Delaware

Delaware law enforcement agencies: 63 are on record with the FBI. 63 of them (100%) report crime data; 0 have never filed a return.

63Agencies

63Reporting to the FBI

0Never reported

100%Reporting rate

Federal funding

$21.1m awarded to recipients in Delaware under the main federal policing programmes since October 2019. Recipients are usually cities rather than police departments, so this is reported for the state as a whole — why there is no per-agency figure.

Programme	Awarded	Awards
Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant	$12.9m	48
COPS Hiring Program	$6.2m	28
DNA Backlog Reduction	$2.0m	4

FBI reporting participation

This is a state-level figure published by the FBI, not a per-agency one — it counts how many agencies across Delaware submitted crime data to the FBI in a given year. There is no per-agency participation file in the FBI’s bulk data, so this cannot be attributed to any single agency.

79Agencies on file, 2025

63Submitted data (80.0%)

63NIBRS participants (100.0%)

1,059,952Population covered by NIBRS submitters

Year	Total agencies	Submitted data	NIBRS	Population covered
2025	79	63 (80.0%)	63 (100.0%)	1,059,952
2024	79	63 (80.0%)	63 (100.0%)	1,051,917
2023	79	63 (80.0%)	63 (100.0%)	1,031,890
2022	79	63 (80.0%)	63 (100.0%)	1,018,396
2021	78	62 (79.0%)	62 (100.0%)	1,003,384
2020	78	62 (79.0%)	62 (100.0%)	986,809
2019	78	62 (79.0%)	62 (100.0%)	973,764
2018	80	62 (78.0%)	62 (100.0%)	967,171
2017	80	62 (78.0%)	62 (100.0%)	961,939
2016	80	62 (78.0%)	62 (100.0%)	952,065
2015	80	62 (78.0%)	62 (100.0%)	945,934
2014	77	59 (77.0%)	59 (100.0%)	935,614
2013	71	57 (80.0%)	57 (100.0%)	925,749
2012	71	56 (79.0%)	56 (100.0%)	917,092
2011	70	55 (79.0%)	55 (100.0%)	907,135
2010	70	55 (79.0%)	55 (100.0%)	897,934
2009	70	54 (77.0%)	54 (100.0%)	885,122
2008	70	53 (76.0%)	53 (100.0%)	873,092
2007	70	53 (76.0%)	53 (100.0%)	864,764
2006	70	53 (76.0%)	53 (100.0%)	853,476
2005	70	53 (76.0%)	53 (100.0%)	843,524
2004	69	53 (77.0%)	53 (100.0%)	830,364
2003	69	53 (77.0%)	53 (100.0%)	817,491
2002	69	52 (75.0%)	52 (100.0%)	807,385
2001	69	54 (78.0%)	54 (100.0%)	795,507
2000	69	53 (77.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0
1999	68	54 (79.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0
1998	66	54 (82.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0
1997	63	51 (81.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0
1996	62	50 (81.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0
1995	62	48 (77.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0
1994	62	50 (81.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0
1993	63	51 (81.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0
1992	63	50 (79.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0
1991	63	48 (76.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0
1990	61	53 (87.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0
1989	61	53 (87.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0
1988	61	53 (87.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0
1987	60	52 (87.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0
1986	60	52 (87.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0
1985	58	50 (86.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0
1984	58	51 (88.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0
1983	57	50 (88.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0
1982	57	50 (88.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0
1981	56	53 (95.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0
1980	56	53 (95.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0
1979	56	53 (95.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0
1978	55	51 (93.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0
1977	48	43 (90.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0
1976	48	43 (90.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0
1975	45	39 (87.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0
1974	45	40 (89.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0
1973	45	41 (91.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0
1972	41	34 (83.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0
1971	41	36 (88.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0
1970	17	12 (71.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0
1969	17	12 (71.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0
1968	17	13 (76.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0
1967	17	13 (76.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0
1966	17	12 (71.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0
1965	17	12 (71.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0
1964	17	12 (71.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0
1963	14	11 (79.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0
1962	14	11 (79.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0
1961	14	12 (86.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0
1960	14	10 (71.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0

Workforce over time

Sworn officers reported to the FBI each year by agencies in Delaware, with the number of agencies that filed a return that year shown alongside. That reporting base changes year to year, so a rising officer count here can simply mean more agencies reported, not that more officers were hired. The rate is per 1,000 people in the population those reporting agencies themselves cover, not a Census population for the whole state.

