Serious assaults have soared 58% in Central Park so far in 2025 — while reports of “sex crimes” other than rape have shot up a disturbing 146%, according to NYPD data.

There have been 19 felony assaults recorded in the park so far this year, up from 12 in the same span last year, the data show. Serious assaults have increased 138% from two years ago and 280% from 15 years ago, according to NYPD data.

“Other sex crimes” — which include sexual offenses that are not rapes — have spiked to 27 incidents so far this year, from 11 in the same period in 2024, the data show.

A 22-year-old New Jersey woman was sitting near West Drive and Center Drive on Sept. 26, talking on a cell phone, when she was approached by stranger — who began talking to her before suddenly groping her genitals, pol

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