21%
- Population
- 73,773
- Reporting agency
- Wilmington Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Wilmington Police Department (FBI ORI DE0020600) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Wilmington, DE
Also known as
- Fort Altena
- Christinahamn
- Willington
- Fort Christina
- Willingtown
- Walmington
Name history sourced from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) — public-domain federal geographic-names data.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Wilmington (red), Delaware (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Wilmington vs. U.S., 2025 — by offense
Rates per 100,000 residents for each offense category.
Full data, last 5 years
Rates per 100,000 residents. Raw counts in parentheses.
| Offense | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 1458.8(1,026) | 1200.7(848) | 1310.9(943) | 1138.2(819) | 1146.8(846) |
| Murder | 55.5(39) | 25.5(18) | 20.9(15) | 34.7(25) | 27.1(20) |
| Rape | 17.1(12) | 17.0(12) | 11.1(8) | 8.3(6) | 8.1(6) |
| Robbery | 315.7(222) | 304.4(215) | 329.5(237) | 254.3(183) | 268.4(198) |
| Aggravated assault | 1070.7(753) | 853.8(603) | 949.5(683) | 840.8(605) | 843.1(622) |
| Property crime | 3644.2(2,563) | 3385.5(2,391) | 3629.7(2,611) | 3179.6(2,288) | 2865.5(2,114) |
| Burglary | 668.3(470) | 593.3(419) | 490.7(353) | 489.2(352) | 489.3(361) |
| Larceny | 2351.7(1,654) | 2224.4(1,571) | 2195.1(1,579) | 2017.8(1,452) | 1785.2(1,317) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 619.9(436) | 565.0(399) | 943.9(679) | 669.8(482) | 588.3(434) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Wilmington, DE Crime Grade?
- FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- What metric does the Wilmington Crime Grade use?
- Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- How is the national decile for Wilmington calculated?
- Wilmington's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- How is the Delaware state decile calculated?
- Same calculation restricted to Delaware cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- How do decile scores convert to a letter grade?
- 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- How often is the Wilmington Crime Grade refreshed?
- Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- What are the limits of this Crime Grade?
- The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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