diff --git a/mirage/route-handlers/crates.js b/mirage/route-handlers/crates.js
index 9674330652..0e84d26ead 100644
--- a/mirage/route-handlers/crates.js
+++ b/mirage/route-handlers/crates.js
@@ -67,6 +67,23 @@ export function register(server) {
     };
   });
 
+  server.delete('/api/v1/crates/:name', (schema, request) => {
+    let { user } = getSession(schema);
+    if (!user) {
+      return new Response(403, {}, { errors: [{ detail: 'must be logged in to perform that action' }] });
+    }
+
+    let { name } = request.params;
+    let crate = schema.crates.findBy({ name });
+    if (!crate) {
+      return new Response(404, {}, { errors: [{ detail: `crate \`${name}\` does not exist` }] });
+    }
+
+    crate.destroy();
+
+    return '';
+  });
+
   server.get('/api/v1/crates/:name/following', (schema, request) => {
     let { user } = getSession(schema);
     if (!user) {
diff --git a/tests/mirage/crates/delete-test.js b/tests/mirage/crates/delete-test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..20a56924f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/mirage/crates/delete-test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+import { module, test } from 'qunit';
+
+import fetch from 'fetch';
+
+import { setupTest } from '../../helpers';
+import setupMirage from '../../helpers/setup-mirage';
+
+module('Mirage | DELETE /api/v1/crates/:name', function (hooks) {
+  setupTest(hooks);
+  setupMirage(hooks);
+
+  test('returns 403 if unauthenticated', async function (assert) {
+    let response = await fetch('/api/v1/crates/foo', { method: 'DELETE' });
+    assert.strictEqual(response.status, 403);
+    assert.deepEqual(await response.json(), {
+      errors: [{ detail: 'must be logged in to perform that action' }],
+    });
+  });
+
+  test('returns 404 for unknown crates', async function (assert) {
+    let user = this.server.create('user');
+    this.authenticateAs(user);
+
+    let response = await fetch('/api/v1/crates/foo', { method: 'DELETE' });
+    assert.strictEqual(response.status, 404);
+    assert.deepEqual(await response.json(), { errors: [{ detail: 'crate `foo` does not exist' }] });
+  });
+
+  test('deletes crates', async function (assert) {
+    let user = this.server.create('user');
+    this.authenticateAs(user);
+
+    let crate = this.server.create('crate', { name: 'foo' });
+    this.server.create('crate-ownership', { crate, user });
+
+    let response = await fetch('/api/v1/crates/foo', { method: 'DELETE' });
+    assert.strictEqual(response.status, 204);
+    assert.deepEqual(await response.text(), '');
+
+    assert.strictEqual(this.server.schema.crates.findBy({ name: 'foo' }), null);
+  });
+});