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Crime report: March 2025 – The Daily Utah Chronicle

The Ministry of Public Security at the University of Utah shares and updates a daily crime and fire brigade protocol. This protocol contains all reported crimes near and on the campus of the U, whereby the location and status of the individual if necessary are described.

Simple bodily harm was the only category of attacks that were reported: there were no cases of serious bodily harm. The chronicle September crime report offers definitions for “simple” and “intensified” attacks as well as “criminal nonsense” and “disorganized behavior”.

Crimes that are listed as “others” fall under a variety of incidents. You are not listed under that Clery act But are still important for the safety of the campus.

Some important “different” crimes that appear more than once for March are welfare checks and assists from the agency.

Common places

The most frequently reported location of the crimes in March was on the health campus. The campus includes the university clinic, the Primary Children's Hospital and the Huntsman Cancer Institute. Of 276 reports, 129 were on the health campus and accounted for around 46.7% of the total.

In March, 35 incidents in the areas of the upper, middle, central, lower south and lower north performed on campus. These accounted for 12.7% of the cases reported in March.

On the main campus, the primary report area with 22 cases remains in HRE in addition to the Central Campus with 22 cases.

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Common incidents

The most reported incident in March was traffic accidents that were 40 of the 276 crimes. This makes almost 14.5% of the reports reported. Most cases were either hit-and-run or property damage. These accidents occurred in different parts of the campus.

Suspicious circumstances became the second most common incident in March. The suspicious circumstances include scenarios that are also regarded as a preventive measure to protect students before a crime occurs. The category includes a variety of cases. 29 cases were reported as suspicious circumstances that made about 10.5% of all incidents in March.

Theft was the third most common incident. The most common cases included theft of bicycles and motorized vehicles with a total of 24 incidents, about 8.7% of all reported incidents. Incidents occurred on the health campus, the Central Campus, the HRE and other areas.

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Compare trends

In March there were in cases that reported about rape, sexual battery and domestic violence that fell on six. This is a smaller number compared to the crime report in January and February, in which 17 were reported in total.

The suspicious circumstances rose to 29 incidents compared to eight in February. The traffic accidents rose and became the most reported incident in March, which exceeded what happened in January and February.

Historically, the health campus reports the highest number of cases around the campus. However, there was a decline in the assault among the healthcare staff, without any stricter cases occurring in March. In January and February, attacks on the health care staff were one of the most reported incidents. This differs from the March report because attacks on the healthcare staff were reported to the fourth most frequently.

Status of cases

Of the specified cases, 53 are active cases. Closed cases 191 and 42 in the “others” category. The “other” category describes alternative results that are outside of active or closed sales. Much of the active cases are on the health campus.

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Other categories

Categories such as “agency assistants” and “welfare controls” formed the “other” categories of incidents in March. The agency assistant was performed 14 times while the social exams were listed four times. In addition, the community-oriented monitoring was performed four times. Agency assistant, welfare controls and municipal police work are defined in the crime reports in January and February.

Student resources

The dashboard for public security is an interactive website on which individuals can display various crime statistics on campus.

Additional resources include:

Center for Campus Wellness: 801-581-7776

Proponents of victims of crime: 801-585-2677, [email protected]

Huntsman Mental Health Institute: 801-583-2500, (988 crisis line available 24/7)

University advisory center: 801-581-6826

University police: 801-585-2677

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