Norfolk Sexual assault

Norfolk · Sexual assault · updated 2026-11-12

In 2025, the latest complete year, Norfolk police open data recorded 216 sexual assault incidents, 1.2% of all 18,212 incidents reported in the city that year and up 0.9% from 2024. That is about 93.5 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, 199 sexual assault incidents have been published.

Sexual assault in Norfolk by year

YearIncidentsPer 100Kvs prior year
2026 (year to date)199——
202521693.5up 0.9%
202421492.6down 10.1%
2023238103down 0.4%
2022239103—
2021 (partial year)61——

Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 1,167 sexual assault incidents.

Neighborhoods with the most sexual assault (2025)

  1. Downtown Norfolk Civic League 13 incidents
  2. Bayview 9 incidents
  3. Willoughby 8 incidents
  4. East Ocean View 6 incidents
  5. Ocean View 6 incidents
  6. Lamberts Point 5 incidents
  7. Meadowbrook Woods 5 incidents
  8. Olde Huntersville 5 incidents

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

Questions

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

216, according to Norfolk Police Department open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.

Is sexual assault going up or down in Norfolk?

Reported sexual assault was up 0.9% in 2025 compared with 2024, and down 9.6% compared with 2022 (falling over three years).

Where does this data come from?

Source: Norfolk 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 Norfolk

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