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Crime reported by Dover police since 1985

Each year the Dover Police Department sends the FBI a count of the crimes reported to it. Here are those counts since 1985, and the rate for every 1,000 people living in Dover.

In 2025, Dover police reported 344 violent crimes (8.5 for every 1,000 residents) and 2,351 property crimes (58.2 for every 1,000 residents).

Violent crime for every 1,000 residents

Violent crime means murder, rape, robbery and aggravated assault.

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Property crime for every 1,000 residents

Property crime means burglary, theft and motor vehicle theft.

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Recent months

Crimes Dover police reported to the FBI each month. A month the FBI has no count for yet is left out. AskDover checks the FBI for new months once a month.

MonthViolent crimesProperty crimes
June 202643149
May 202614160
April 202624167
March 202636170
February 202640148
January 202628157
December 202528155
November 202533171
October 202531211
September 202524205
August 202527224
July 202535231
June 202528208
May 202520209
April 202543232
March 202531185
February 202522150
January 202522170

Monthly counts last checked with the FBI on 2026-11-03.

Read these numbers with care

  • These are crimes reported to police. Many crimes are never reported, so the true number is higher.
  • Police departments send these numbers to the FBI by choice. A year without a full 12 month report shows as a gap in the chart and the table, never as zero.
  • In 2021 the FBI switched every agency to a new reporting system called NIBRS, and many departments in the country have no numbers for 2021. Dover police have reported through NIBRS since 2001, by the FBI agency list, and reported every month of 2021.
  • The rate uses the population the FBI lists for Dover each year. It can differ a little from the census count.
  • Changes in how crimes are counted, in police staffing and in the city limits can move these numbers, so one year to the next is not proof of a trend.

Downloaded from the FBI on 2026-11-03. The FBI sometimes updates past years.

The numbers

YearViolent crimesFor every 1,000 residentsProperty crimesFor every 1,000 residentsResidents (FBI count)
20253448.52,35158.240,389
202441110.32,47061.640,087
2023381102,19257.438,209
20223178.21,7674638,438
20213609.41,52739.738,439
20203288.51,5394038,428
20193358.72,06253.838,361
20183078.11,80747.837,778
20172576.71,6744438,084
20163088.11,88549.837,824
20152857.61,99552.937,691
20142406.41,87249.737,671
20132647.12,0935637,402
20122817.62,19959.536,961
20113148.62,2586236,416
20102366.52,13759.336,047
20092887.91,93252.836,571
20082998.22,0325636,291
200728181,87253.335,133
20062928.41,71949.534,693
20052086.11,65548.534,151
20042557.71,84755.433,325
20032417.31,93258.632,989
20021925.81,76753.433,110
20011996.11,86957.232,650
20002096.52,11865.932,135
199924582,38077.330,775
19982849.12,57282.631,156
19972448.22,4148129,800
19962508.52,4198229,515
19952548.72,31579.329,190
19942649.22,43684.528,839
19932599.12,12474.328,594
199229310.32,49887.428,576
19912097.42,56991.128,203
19901866.72,15177.927,630
19892149.22,15292.223,337
19881817.72,10989.623,536
19871817.82,16593.923,065
19861888.11,89081.323,241
19851466.11,73772.423,994

Sources

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