Editing Ellendale, Delaware (section)

==Public safety==
The Ellendale Police Department is a small police force led by Chief Bruce Von Goerres that is responsible for policing in the town limits.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://ellendale.delaware.gov/police-department/ | title=Police Department - Town of Ellendale - Sussex County Delaware }}</ref>

The Ellendale Fire Co. is a forty plus member volunteer fire, rescue, and EMS agency led by Fire Chief Andy Hamilton. The fire company is the primary provider of these services to the town of Ellendale and the surrounding areas with a local district of approximately {{convert|60|sqmi|km2|-1}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://evfd75.com/default.aspx|title=Home<!-- Bot generated title -->|access-date=March 15, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080405221043/http://evfd75.com/default.aspx|archive-date=April 5, 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Crime===
Ellendale is one of the safest municipalities in the state of Delaware based on the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|Federal Bureau of Investigation's]] 2014 [[Uniform Crime Reports]], with only four total crimes reported in the town, the fewest of any of the 35 Delaware municipalities reporting to the FBI.

{{Infobox UCR
|city_name= Ellendale
|year= 2014
|homicide= 0
|rape= 0
|robbery= 0
|aggravated_assault= 0
|violent_crime= 0
|burglary= 0
|larceny_theft= 2
|motor_vehicle_theft= 0
|arson= 0
|property_crime= 2
|source_url= https://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2014/crime-in-the-u.s.-2014/tables/table-8/table-8-by-state/Table_8_Offenses_Known_to_Law_Enforcement_by_Delaware_by_City_2014.xls
|source_name= 2015 FBI UCR Data
|notes= 2014 population: 403
}}