Vehicle Theft per Capita in Delaware
The map below shows vehicle theft per 1,000 Delaware residents.
The map below shows vehicle theft per 1,000 Delaware residents.
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Vehicle Theft Grade™
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A+ |
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Vehicle Theft costs the average Delaware resident about $14 per year.
Crime Grade's vehicle theft map shows the safest places in Delaware in green. The most dangerous areas in Delaware 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 C grade means the rate of vehicle theft is slightly higher than the average US city. Delaware is in the 44th percentile for safety, meaning 56% of cities are safer and 44% of cities are more dangerous. This analysis applies to Delaware's proper boundaries only. See the table on nearby places below for nearby cities.
The rate of vehicle theft in Delaware is 0.9023 per 1,000 residents during a standard year. People who live in Delaware generally consider the southeast part of the city to be the safest.
Your chance of being a victim of vehicle theft in Delaware may be as high as 1 in 1,024 in the northwest neighborhoods, or as low as 1 in 7,392 in the southeast part of the city.
By a simple count ignoring population, more vehicle theft occurs in the north parts of Delaware, KY: about 0 per year. The south part of Delaware has fewer cases of vehicle theft with only 0 in a typical year.
The chart below compares the vehicle theft rate in Delaware to the Kentucky state average and the national average. All rates are the number of crimes per 1,000 residents in a standard year.
| Delaware, KY: | 0.9023 |
|---|---|
| Kentucky: | 2.340 |
| USA: | 2.785 |
Considering only the vehicle theft rate, Delaware is safer than the Kentucky state average and safer than the national average.
See how CrimeGrade calculates these grades and rates on the CrimeGrade methodology page.
Vehicle Theft is projected to cost the residents of Delaware about $5,952 in 2025, or roughly $14 per resident. This is part of Delaware's overall Cost of Crime™. See the full cost-of-crime breakdown for Delaware, including every crime type and how Delaware compares to other cities.
Remember that vehicle theft 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 Delaware's crime maps on the Delaware overall crime page.
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Nearby City | Overall Crime Grade | Violent Crime Grade | Property Crime Grade | Vehicle Theft Crime Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
A- | B+ | A | D+ | |
A+ | A+ | A+ | C+ | |
A- | A | A | A | |
C | A+ | D | B+ | |
C+ | A+ | D+ | A- | |
A | A | A | A+ | |
B | B+ | B | D+ | |
B+ | A | B | D+ | |
C- | A | D | D+ | |
A- | A- | B+ | D+ |
Delaware is lower versus other cities of the same size for vehicle theft. The table below compares vehicle theft in cities with comparable overall population.
Similar City | Overall Crime Grade | Violent Crime Grade | Property Crime Grade | Vehicle Theft Crime Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
B | C- | C- | C+ | |
A+ | A+ | A+ | A | |
A+ | A- | A- | C+ | |
B- | A | A | B | |
C+ | B- | B- | D+ | |
F | D- | D- | D- | |
C+ | C | C | A- | |
A+ | A+ | A+ | B | |
A+ | A+ | A+ | A | |
D | C- | C- | D |
Safety and school performance are separate topics, but both shape moving decisions. Using SchoolGrade data, schools in Delaware, KY average SchoolGrade of C-, with 34% actual proficiency versus 37% projected; overall, schools don't meet expectations. See Delaware schools on SchoolGrade
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