The US Department of Transportation (DOT) Is required under the the Cruise Vessel Security and Safety Act (CVSSA) of 2010 to report the criminal activity be submitted to the Federal Bureau of Investigation aboard various cruise ships. The DOT recently released its report for the first quarter of 2025 (January 1st through March 31st, 2025). The reports are broken down by quarter and year, and are available from 1 Jan 2010 to 31 Mar 2025. There were 48 incidents reported as follows
| Cruise Line | Assault | Missing US National | Sexual Assault | Rape | Theft over $10,000 | Total |
| Carnival Cruise Lines | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 12 |
| Celebrity Cruises | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Disney Cruise Lines | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| MSC | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| Norwegian Cruise Line | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Princess Cruises | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| Royal Caribbean Cruise Line | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 9 |
| Virgin Voyages | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | 7 | 1 | 10 | 23 | 7 | 48 |
To put these numbers in perspective it is estimated that approximately 20 million people will sail on cruise ships during 2025 (which comes out to be about 5 million people each quarter assuming that people travel cruise ships evenly throughout the year).
The thing that I find interesting is that the media and cruise ships do not discuss these low crime rates. I would have to imagine that any discussion of crime on a ship is a subject these cruise lines want to avoid at all costs. Even though these rates are extremely low, it is better for consumers to not even think about any crime on a cruise ship.