New Castle County Theft
New Castle County · Theft · updated 2026-11-12
In 2025, the latest complete year, New Castle County police open data recorded 1,817 theft incidents, 21.9% of all 8,296 incidents reported in the city that year and up 24.5% from 2024. So far in 2026, 1,359 theft incidents have been published.
Theft in New Castle County by year
| Year | Incidents | Per 100K | vs prior year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (year to date) | 1,359 | — | — |
| 2025 | 1,817 | — | up 24.5% |
| 2024 | 1,459 | — | down 38.6% |
| 2023 | 2,375 | — | down 11.2% |
| 2022 | 2,676 | — | up 0.6% |
| 2021 | 2,660 | — | down 21.2% |
| 2020 | 3,376 | — | up 11.3% |
Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 31,763 theft incidents.
Questions
How many theft incidents were reported in New Castle County in 2025?
1,817, according to New Castle County Division of Police open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.
Is theft going up or down in New Castle County?
Reported theft was up 24.5% in 2025 compared with 2024, and down 32.1% 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 other 1,267 in 2025
- New Castle County fraud 1,128 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