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Crime Map, Crime Rate and Safety Score in Delaware, OH
Explore neighborhood Safety Scores in Delaware, see which ZIP codes its residents live in, and compare the closest cities.
Explore neighborhood Safety Scores around Delaware. The map can include areas outside the city limits.
Is Delaware, OH safe?
Delaware, Ohio has a CrimeScore Safety Score of 48 out of 100, grade C, below the Ohio statewide score of 53. An estimated 34% of its residents live in neighborhoods graded A or B, compared with 45% statewide. Safety Scores are modeled estimates, not official crime rates.
- Safety Score
- 48 / 100
- Residents in A or B neighborhoods
- 34%
- Residents in D or F neighborhoods
- 41%
- Scored neighborhoods
- 32
How Delaware compares
Delaware scores 5 points below the Ohio statewide score of 53. Both scores average neighborhood scores weighted by population, so they compare directly.
Delaware lies in Delaware County, which has a county Safety Score of 92, grade A.
County Safety Scores describe whole counties and are measured differently, so they are not an average of the neighborhoods inside Delaware.
Neighborhoods inside Delaware
32 scored neighborhoods (Census block groups) with residents lie at least partly inside Delaware, 21 of them mostly inside it. Among those 21, the lowest scores 6, the highest 80, and the middle 80% range from 10 to 80.
ZIP codes where Delaware residents live
Listed by the estimated share of Delaware's residents who live in each ZIP code. A ZIP score covers the whole ZIP, including any part outside the city.
Higher scores indicate safer modeled conditions. Scored areas are Census block groups, not a coverage percentage.
Closest cities in Ohio
- Powell Safety Score 67 · grade B · 8.7 miles
- Dublin Safety Score 78 · grade B · 13 miles
- Worthington Safety Score 82 · grade A · 14 miles
- Westerville Safety Score 69 · grade B · 14 miles
- Marysville Safety Score 36 · grade D · 16 miles
Distances are measured between the population-weighted centers of each city's scored neighborhoods.
About Delaware
Delaware has an estimated 46,521 residents (2024 Census estimate) and 20 square miles of land inside its 2020 city limits. Its city score combines 32 scored Census block groups that lie at least partly within those limits.
How this page is built
ZIP codes are listed by the estimated share of the city's residents who live in them, from 2020 Census block-group population spread evenly over each block group's land. The city score is not an average of ZIP scores.
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