Asheville Assault
Asheville · Assault · updated 2026-11-12
In 2025, the latest complete year, Asheville police open data recorded 988 assault incidents, 10.8% of all 9,149 incidents reported in the city that year and down 10.8% from 2024. That is about 1,040 per 100,000 residents, compared with 1,325 per 100,000 across the 60 US cities on TheCrimeMaps.com with complete 2025 data that list this crime type. So far in 2026, 872 assault incidents have been published.
Assault in Asheville by year
| Year | Incidents | Per 100K | vs prior year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (year to date) | 872 | — | — |
| 2025 | 988 | 1,040 | down 10.8% |
| 2024 | 1,108 | 1,166 | down 11.0% |
| 2023 | 1,245 | 1,311 | up 3.5% |
| 2022 | 1,203 | 1,266 | down 13.0% |
| 2021 | 1,383 | 1,456 | down 1.4% |
| 2020 | 1,403 | 1,477 | up 25.3% |
Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 12,011 assault incidents.
Questions
How many assault incidents were reported in Asheville in 2025?
988, according to Asheville Police Department open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.
Is assault going up or down in Asheville?
Reported assault was down 10.8% in 2025 compared with 2024, and down 17.9% compared with 2022 (falling over three years).
Where does this data come from?
Source: Asheville Police Department open data. TheCrimeMaps.com groups each published offense into a crime type; counts are police-reported incidents, not convictions, and some reports are reclassified or removed by the source later.
Other crime types in Asheville
- Asheville theft 3,605 in 2025
- Asheville other 3,186 in 2025
- Asheville fraud 616 in 2025
- Asheville burglary 572 in 2025
- Asheville robbery 77 in 2025
- Asheville vandalism 58 in 2025
- Asheville theft from vehicle 35 in 2025
- Asheville sexual assault 10 in 2025
- Asheville homicide 2 in 2025