Cops are looking for a creep who broke into an Upper East Side apartment early Saturday and raped a 29-year-old woman before taking off.
The horrific assault took place around 3:40 a.m. near East 92nd Street and First Avenue, when police said the attacker somehow got into the apartment and attacked the victim.
Police sources said the woman had been asleep in her second-floor apartment when the intruder woke her up and punched her in the face.
The suspected rapist was wearing blue jeans, a white shirt with a design on the front and a jacket with a camouflage pattern.
The woman was taken to Lenox Hill Hospital where she was listed in stable condition, the NYPD said.
On Sunday, police released surveillance video and a photo of the suspected rapist leaving the scene.
He is seen wearing blue jeans, a white shirt with a design on the front and a jacket with a camouflage pattern.
Cops are asking anyone with information about the accused rapist to contact NYPD Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS or at crimestopers.nypdonline.org.
The disturbing rape comes amid a spike in sex assaults in the Big Apple this year compared to last year — including the attempted rape of a Montana woman near a Greenwich Village subway station on Sept. 15.
The goon followed the woman as she left the station and chased her when she tried to run away — then slugged her and groped her while threatening her.
According to NYPD crime stats, rapes citywide are up 13 percent this year as of Sept. 22 compared to the same period last year, 157 this year compared to just 124 at the same time in 2023.
The department’s 19th Precinct, where Saturday’s home break-in rape took place, has had three rapes reported as of Sept. 22, after none were reported over the same period last year, the statistics show.
“It’s unfortunate that’s where the city is right now,” said a neighborhood financial services employee who asked to be identified only as Heather.
“People don’t feel safe, whether it’s sexual attacks or just random violence on the street,” said Heather, 37. “I don’t walk along at night as often as I used to.”
Upper West Sider Vera Aricha, 65, said she’s also found herself looking over her shoulder more often.
“I don’t take the subway,” she told The Post. “If I can take it and I have more time, I’ll take a bus. I refuse to take subways. I don’t go out at night. My kids take Uber. We avoid walking at night.
“I don’t think people are happy with this situation.”
