Number of reported sexual assault incidents at UCLA increased last year
By Sam Hoff
Sept. 26, 2014 6:31 p.m.
The number of reported sexual assault incidents on the UCLA campus, particularly forcible rapes, increased significantly from 2012 to 2013, according to an annual crime statistics report released Friday by university police.
The 2013 UCLA Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics and Annual Fire Safety Report listed 13 reported forcible rapes on campus that year, up from four reports the year before. The total number of sexual offenses on campus reported to police increased from 15 to 33.
UCPD spokeswoman Nancy Greenstein said higher sexual assault figures do not necessarily indicate an increase in crime, but rather an increase in the number of survivors who report their assaults to police.
“It’s supposed to go up until we know that people are reporting, and then we should see numbers going down,” Greenstein said.
The report also showed that the frequency of some other crimes, including burglaries and robberies, decreased by a small margin. The number of burglaries in 2013 decreased by one to 75, and the number of robberies decreased by three to two. The number of liquor law violations, such as underage drinking, referred for disciplinary action but not arrests decreased from 585 to 407.
Compiled by Sam Hoff, Bruin senior staff.
