Military sexual assault reports decreased 4% last fiscal year
By Leo Shane III
Thursday, May 1, 2025
Reported sexual assaults in the military dropped by 4% from fiscal 2023 to fiscal 2024, the second consecutive year of significant improvement with Defense Department efforts to combat the criminal activity in the ranks.
But officials noted that sexual harassment reports rose slightly over the same time period, and many victims remain reluctant to file formal complains, blunting some of the optimism surrounding the issue.
According to statistics released Thursday, department officials received 8,195 sexual assault reports in 2024 involving service members, down from 8,515 in 2023.
Of the 2024 total, 6,973 reports involved troops being assaulted by fellow military members. That total is down roughly 4% from fiscal 2023 and down almost 5.5% from fiscal 2022. The Associated Press said the largest decrease was in the Army, which saw a one-year drop of about 13%.
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2025/05/01/military-sexual-assault-reports-decreased-4-last-fiscal-year/
