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Delaware Campus Safety

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According to the U.S. Department of Education's Clery Act filings, this covers on-campus safety for all 15 tracked colleges and universities in Delaware, ranked by reported incident rate per 1,000 enrolled students.

Compiled byPlaincampus Editorial, Campus Safety Editorial Team

15
Institutions tracked: 2.47
Avg incidents / 1k: #39
State safety rank: 60,884
Students enrolled

Data updated June 2026

The state in one line

Across Delaware's 15 campuses, Wilmington University reports the lowest rate (0.00 per 1,000), the median campus reports 0.00, and 10 campuses reported zero on-campus incidents.

15
campuses tracked: 2.47
statewide avg, per 1,000: 0.00
safest - Wilmington University: 10
campuses reporting zero

Per-1,000-student rates let small and large campuses be compared fairly, but a handful of reports at a small school can still produce a high rate. Read alongside enrollment.

Delaware reports Clery Act campus safety data across 15 higher education institutions distributed across 9 cities , serving approximately 60,884 enrolled students combined. The statewide average safety score stands at 2.47 on-campus incidents per 1,000 enrolled students, placing Delaware at national rank #39 among US states for campus safety outcomes. The median institution in Delaware reports 0.00 incidents per 1,000 students, while 10 campuses reported zero on-campus incidents during the survey window.

The largest institution by enrollment is University of Delaware with 24,221 students and a safety score of 2.81. Raw incident counts across institutions in this state must be interpreted alongside enrollment size, a large urban research university and a small rural liberal arts college produce very different absolute numbers for identical underlying risk.

Every institution listed below participates in federal financial aid programs and is therefore legally required under the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act to publish annual on-campus crime statistics. The data is collected by the US Department of Education via the OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey. Rankings shown on this page reflect incident rates per 1,000 enrolled students, so smaller schools with a handful of reports can score worse than large universities with dozens of reports. Use the table below to compare campuses with similar enrollment profiles before drawing conclusions about relative safety.

Delaware campuses, ranked by safety

#	Campus	Enrollment	Incidents /1k
1	Wilmington University New Castle · 14,678 students	14,678	0.00
2	Polytech Adult Education Woodside · 631 students	631	0.00
3	Delaware Technical Community College-Terry Dover · 13,231 students	13,231	0.30
4	Goldey-Beacom College Wilmington · 1,074 students	1,074	1.86
5	University of Delaware Newark · 24,221 students	24,221	2.81
6	Delaware State University Dover · 5,828 students	5,828	8.75
7	Academy of Massage and Bodywork Bear · 113 students	113	0.00
8	All In The Wrist Barber Academy Smyrna · 17 students	17	0.00
9	Dawn Career Institute LLC Newark · 385 students	385	0.00
10	Delaware Learning Institute of Cosmetology Dagsboro · 73 students	73	0.00
11	Hair Academy School of Barbering & Beauty Newark · 25 students	25	0.00
12	Margaret H Rollins School of Nursing at Beebe Medical Center Lewes · 43 students	43	23.26
13	Paul Mitchell the School-Delaware Newark · 130 students	130	0.00
14	Schilling-Douglas School of Hair Design Newark · 166 students	166	0.00
15	Strayer University-Delaware Wilmington · 269 students	269	0.00

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What this means for you

Use Delaware's list as a starting point for comparison, not a final judgment on any one campus.

Weigh a Delaware campus against similarly-sized institutions, scale changes what a raw count means. Compare campuses
See Wilmington University's full profile and how its rate breaks down by incident category. View Wilmington University
National rankings put this state in context against every other state. National rankings

Figures reflect the June 2026 Clery Act reporting release as filed with the U.S. Department of Education.

Data sourced from the U.S. Department of Education, OPE Campus Safety & Security Survey (Clery Act). See our methodology. Retrieved and formatted by PlainCampus Editorial.

Every figure on PlainCampus is rendered directly from federal Clery Act source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on federal Clery Act source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.

PlainCampus is for informational purposes only and does not constitute safety, security, legal, or enrollment advice; the data describes reported on-campus activity, it is not a complete picture of safety at any campus and cannot predict any individual student's experience. See our appropriate use guidance.

Delaware campuses, ranked by safety

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