Robocalls in Delaware
Delaware consumers have filed 2,897 unwanted-call complaints with the FCC against 2,693 different phone numbers between 2014-02-01 and 2026-07-22 — 0.3% of all state-attributed complaints, ranking 44 nationally. Complaints in the last 12 months are down 2% on the 12 months before that.
Delaware complaint volume by year
Unwanted-call complaints filed with the FCC by Delaware consumers each year. The shape of this curve reflects both actual call volume and how aware consumers are that the FCC complaint centre exists.
Area codes most reported in Delaware
The displayed area code of numbers reported by Delaware consumers — often, but not always, a local code, because spoofing favours familiar-looking numbers.
How the calls reached Delaware
- Prerecorded Voice
- 1,311
- Live Voice
- 1,087
- Abandoned Calls
- 333
- Text Message
- 121
- Autodialed Live Voice Call
- 19
- Wireless (cell phone)
- 1,420
- Wired
- 979
- Internet (VOIP)
- 456
Numbers most reported by Delaware consumers
Ranked by how many Delaware complaints name them, limited to the last five years. A number appearing here means people in Delaware reported receiving calls that displayed it — not that its owner placed them.
- (302) 412-••••4 from DE · 2025-02-07
- (216) 497-••••3 from DE · 2025-12-05
- (302) 302-••••3 from DE · 2024-05-07
- (302) 212-••••3 from DE · 2023-04-05
- (667) 888-••••3 from DE · 2022-08-08
- (970) 969-••••2 from DE · 2025-09-17
- (680) 229-••••2 from DE · 2025-09-01
- (844) 420-••••2 from DE · 2025-08-29
- (610) 364-••••2 from DE · 2025-08-15
- (844) 487-••••2 from DE · 2025-07-10
- (800) 493-••••2 from DE · 2024-11-21
- (302) 691-••••2 from DE · 2024-11-19
- (302) 478-••••2 from DE · 2024-06-03
- (888) 341-••••2 from DE · 2024-05-22
- (302) 315-••••2 from DE · 2024-05-07
Do Not Call protection in Delaware
Delaware does not run its own Do Not Call registry and has not formally adopted the federal list as a state list. The federal National Do Not Call Registry at donotcall.gov still applies to you — register there, free, and it never expires.
Whatever your state does, the federal National Do Not Call Registry applies, and the Telephone Consumer Protection Act gives you a private right of action against certain unlawful calls. Report unwanted calls at the FCC complaint centre and fraud at ReportFraud.ftc.gov.
Do Not Call classification per National Association of Attorneys General — history of Do Not Call. This is general information, not legal advice.
Delaware robocall FAQs
How many robocall complaints do Delaware residents file?
Delaware consumers have filed 2,897 unwanted-call complaints with the FCC against 2,693 distinct phone numbers, covering 2014-02-01 to 2026-07-22. That is 0.3% of all state-attributed complaints in the dataset, ranking Delaware 44 among US states and territories by complaint volume.
Does Delaware have its own Do Not Call list?
Delaware does not run its own Do Not Call registry and has not formally adopted the federal list as a state list. The federal National Do Not Call Registry at donotcall.gov still applies to you — register there, free, and it never expires.
Where do the calls reported in Delaware come from?
The FCC records the state the person filing the complaint was in, not where the caller was. Because caller ID is easily spoofed, a call reported in Delaware may have been placed from anywhere in the world and may have displayed a Delaware number that belongs to an uninvolved person. Area code alone tells you nothing reliable about a caller's location.
What kind of calls are reported most in Delaware?
Prerecorded Voice is the most-reported category in Delaware, accounting for 1,311 of the 2,897 complaints (45%). Live Voice is second with 1,087.
Complaint figures from the FCC Consumer Complaint Data Center, imported nightly. The state recorded is the state the complainant filed from.