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How to report sexual assault in Washington, DC
This is what we have read and stored about reporting in Washington, DC. Read only the part you need. You do not have to decide anything today.
Checked against official sources on 31 August 2026.
the emergency number
If you are in danger right now, call this number. Escrow is not an emergency service and cannot send anyone to you.
where to report
Call 911, or contact the Metropolitan Police Department's Sexual Assault Unit at 202-727-3700, to report a sexual assault. You can also call the DC Victim Hotline at 1-844-443-5732 or go to MedStar Washington Hospital Center's emergency department, where DC Forensic Nurse Examiners (DCFNE) provide free care whether or not you choose to make a police report.
what to bring
DCFNE's services, including forensic exams, are available regardless of immigration status, sex, gender, income level, and disability, and you do not have to make a police report to get an exam, according to DC Forensic Nurse Examiners.
the exam window
Medical forensic exams are free and available 24 hours a day at MedStar Washington Hospital Center. If you report to the police, your kit goes to the DC Department of Forensic Sciences within 7 days for testing. If you do not report, DC Forensic Nurse Examiners store it for up to 2 years while you decide. Go as soon as you can: no official DC source we could find sets the outer limit for collecting evidence, so ask them when you call.
the deadline
Washington, DC has no time limit on prosecuting sexual abuse in the first, second, third or fourth degree, child sexual abuse or incest. Most other felonies generally have to be prosecuted within 6 years, under DC Code Section 23-113.
support organisations
People near you who do this every day.
These are independent of Escrow. They can sit with you through a report, and they can also just talk.
DC Rape Crisis Center Hotline
Network for Victim Recovery of DC (NVRDC)
National Sexual Assault Hotline (RAINN)
sources
Every fact above came from one of these.
- Sexual Assault Resources
Metropolitan Police Department · checked 31 August 2026
- Free and confidential forensic exams in Washington, D.C.
DC Forensic Nurse Examiners · checked 31 August 2026
- Section 23-113, Limitations on actions for criminal violations
D.C. Law Library, DC Council · checked 31 August 2026
- DC Rape Crisis Center
DC Rape Crisis Center · checked 31 August 2026
other places
The rest of the United States, and the countries next to it.
If you were somewhere else in the United States, read how to report sexual assault in the United States. It covers the towns we have not written up yet.
This is information, not legal advice.
Requirements change, deadlines are read differently by different offices, and a station can move. Nobody here is your lawyer. For advice about your own case, ask a lawyer or a support organisation in Washington, DC.
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when you are ready
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