Red Clay Creek Presbyterian Church · Photo: Camerafiend · CC BY-SA 3.0Pike Creek has no Safety Grade
The nearest town with a Safety Grade is Elsmere, 5 miles away, graded C+. Pike Creek has no police department of its own: it’s an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) in New Castle County. The New Castle County Police Department reports to the FBI for the parts of the county without police of their own, so there are no figures for Pike Creek alone, and no Safety Grade. 4 towns with a Safety Grade lie within 10 miles.
What stands out about safety in Pike Creek
Policed by the county
Pike Creek is a census-designated place, with no town government. Crimes there are reported to the FBI inside the New Castle County Police Department’s totals for the county. County police ↓
Counts, not rates
The FBI doesn’t publish how many people the New Castle County Police Department covers, so its totals can’t be turned into a per-resident rate or a grade for Pike Creek. County police ↓
The nearest graded towns
The closest Delaware towns with their own police figures are Elsmere (C+, 5 mi), Newark (C, 6 mi), Wilmington (D−, 9 mi). Nearby towns can differ a lot from Pike Creek. Nearest ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What the New Castle County Police Department reports
Reports to the FBI for the parts of New Castle County without police of their own, which include Pike Creek.
Property crimes
Violent crimes
Also reports crimes in New Castle County to the FBI.
Property crimes
Violent crimes
2025 offenses reported by the New Castle County Police Department
Counts, not rates: the FBI doesn’t publish how many people each agency covers. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, Tables 10–11.
Crimes reported to the FBI for the whole area the department covers, by year.
The nearest Delaware towns with a Safety Grade
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elsmere | C+ | 5 mi | 2.6 | 14.5 |
| Newark | C | 6 mi | 2.8 | 18.5 |
| Wilmington | D− | 9 mi | 11.9 | 32.2 |
| New Castle | D | 9 mi | 4.3 | 30.8 |
| Delaware City | B− | 13 mi | 3.0 | 6.1 |
| Middletown | C+ | 21 mi | 1.7 | 15.9 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Pike Creek. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Pike Creek.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
No one died in a crash on Pike Creek’s roads in 2019–2023
That is fewer than is typical for Delaware towns of 5,000–25,000 people: at their median rate (8.2 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Pike Creek’s size would see about 3 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Pike Creek’s own rate (0.0) is context, not a ranking.
Deaths are counted where the crash happened, not where the people lived: a highway through town adds through-traffic deaths, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Town rates sit below state and U.S. rates because a third of fatal crashes happen outside any town. Road safety is described here and is not part of the Safety Grade. Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023.
Pike Creek and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pike Creek Valley | — | — | — |
| Hockessin | — | — | — |
| North Star | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Pike Creek Valley, Hockessin and North Star are unincorporated communities (census-designated places) with no police department of their own.
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- It’s reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many crimes are never reported to police.
- A county agency covers a wide area. Its totals mix many communities, so they say little about any one of them.
- Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn’t report a full year, not that nothing happened.
How the grade is calculated, for every town: How TownRatings grades safety →
Questions about safety in Pike Creek
Is Pike Creek, DE safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Pike Creek. The nearest Delaware towns with a grade are Elsmere (C+, 5 mi), Newark (C, 6 mi), Wilmington (D−, 9 mi).
Who polices Pike Creek?
The New Castle County Police Department. Pike Creek is an unincorporated community, and the department reports to the FBI for the parts of New Castle County without police of their own.
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Neighbors looking out for each other in Pike Creek.
Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. The Safety Grade is our own summary of that data, not an official rating. Road deaths: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023. This isn’t an official statement of public safety. In an emergency, call 911.