Detroit Sexual assault

Detroit · Sexual assault · updated 2026-11-12

In 2025, the latest complete year, Detroit police open data recorded 180 sexual assault incidents, 0.2% of all 78,473 incidents reported in the city that year and down 8.2% from 2024. That is about 27.9 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, 122 sexual assault incidents have been published.

Sexual assault in Detroit by year

YearIncidentsPer 100Kvs prior year
2026 (year to date)122——
202518027.9down 8.2%
202419630.4down 37.0%
202331148.2up 331.9%
20227211.2down 51.4%
202114822.9up 46.5%
202010115.6down 22.9%

Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 1,676 sexual assault incidents.

Neighborhoods with the most sexual assault (2025)

  1. Downtown 6 incidents
  2. Virginia Park Community 6 incidents
  3. Regent Park 6 incidents
  4. Brightmoor 6 incidents
  5. Midtown 5 incidents
  6. Franklin Park 4 incidents
  7. Claytown 4 incidents
  8. Cornerstone Village 4 incidents

Neighborhood names as published by the police feed; counts are not adjusted for population.

Questions

How many sexual assault incidents were reported in Detroit in 2025?

180, according to Detroit Police Department open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.

Is sexual assault going up or down in Detroit?

Reported sexual assault was down 8.2% in 2025 compared with 2024, and up 150.0% compared with 2022 (rising over three years).

Where does this data come from?

Source: Detroit 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.

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