Asheville Sexual assault
Asheville · Sexual assault · updated 2026-11-12
In 2025, the latest complete year, Asheville police open data recorded 10 sexual assault incidents, 0.1% of all 9,149 incidents reported in the city that year. That is about 10.5 per 100,000 residents, compared with 80.9 per 100,000 across the 42 US cities on TheCrimeMaps.com with complete 2025 data that list this crime type. So far in 2026, 9 sexual assault incidents have been published.
Sexual assault in Asheville by year
| Year | Incidents | Per 100K | vs prior year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (year to date) | 9 | — | — |
| 2025 | 10 | 10.5 | — |
| 2024 | 23 | 24.2 | — |
| 2023 | 18 | 18.9 | — |
| 2022 | 8 | 8.4 | — |
| 2021 | 13 | 13.7 | — |
| 2020 | 15 | 15.8 | — |
Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 108 sexual assault incidents.
Questions
How many sexual assault incidents were reported in Asheville in 2025?
10, according to Asheville Police Department open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.
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 assault 988 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 homicide 2 in 2025