Woman Sexually Assaulted Outside Her Greenwich Village Apartment

GREENWICH VILLAGE — Police are looking for a man who allegedly sexually assaulted a 23-year-old woman as she tried to enter her apartment in Greenwich Village.

Police said the woman was entering her apartment at approximately 2:00 a.m. on Thursday last week when a man grabbed her from behind and physically and sexually assaulted her.

The victim was taken to a hospital where she was treated and released.

The suspect is described as an hispanic man about 35-years-old, five-foot-seven tall and 180 pounds. He was seen on surveillance footage walking away from the scene wearing a dark colored suit.

Rape is up 57.1 percent in the 6^th Precinct, with 11 incidents reported this year versus six last year, according to NYPD statistics.

According to DNAinfo’s Crime & Safety report, the number of rapes in 2010 rose from 9 to 13 from the previous year.

Anyone with information in regards to this sexual assault is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 800-577-TIPS.

The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers Website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM or texting their tips to 274637(CRIMES) then enter TIP577.