Burglary per Capita in Middletown
The map below shows burglary per 1,000 Middletown residents.
The map below shows burglary per 1,000 Middletown residents.
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Your yearly chance of being a victim of burglary in Middletown is about 1 in 821.
Burglary costs the average Middletown resident about $11 per year.
Crime Grade's burglary map shows the safest places in Middletown in green. The most dangerous areas in Middletown are in red, with moderately safe areas in yellow. Crime rates on the map are weighted by the type and severity of the crime.
The A- grade means the rate of burglary is lower than the average US city. Middletown is in the 79th percentile for safety, meaning 21% of cities are safer and 79% of cities are more dangerous. This analysis applies to Middletown's proper boundaries only. See the table on nearby places below for nearby cities.
The rate of burglary in Middletown is 1.218 per 1,000 residents during a standard year. People who live in Middletown generally consider the southeast part of the city to be the safest.
Your chance of being a victim of burglary in Middletown may be as high as 1 in 636 in the south neighborhoods, or as low as 1 in 1,543 in the southeast part of the city.
By a simple count ignoring population, more burglary occurs in the south parts of Middletown, DE: about 15 per year. The southeast part of Middletown has fewer cases of burglary with only 0 in a typical year.
The chart below compares the burglary rate in Middletown to the Delaware state average and the national average. All rates are the number of crimes per 1,000 residents in a standard year.
| Middletown, DE: | 1.218 |
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| Delaware: | 2.004 |
| USA: | 2.509 |
Considering only the burglary rate, Middletown is safer than the Delaware state average and safer than the national average.
See how CrimeGrade calculates these grades and rates on the CrimeGrade methodology page.
Burglary is projected to cost the residents of Middletown about $571,690 in 2025, or roughly $11 per resident. This is part of Middletown's overall Cost of Crime™. See the full cost-of-crime breakdown for Middletown, including every crime type and how Middletown compares to other cities.
Remember that burglary rates are measured per resident. Places with heavy daytime traffic, like shopping districts, airports, and parks, can look more dangerous than they are for the people who live there. See a full guide to reading Middletown's crime maps on the Middletown overall crime page.
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Nearby City | Overall Crime Grade | Violent Crime Grade | Property Crime Grade | Burglary Crime Grade |
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F | F | F | D- | |
C+ | B | B | A | |
C | A+ | B | B- | |
C- | C+ | C | B+ | |
D- | C- | D+ | C | |
B | A+ | A- | B | |
D+ | D | D+ | D+ | |
F | F | D- | D- | |
C+ | A | B- | A- | |
D+ | D- | C- | D+ |
Middletown is lower versus other cities of the same size for burglary. The table below compares burglary in cities with comparable overall population.
Similar City | Overall Crime Grade | Violent Crime Grade | Property Crime Grade | Burglary Crime Grade |
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C | C+ | C+ | C+ | |
D+ | D | D | D+ | |
B- | B | B | A- | |
C | C+ | C+ | C- | |
A+ | A | A | A+ | |
A | A+ | A+ | A+ | |
D- | D- | D- | C- | |
D | D+ | D+ | D | |
B | A | A | A- | |
C | A- | A- | A+ |
Safety and school performance are separate topics, but both shape moving decisions. Using SchoolGrade data, schools in Middletown, DE average SchoolGrade of C+, with 38% actual proficiency versus 47% projected; overall, schools underperform expectations. See Middletown schools on SchoolGrade
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