What are the total reported rapes in 2025?
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Executive summary
The question "what are the total reported rapes in 2025?" cannot be answered with a single authoritative global figure from the provided reporting because available sources either give country- or sector-specific counts or discuss rates and definitions rather than a compiled worldwide total [1] [2] [3]. However, the materials do permit specific snapshots — for example, a U.S.-focused compilation puts reported rapes in 2025 at roughly 75,396 incidents within a broader set of 204,055 reported sex offenses [4], and New York City reported 2,049 rapes in 2025 amid an overall city crime decline [5].
1. The question hides a definitional problem: “total reported rapes” means different things in different data sets
Any attempt to calculate a single 2025 total collides with varying definitions and counting practices: some jurisdictions count broader consent-based offenses, some include statutory cases, and some record gang rapes as one incident while others count per perpetrator, all of which materially change totals and comparative tallies [1] [2] [3].
2. United States — one available aggregate in reporting and notable local examples
A U.S.-focused analysis using FBI and related data referenced by a 2025 study reports 204,055 total sex offenses in 2025, with rape comprising 37 percent of those incidents — about 75,396 reported rapes under the study’s classification [4]; at the city level, New York City’s reported rapes rose from 1,767 in 2024 to 2,049 in 2025, a 16 percent increase officials linked in part to a state law that broadened the definition of sexual assault [5], while other local reporting noted a 22 percent year-to-date increase at one point in 2025 for the five boroughs [6].
3. Global totals are not provided in the reviewed reporting; prevalence and under‑reporting complicate any summation
The sources include global rate discussions and country rankings but do not present a vetted worldwide total of reported rapes for 2025 — and they underscore why such a total would be misleading, noting massive under‑reporting (for example, U.S. research estimating only around one‑fifth of incidents reported in recent years) and differences in national recording practices that make simple aggregation inaccurate [2] [3]. International estimates and historical compilations exist (for instance, a UN-compiled figure in prior years covering police-recorded cases across some countries), but the supplied documents do not provide a single, comparable global count for 2025 [3].
4. What can be said with confidence and where reporting falls short
It is factual, based on the supplied sources, that some published 2025 tallies exist at national and local scales (the ~75,396 U.S. reported rapes figure from the 2025 sex-offense study and NYC’s 2,049) [4] [5], and it is equally factual that cross-country comparisons and global totals are unreliable without harmonized definitions and complete reporting [1] [2] [3]. The sources show broad, persistent under‑reporting and definitional change — factors that both drive raw reported counts and influence apparent trends [2] [3]. Where the reporting is silent — namely, a comprehensive, internationally harmonized total for all reported rapes in calendar year 2025 — a definitive global number cannot be asserted from these documents.