Year	Officers	Population covered	Per 1,000	Reporting agencies
1960	279	134,909	2.07	8
1961	255	116,543	2.19	5
1962	373	340,253	1.10	7
1963	292	127,373	2.29	7
1964	296	126,534	2.34	7
1965	301	132,562	2.27	7
1966	307	131,922	2.33	7
1967	330	134,105	2.46	7
1968	349	139,922	2.49	8
1969	390	141,758	2.75	7
1970	397	141,447	2.81	7
1971	521	427,268	1.22	11
1972	597	465,611	1.28	29
1973	623	468,753	1.33	32
1974	653	464,096	1.41	31
1975	675	459,696	1.47	30
1976	692	466,140	1.48	30
1977	705	458,611	1.54	33
1978	698	452,759	1.54	33
1979	714	450,065	1.59	33
1980	708	447,164	1.58	29
1981	675	450,953	1.50	30
1982	690	453,473	1.52	28
1983	679	459,408	1.48	32
1984	697	455,442	1.53	32
1985	703	475,652	1.48	32
1986	672	486,757	1.38	33
1987	720	491,516	1.46	34
1988	748	502,951	1.49	33
1989	754	511,670	1.47	33
1990	1,123	663,816	1.69	35
1991	1,155	676,905	1.71	34
1992	1,180	681,902	1.73	34
1993	1,153	693,156	1.66	35
1994	1,160	699,100	1.66	35
1995	896	544,406	1.65	34
1996	884	550,483	1.61	34
1997	928	557,500	1.66	35
1998	1,231	743,605	1.66	39
1999	965	572,008	1.69	36
2000	996	587,868	1.69	36
2001	1,321	795,253	1.66	38
2002	1,390	807,385	1.72	37
2003	1,422	817,491	1.74	38
2004	1,437	830,364	1.73	38
2005	1,442	843,524	1.71	37
2006	1,519	853,476	1.78	37
2007	1,517	853,364	1.78	36
2008	1,568	871,838	1.80	36
2009	1,581	884,765	1.79	38
2010	1,581	897,553	1.76	38
2011	1,529	906,750	1.69	38
2012	1,551	916,825	1.69	39
2013	1,558	924,670	1.68	39
2014	1,576	934,360	1.69	39
2015	1,613	944,670	1.71	39
2016	1,647	950,787	1.73	39
2017	1,658	956,493	1.73	37
2018	1,661	967,171	1.72	42
2019	1,690	973,764	1.74	42
2020	1,703	986,809	1.73	42
2021	1,705	1,000,717	1.70	41
2022	1,689	1,018,396	1.66	43
2023	1,692	1,031,890	1.64	43
2024	1,674	1,051,768	1.59	42
2025	1,818	1,059,952	1.72	43

Agencies

Agency	Type	County	FBI reporting
Alcohol and Tobacco Enforcement	Other State Agency	New Castle	Reporting
Amtrak Police	Other	New Castle	Reporting
Animal Welfare: New Castle County	Other State Agency	New Castle	Reporting
Attorney General: Kent County	Other State Agency	Kent	Reporting
Attorney General: New Castle County	Other State Agency	New Castle	Reporting
Attorney General: Sussex County	Other State Agency	Sussex	Reporting
Bethany Beach Police Department	City	Sussex	Reporting
Blades Police Department	City	Sussex	Reporting
Bridgeville Police Department	City	Sussex	Reporting
Camden Police Department	City	Kent	Reporting
Cheswold Police Department	City	Kent	Reporting
Clayton Police Department	City	Kent	Reporting
Dagsboro Police Department	City	Sussex	Reporting
Delaware City Police Department	City	New Castle	Reporting
Delaware State University	University or College	Kent	Reporting
Delmar Police Department	City	Sussex	Reporting
Dewey Beach Police Department	City	Sussex	Reporting
Dover Fire Marshal	Other	Kent	Reporting
Dover Police Department	City	Kent	Reporting
Ellendale Police Department	City	Sussex	Reporting
Elsmere Police Department	City	New Castle	Reporting
Environmental Control	Other State Agency	Kent	Reporting
Felton Police Department	City	Kent	Reporting
Fenwick Island Police Department	City	Sussex	Reporting
Fish and Wildlife	Other State Agency	Kent	Reporting
Frankford Police Department	City	Sussex	Reporting
Frederica Police Department	City	Kent	Reporting
Georgetown Police Department	City	Sussex	Reporting
Greenwood Police Department	City	Sussex	Reporting
Harrington Police Department	City	Kent	Reporting
Kenton Police Department	City	Kent	Reporting
Laurel Police Department	City	Sussex	Reporting
Lewes Police Department	City	Sussex	Reporting
Middletown Police Department	City	New Castle	Reporting
Milford Police Department	City	Kent, Sussex	Reporting
Millsboro Police Department	City	Sussex	Reporting
Milton Police Department	City	Sussex	Reporting
New Castle County Police Department	County	New Castle	Reporting
New Castle Police Department	City	New Castle	Reporting
Newark Police Department	City	New Castle	Reporting
Newport Police Department	City	New Castle	Reporting
Ocean View Police Department	City	Sussex	Reporting
Park Rangers	Other State Agency	Kent	Reporting
Rehoboth Beach Police Department	City	Sussex	Reporting
River and Bay Authority	Other State Agency	New Castle	Reporting
Seaford Police Department	City	Sussex	Reporting
Selbyville Police Department	City	Sussex	Reporting
Smyrna Police Department	City	Kent, New Castle	Reporting
South Bethany Police Department	City	Sussex	Reporting
State Capitol Police	Other State Agency	Kent	Reporting
State Fire Marshal	Other State Agency	Kent	Reporting
State Police: Headquarters	State Police	Unmapped County	Reporting
State Police: Kent County	State Police	Kent	Reporting
State Police: New Castle County	State Police	New Castle	Reporting
State Police: Sussex County	State Police	Sussex	Reporting
Townsend Police Department	City	New Castle	Reporting
University of Delaware	University or College	New Castle	Reporting
Viola Police Department	City	Kent	Reporting
Wilmington Fire Department	Other	New Castle	Reporting
Wilmington Police Department	City	New Castle	Reporting
Wyoming Police Department	City	Kent	Reporting
Animal Welfare: Kent County	Other State Agency	Kent	Reporting
Animal Welfare: Sussex County	Other State Agency	Sussex	Reporting