Clayton crime statistics report an overall upward trend in crime based on data from 15 years with violent crime increasing and property crime increasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in Clayton for 2025 is expected to be higher than in 2019.
The city violent crime rate for Clayton in 2019 was lower than the
national violent crime rate average by 46.49% and the city property crime rate in Clayton was lower than the
national property crime rate average by 51.89%.
In 2019 the city violent crime rate in Clayton was lower than the
violent crime rate in Delaware by 51.96% and the city property crime rate in Clayton was lower than the
property crime rate in Delaware by 54.93%.