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The 2012 Jeanne Clery report for crime statistics at UCLA, released on Tuesday, showed particularly large increases from 2011 in reports of aggravated assaults and on-campus sexual offenses, trends the university police were watching closely, said UCPD spokeswoman Nancy Greenstein.
Instances of aggravated assault on campus property also increased. There were four incidents of on-campus aggravated assaults in 2011, and 25 in 2012. Greenstein said the size of the increase was unusual, and that many of the incidences of aggravated assault were a result of more calls from the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center to the police.
Sexual offenses, which includes sexual assault, reported on campus almost doubled, from eight incidences in 2011 to 15 incidences in 2012. Greenstein said the dramatic increase in reports was actually a good sign.
“It seems strange to say,” Greenstein said, “but it means more people are comfortable coming forward. (Sexual offenses) often go unreported.”
Greenstein said the number of sexual offenses reported on campus also includes reports from the the Office of Residential Life and Campus Assault Research and Education, not only reports to the university police.
The number of reported drug law violations on campus referred for disciplinary action significantly decreased from last year. There were 191 incidences in 2011 to 90 incidences in 2012.
Greenstein said the recent increase in distribution of medical marijuana certificates could explain the decrease in this number.
The Clery report did not include incidences from the area surrounding the UCLA campus, such as Westwood Village apartments. Greenstein said, however, that reports in these areas did not show any significant trends.
Compiled by Yael Levin, Bruin senior staff.
Correction: The Clery report does not include crime statistics for the areas surrounding UCLA’s campus.