Friday, October 5, 2007

For the misdemeanor outlaw, chased an' cheated by pursuit

UCLA sent me a post card with a link to their crime data for last year. I thought I'd compare it with BYU to see if my stereotypes are accurate. I was wrong about a few of them. Before you look at the numbers guess who had more sexual assaults, robberies, burglaries, aggravated assaults, and violations of liquor laws, drug laws, and weapons restrictions.








BYU (Provo), UCLA

Forcible Sexual Assaults 0, 19
Robberies 0, 9
Burglaries 32, 179
Aggravated Assaults 1, 20
Liquor Law 4, 1028
Drug Law 3, 166
Weapon Law 0, 10

Statistical disclosures. These reports are based on crimes reported to campus police. Also, I'm comparing 2005 BYU with 2006 UCLA because it's the best data I have. Comparing UCLA 2005 with BYU 2005 gives similar results.
http://www.ucpd.ucla.edu/2006CleryStatsOnly.pdf
http://police.byu.edu/images/stories/police/files/2006-BYUProvoCompositeCSR.pdf

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