Crime Score for ZIP 19701, Bear, DE
Bear · New Castle County · July 2026 snapshot · powered by SpotCrime
Lower crime than 70.17% of US ZIP codes
National rank
#7,633
of 13,225 scored ZIPs
Delaware rank
#13
of 40 in state
Score index
43.7
crime intensity
Snapshot
July 2026
updated monthly
ZIP code 19701 covers part of Bear in New Castle County, Delaware. In July 2026 it scored in the 29.8th percentile for reported crime among 13,225 scored US ZIP codes. That is a Below Average rating, below the national midpoint for reported crime.
Nationally it ranks #7,633, where #1 is the highest-crime ZIP in the country. Within Delaware it ranks #13 of 40. It sits right at the Delaware median of 29.6. It rose 4.71 percentile points between June 2026 and July 2026, from 25.12 to 29.83.
Higher percentile and a lower rank number both mean more reported crime. Levels are fixed cutoffs on the percentile: Low under 25, Below Average to 50, Above Average to 75, High to 90, Very High to 99, Extreme above. Scores reflect incidents reported by police and published by SpotCrime, so they measure reported crime, not every event that happens.
Monthly history
| Month | Percentile | National rank | State rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| July 2026(latest) | 29.83 | #7,633 | #13 |
| June 2026 | 25.12 | #9,075 | #19 |
Nearby ZIP codes
3 of 6 score lower than 19701. Closest scored ZIPs by distance.
On SpotCrime
The score on this page is built from the same incident reports SpotCrime maps.
Questions about 19701
- Is ZIP code 19701 safe?
- CrimeScore does not label places safe or unsafe. ZIP 19701 scores in the 29.8th percentile for reported crime as of July 2026, which is a Below Average rating: below the national midpoint for reported crime.. Scores reflect police reports, so areas with less reporting can look calmer than they are.
- How is the crime score for 19701 calculated?
- SpotCrime collects police incident reports for the area, weights them into a crime intensity index, and ranks that index against every scored US ZIP code to get a percentile. The score is republished monthly and carries a model hash so you can tell which version produced it.
- How does 19701 compare with the rest of Delaware?
- It ranks #13 of 40 scored ZIP codes in Delaware, against a state median of the 29.6th percentile. Nationally it ranks #7,633 of 13,225.
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Data: CrimeScore by SpotCrime, July 2026 publication. Scores describe areas, not people, and are not predictions. Terms.