Crime · ZIP 19808
Crime in Wilmington (Pike Creek), DE
ZIP 19808 (Delaware) — crime summary sourced from FBI UCR. Data lands this week as the FBI UCR ingestion pipeline rolls out.
Last verified 2026-04-24 · methodology
What lands here
Pages show per-100k rates (never raw counts) for major offense categories, the reporting agency, and whether reporting was complete for the year.
Source & refresh
FBI UCR. Refreshed weekly rolling uploads. Stale data is flagged, never silently served. Primary source →
Limitations specific to this source
UCR has known reporting gaps for some agencies and years. zipradar flags missing reports rather than interpolating. Small agencies may not participate at all.
Delaware context
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Full dashboard for ZIP 19808
Crime is one of twelve dimensions zipradar federates per address. See the full federated summary for ZIP 19808:
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