Richmond Sexual assault
Richmond · Sexual assault · updated 2026-11-12
In 2025, the latest complete year, Richmond police open data recorded 71 sexual assault incidents, 1.1% of all 6,394 incidents reported in the city that year and up 14.5% from 2024. That is about 61.6 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, 56 sexual assault incidents have been published.
Sexual assault in Richmond by year
| Year | Incidents | Per 100K | vs prior year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (year to date) | 56 | — | — |
| 2025 | 71 | 61.6 | up 14.5% |
| 2024 | 62 | 53.7 | up 14.8% |
| 2023 | 54 | 46.8 | up 22.7% |
| 2022 | 44 | 38.1 | up 22.2% |
| 2021 | 36 | 31.2 | down 23.4% |
| 2020 | 47 | 40.7 | down 23.0% |
Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 590 sexual assault incidents.
Questions
How many sexual assault incidents were reported in Richmond in 2025?
71, according to Richmond Police Department open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.
Is sexual assault going up or down in Richmond?
Reported sexual assault was up 14.5% in 2025 compared with 2024, and up 61.4% compared with 2022 (rising over three years).
Where does this data come from?
Source: Richmond 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 Richmond
- Richmond other 2,104 in 2025
- Richmond auto theft 857 in 2025
- Richmond theft 824 in 2025
- Richmond assault 722 in 2025
- Richmond vandalism 613 in 2025
- Richmond burglary 606 in 2025
- Richmond theft from vehicle 243 in 2025
- Richmond robbery 216 in 2025
- Richmond fraud 131 in 2025
- Richmond homicide 6 in 2025
- Richmond bike theft 1 in 2025