Overall crime rates have fallen over the past decade on the nation’s college campuses, but the number of reported forcible sex crimes on campus has substantially increased, according to federal data released Wednesday.
Postsecondary institutions reported a 34 percent decline in crimes between 2001 and 2013, with decreases in every category except forcible sex crimes, which rose 120 percent over the same period.
It is not clear whether sex crimes are occurring more frequently or whether victims have become more willing to report them as advocates have helped raise public awareness about sexual assault and colleges’ duty to combat it.
Read more at The Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/school-crime-rates-down-in-most-every-category--except-sex-crimes-at-colleges/2016/05/03/94f578f2-114d-11e6-93ae-50921721165d_story.html