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Middletown, DE crime analytics

Source & Methodology

Analytics built by:   Location, Inc.

Raw data sources:   18,000 local law enforcement agencies in the U.S.

Date(s) & Update Frequency:   Reflects 2021 calendar year; released from FBI in Oct. 2022 (latest available). Updated annually. Where is 2022 data?

Methodology:   Our nationwide meta-analysis overcomes the issues inherent in any crime database, including non-reporting and reporting errors. This is possible by associating the 9.4 million reported crimes in the U.S, including over 2 million geocoded point locations…. Read more about Scout's Crime Data

The crime rate in Middletown is considerably higher than the national average across all communities in America from the largest to the smallest, although at 30 crimes per one thousand residents, it is not among the communities with the very highest crime rate. The chance of becoming a victim of either violent or property crime in Middletown is 1 in 34. Based on FBI crime data, Middletown is not one of the safest communities in America. Relative to Delaware, Middletown has a crime rate that is higher than 69% of the state's cities and towns of all sizes.

Importantly, when you compare Middletown to other communities of similar population, then Middletown crime rate (violent and property crimes combined) is quite a bit higher than average. Regardless of how Middletown does relative to all communities in America of all sizes, when NeighborhoodScout compared it to communities of similar population size, its crime rate per thousand residents stands out as higher than most.

Now let us turn to take a look at how Middletown does for violent crimes specifically, and then how it does for property crimes. This is important because the overall crime rate can be further illuminated by understanding if violent crime or property crimes (or both) are the major contributors to the general rate of crime in Middletown.

From our analysis, we discovered that violent crime in Middletown occurs at a rate higher than in most communities of all population sizes in America. The chance that a person will become a victim of a violent crime in Middletown; such as armed robbery, aggravated assault, rape or murder; is 1 in 298. This equates to a rate of 3 per one thousand inhabitants.

In addition, NeighborhoodScout found that a lot of the crime that takes place in Middletown is property crime. Property crimes that are tracked for this analysis are burglary, larceny over fifty dollars, motor vehicle theft, and arson. In Middletown, your chance of becoming a victim of a property crime is one in 38, which is a rate of 26 per one thousand population.

Middletown Crime Data

total Crime Index

11

(100 is safest)


Safer than 11% of U.S. neighborhoods.

Middletown Annual Crimes

  Violent Property Total

Number of Crimes

81

637

718

Crime Rate
(per 1,000 residents)

3.35

26.36

29.71

Violent Crime

Violent Crime Comparison (per 1,000 residents)

20 15 10 5 0
3.35
4.2
National Median: 4
    Middletown
    Delaware

Chances of Becoming a Victim of a Violent Crime

1 in 298

in Middletown

1 in 238

in Delaware

Middletown Violent Crimes

Population: 24,164
Murder Rape Robbery Assault
Report Total 0 1 10 70
Rate per 1,000 0.00 0.04 0.41 2.90

United States Violent Crimes

Population: 331,888,310
Murder Rape Robbery Assault
Report Total 22,941 144,285 202,155 943,774
Rate per 1,000 0.07 0.43 0.61 2.84

Property Crime

Property Crime Comparison (per 1,000 residents)

100 75 50 25 0
26.36
19.44
National Median: 19
    Middletown
    Delaware

Chances of Becoming a Victim of a Property Crime

1 in 38

in Middletown

1 in 51

in Delaware

Property Crimes

Population: 24,164
burglary theft motor vehicle theft
Report Total 35 557 45
Rate per 1,000 1.45 23.05 1.86

United States Property Crimes

Population: 331,888,310
burglary theft motor vehicle theft
Report Total 899,656 4,626,970 890,179
Rate per 1,000 2.71 13.94 2.68

Middletown Crimes Per Square Mile

200 150 100 50 0
62
60
National Median: 26.8
    Middletown
    Delaware