The report, posted on the UO Police Department website, is prepared every year to provide information on safety and security programs, practices and statistics. Known as a Clery report, the document is required under the federal Jeanne Clery Act.

Federal law requires very specific information in Clery reports. This includes crimes reported to law enforcement or to university representatives and crimes on specific property owned or controlled by the university or in public areas that run through or immediately next to campus.

Also, the report must include crimes from these locations regardless of the victims’ association to the university. It does not include crimes that happened off campus. The statistics include any reports that are made in good faith to the university — not just to law enforcement — and can be anonymous, regardless of the existence or outcome of an investigation.

Because of the Clery act’s narrow geographic scope, no direct correlation exists between the report statistics and surveys focused on sexual misconduct or violence experienced generally by college-age women. Law enforcement and Title IX officials believe that the campus culture is shifting to greater awareness of these issues and local resources, and a steadily increasing willingness to report incidents.

“We use a whole-campus approach to raise awareness, provide support and work toward a culture that rejects sexual misconduct,” Title IX Coordinator and Associate Vice President Darci Heroy said. “The impact shows in the growing number of students using the university’s resources and often choosing to share information. We'll continue to engage our entire campus, including faculty and staff, in sharing information and resources that enhance both prevention and support.”

Most statistics in this year’s report are similar to recent years. The number of on-campus rapes reported in 2017 was 15, as compared to 16 in 2016. Total reports of all classes of sexual misconduct — including rape, fondling, statutory rape, incest, dating violence, domestic violence and stalking — for all covered locations numbered 53 in 2017, compared to 47 in 2016.

Statistics in the annual Clery report are collected and presented by calendar year. The just-published edition includes statistics from 2017, as well as 2016 and 2015.