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| | Report Details Campus Crime Dangers For First Time |
 | | There was an overall one percent increase in reported on-campus crime in 1999 over 1998 with increases in 5 major categories, and a drop in murders and aggravated assaults. |
 | | In 1999 there were 11 on-campus murders, down from 24 the year before; 1,842 forcible sex offenses, up from 1,772 for 1998; 1,997 robberies up from 1,862; 3,777 aggravated assaults down from 3,856; 26,035 burglaries up from 25,685; and 6,201 motor vehicle thefts up from 6,050. |
 | | Of the 215,558 crimes broken down by geographic category, 41,667 occurred on campus (14,259 of those in residence halls), 17,085 occurred at campus related properties like remote classrooms and fraternity houses, while the majority 156,806 were reported for areas around campuses. |
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