Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest and crime counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 24, 2026 and October 2, 2026.
New Castle County, Delaware, has about 588,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A police report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, so which office holds a report from New Castle County depends on where the incident happened: the New Castle County Police Department for the unincorporated county, the agency that reports for the city inside a city. This guide names each agency, where its records page is and what the Delaware Freedom of Information Act requires of it.
This guide covers which agency, the sheriff's reports, the cities' reports, how many reports, what the law requires and common questions.
Related guides: New Castle County public records, New Castle County arrest records, New Castle County warrants, New Castle County inmate search, New Castle County criminal records, Delaware arrest records and Delaware inmate search.
Which Agency Holds a Report from New Castle County
The report of an incident is released by the agency that took it; the court and the jail hold their own records of the same event, but not the report.
In Delaware the police for a given address is the town police in a town with its own department and the Delaware State Police elsewhere.
The FBI's list also places the New Castle County State Police in New Castle County; a report taken on a state highway by it comes from that agency's own records office.
The FBI's agency list also places four state agencies, two other agencies and one campus police department in New Castle County, each with a records office of its own.
The Smyrna Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including New Castle County, so its arrests are not broken out for New Castle County here.
Reports from the New Castle County Police Department
The New Castle County Police Department is the county agency; it had 644 violent and 2,657 property crimes reported for 2025 and reported 4,279 arrests for 2025.
Its reports come from its records unit. The office's page SearchSystems verified is its custody page, at inmateinfo.indy.gov/IML (page title: Inmate Lookup Tool), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 2026.
Reports from the City Agencies in New Castle County
The eight cities the FBI lists in New Castle County with a reporting agency of their own, with the police records page SearchSystems verified where the city has a guide:
- Wilmington: 850 violent and 2,140 property crimes reported for 2025; 2,259 arrests reported for 2025. The Wilmington police records page is at wilmingtonde.gov/government/public-safety/wilmington-police-departm..., phone (302) 576-3607 (verified September 26, 2026).
- Newark: 91 violent and 529 property crimes reported for 2025; 781 arrests reported for 2025.
- Middletown: 49 violent and 366 property crimes reported for 2025; 553 arrests reported for 2025. The Middletown police records page is at police.middletown.delaware.gov/PoliceReports, phone 302-573-2800 (verified September 26, 2026).
- Elsmere: 9 violent and 61 property crimes reported for 2025; 81 arrests reported for 2025.
- New Castle: 20 violent and 133 property crimes reported for 2025; 104 arrests reported for 2025.
- Townsend: 5 violent and 9 property crimes reported for 2025; 12 arrests reported for 2025.
- Delaware City: 8 violent and 14 property crimes reported for 2025; 35 arrests reported for 2025.
- Newport: 3 violent and 15 property crimes reported for 2025; 75 arrests reported for 2024.
A city on that list is reported separately whether the officers are the city's own or the sheriff's under contract; the FBI's list does not say which.
How Many Reports: New Castle County in 2025
The nine agencies in New Castle County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,679 violent and 5,924 property crimes to the FBI that year, each one a report taken by the agency that holds it.
Together, the eight agencies in New Castle County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 8,104 arrests to the FBI that year, and each arrest is a report of its own.
What the Delaware Freedom of Information Act Requires
The Delaware Freedom of Information Act sets the rules: an answer within 15 business days, at a charge of the copy fees set by statute, plus staff time after the first hour, from the agency that holds the report.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a police report in New Castle County?
From the agency whose officer took it: the New Castle County Police Department for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the Delaware Freedom of Information Act the answer is due within 15 business days.
How long does an agency in New Castle County have to answer?
Under the Delaware Freedom of Information Act, within 15 business days. It may charge the copy fees set by statute, plus staff time after the first hour.
Who has a crash report from a state highway in New Castle County?
The state agency whose officer took it; the FBI lists the New Castle County State Police in New Castle County.
How do I get a report from the New Castle County Police Department?
From its records unit. Under the Delaware Freedom of Information Act the answer is due within 15 business days.
Is this the official New Castle County website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.