New Castle County Fraud
New Castle County · Fraud · updated 2026-11-12
In 2025, the latest complete year, New Castle County police open data recorded 1,128 fraud incidents, 13.6% of all 8,296 incidents reported in the city that year and up 27.3% from 2024. So far in 2026, 895 fraud incidents have been published.
Fraud in New Castle County by year
| Year | Incidents | Per 100K | vs prior year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (year to date) | 895 | — | — |
| 2025 | 1,128 | — | up 27.3% |
| 2024 | 886 | — | down 30.3% |
| 2023 | 1,272 | — | down 26.6% |
| 2022 | 1,733 | — | down 43.9% |
| 2021 | 3,088 | — | up 117.6% |
| 2020 | 1,419 | — | down 0.1% |
Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 17,128 fraud incidents.
Questions
How many fraud incidents were reported in New Castle County in 2025?
1,128, according to New Castle County Division of Police open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.
Is fraud going up or down in New Castle County?
Reported fraud was up 27.3% in 2025 compared with 2024, and down 34.9% compared with 2022 (falling over three years).
Where does this data come from?
Source: New Castle County Division of Police open data. TheCrimeMaps.com groups each published offense into a crime type; counts are police-reported incidents, not convictions, and some reports are reclassified or removed by the source later.
Other crime types in New Castle County
- New Castle County assault 2,223 in 2025
- New Castle County theft 1,817 in 2025
- New Castle County other 1,267 in 2025
- New Castle County vandalism 797 in 2025
- New Castle County auto theft 681 in 2025
- New Castle County burglary 342 in 2025
- New Castle County robbery 35 in 2025
- New Castle County homicide 6 in 2025