Baltimore Sexual assault
Baltimore · Sexual assault · updated 2026-11-12
In 2025, the latest complete year, Baltimore police open data recorded 478 sexual assault incidents, 1.0% of all 47,105 incidents reported in the city that year and down 10.0% from 2024. That is about 84.1 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, 365 sexual assault incidents have been published.
Sexual assault in Baltimore by year
| Year | Incidents | Per 100K | vs prior year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (year to date) | 365 | — | — |
| 2025 | 478 | 84.1 | down 10.0% |
| 2024 | 531 | 93.4 | up 29.5% |
| 2023 | 410 | 72.1 | down 8.7% |
| 2022 | 449 | 79.0 | — |
Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 2,233 sexual assault incidents.
Neighborhoods with the most sexual assault (2025)
- Downtown 17 incidents
- Frankford 14 incidents
- Upton 12 incidents
- Belair-Edison 10 incidents
- Mcelderry Park 9 incidents
- Cherry Hill 9 incidents
- Franklin Square 8 incidents
- Central Park Heights 7 incidents
Neighborhood names as published by the police feed; counts are not adjusted for population.
Questions
How many sexual assault incidents were reported in Baltimore in 2025?
478, according to Baltimore Police Department open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.
Is sexual assault going up or down in Baltimore?
Reported sexual assault was down 10.0% in 2025 compared with 2024, and up 6.5% compared with 2022 (rising over three years).
Where does this data come from?
Source: Baltimore 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 Baltimore
- Baltimore assault 11,634 in 2025
- Baltimore theft 9,318 in 2025
- Baltimore vandalism 7,426 in 2025
- Baltimore theft from vehicle 5,599 in 2025
- Baltimore auto theft 4,108 in 2025
- Baltimore burglary 2,742 in 2025
- Baltimore robbery 2,258 in 2025
- Baltimore fraud 2,070 in 2025
- Baltimore other 1,362 in 2025
- Baltimore homicide 110 in 2025