Tempe Sexual assault

Tempe · Sexual assault · updated 2026-11-12

In 2025, the latest complete year, Tempe police open data recorded 297 sexual assault incidents, 1.6% of all 18,639 incidents reported in the city that year and up 3.5% from 2024. So far in 2026, 304 sexual assault incidents have been published.

Sexual assault in Tempe by year

YearIncidentsPer 100Kvs prior year
2026 (year to date)304——
2025297—up 3.5%
2024287—down 10.6%
2023321—down 1.8%
2022327——

Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 1,536 sexual assault incidents.

Neighborhoods with the most sexual assault (2025)

  1. Alegre Community 5 incidents
  2. University Heights 5 incidents
  3. Sunset 4 incidents
  4. Kiwanis Park 3 incidents
  5. Holdeman 3 incidents
  6. Lindon Park 3 incidents
  7. Tempe South Mountain 2 incidents
  8. Wood Park 2 incidents

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

Questions

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

297, according to Tempe Police Department 911 calls open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.

Is sexual assault going up or down in Tempe?

Reported sexual assault was up 3.5% in 2025 compared with 2024, and down 9.2% compared with 2022 (falling over three years).

Where does this data come from?

Source: Tempe Police Department 911 calls 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 Tempe

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