The violent crime rate on the UCSC campus continues to be significantly lower than the crime rates of both Santa Cruz County and the State of California. Of special note is the relatively low number of violent crimes committed on campus.

2003 FBI Crime Index of violent crimes consisted of two rapes and 3 aggravated assaults reported to the police.

The FBI Crime Index for property crimes indicates an increase from 237 in 2002, to 245 in 2003. Burglary and “larceny-other” declined, while there was an increase in bicycle thefts reported. •

Clearance rates for violent crime declined in 2003 while the rates for property crimes remained relatively unchanged:

• 50% of violent crimes were cleared (75% in 2002)
• 12 1/4% of property crimes were cleared (12% in 2002)

Of the 9 people arrested for FBI Crime Index offenses, 8 were male and one was a female. All were adults, and 2 were not affiliated with the campus.

Violent Crime

• No Homicides (0 in 2002)
• Two rapes (2 in 2002)
• No attempted rapes (0 in 2002)
• One Robbery (0 in 2002)
• One aggravated assault (2 in 2002)

In the first case, a female student reported to Novato Police Department that she had been raped by a male student 2-3 weeks earlier. The victim had also been raped by her current rape counselor in Novato. A suspect was located, but the victim and her family did not wish to pursue prosecution due to their other situation in Novato.

In the second case, a female student had been partying on campus and ended up having sex with a casual male acquaintance. She stated that it was non-consentual, but later changed her mind about prosecution.

During a soccer game, one male student intentionally kicked a male teammate in the mouth because the victim missed the soccer ball while playing the game. Injuries were severe and the suspect was arrested for a felony after saying that it was not a crime as he was acting as a vigilante for the team.

In one of the reported Arsons, a bulletin board flyer was ignited. The second involved a home made Molotov cocktail made out of a beer bottle, then thrown onto the basketball court behind a dorm building. The third incident was a trashcan full of paper towels in a dorm bathroom that was intentionally ignited.

Burglary reports decreased by 19% while reports of bicycle theft increased dramatically, 36 in 2002 and 69 in 2003. The total value of property stolen decreased (13.4%) for the second year in a row, down from $185,969 in 2002 to $161,011 in 2003.

The total number of crimes classified as “other offenses” increased from 370 in 2002 to 459 in 2003. The increase is attributed to continuing efforts in educating the community about vandalism and illegal narcotics usage, which causes an increase in the reporting of these offenses.

Of the 137 people arrested for “other offenses”, 109 were male, 28 female, and 7 were juveniles. 62 of the arrestees were not affiliated with the campus.

• No suicides
• 5 Attempted suicides (6 in 2002)
• 16 Mentally disturbed persons (10 in 2002)
• 1 Police Officer assaulted (0 in 2002)
• 0 Gang related cases (2 in 2002)
• 118 Alcohol related cases (151 in 2002)
• 2 Bias motivated crimes (1 in 2002)
• 2 Domestic Violence cases (1 in 2002)
• 63 Traffic accidents (67 in 2002)