WASHINGTON – The Department of Defense released information Friday on the number of sexual assault reports made at military installations around the world from fiscal years 2013 – 2016.
Naval Station Norfolk, the largest Naval base in the world, had the highest number of sexual assault reports across all four years, at any Army, Navy, Marine Corps or Air Force installation worldwide.
The number of sexual assaults reported at Naval Station Norfolk each year averaged out to be about 20% of the total number of sexual assault reports made those years across the entire Navy.
Here’s a breakdown of the numbers from local installations:
Naval Station Norfolk – (includes Marine Corps. and Navy reports)
2013 – 231 total reports
2014 – 263 total reports
2015 – 291 total reports
2016 – 270 total reports
Naval Air Station Oceana – (includes Marine Corps. and Navy reports)
2013 – 31 total reports
2014 – 35 total reports
2015 – 42 total reports
2016 – 42 total reports
JEB Little Creek – Fort Story – (includes Marine Corps. and Navy reports)
2013 – 25 total reports
2014 – 23 total reports
2015 – 46 total reports
2016 – 9 total reports
Joint Base Langley-Eustis – (includes Air Force and Army reports)
2013 – 32 total reports
2014 – 58 total reports
2015 – 62 total reports
2016 – 46 total reports
Naval Weapons Station Yorktown –(includes Marine Corps. and Navy reports)
2013 – 21 total reports
2014 – 26 total reports
2015 – 24 total reports
2016 – 30 total reports
Camp Allen (Marine Corps, Norfolk) –
2013 – 0 reports
2014 – 2 reports
2015 – 0 reports
2016 – 1 report
The DoD says the numbers don’t necessarily reflect where or when the sexual assaults occurred. The reports were either made at the installation or managed by a Sexual Assault Response Coordinator at that installation. They could have occurred at another location, occurred before the victim was in the military, or occurred while the victim was on leave or deployed.
The total numbers of reported sexual assaults by branch are listed below:
U.S. Army installations:
2013 – 1,614 total reports
2014 – 2,258 total reports
2015 – 2,217 total reports
2016 – 2,205 total reports
U.S. Navy installations:
2013 – 1,112 total reports
2014 – 1,148 total reports
2015 – 1,243 total reports
2016 – 1,285 total reports
U.S. Marine Corps installations:
2013 – 885 total reports
2014 – 853 total reports
2015 – 837 total reports
2016 – 825 total reports
U.S. Air Force installations:
2013 – 821 total reports
2014 – 1,003 total reports
2015 – 1,009 total reports
2016 – 1,043 total reports
Joint Base installations:
2013 – 586 total reports
2014 – 724 total reports
2015 – 705 total reports
2016 – 670 total reports
