Clery Act: How North Greenville’s crime stats stack up
Jazmyne Boozer, Assistant Editor
Courtney Chestnut, Graphic Artist
We all know that overall, North Greenville is a very safe campus. But just in case you need some extra data to back that up, campus security has released the Annual Security Report (ASR) on the NGU homepage under campus security.
Under the Clery Act of 1990, every college campus that receives federal funding must submit an ASR every October 1 and must include the previous three years. This act was made so that colleges were more transparent about their security protocol, reports or problems with students and their guardians.
So how does North Greenville stack up against Furman University and Bob Jones University?
North Greenville University
North Greenville had zero cases in murder, non-negligent manslaughter, negligent manslaughter, non-forcible sex offences, robbery, motor-vehicle theft, arson, domestic violence, dating violence, liquor law arrests, drug law arrests and weapons law arrests in 2016.
North Greenville did have one case of aggravated assault and four cases of burglary on campus and in the housing. Our campus had a significant decrease of liquor law violations referred for disciplinary action from 2014 that reported 15 cases to 2016 that reported three.
Much like Bob Jones University, there were zero reports of hate crimes in the past three years. North Greenville also had two weapon law violations referred for disciplinary action and five drug law violations referred for the same thing.
For the complete ASR for North Greenville click here.
Bob Jones University
Much like NGU, Bob Jones University is had relatively few crimes on its Clery Report. On the 1st of October, for the year 2016, Bob Jones reported zero offenses for robberies, aggravated assaults, arsons and motor vehicle thefts. Not only that, Bob Jones has absolutely no data for hate crimes in the former three years as well as drug and Liquor Law offenses. In sex offences/rape section, the university reported three cases, which is up by three since 2015. Burglaries are on the decline in the school. However, there were seven cases reported in the 2016 school year. In the 2014 school year that reported 14 cases.
For the complete ASR for Bob Jones University click here
Furman University
In the grand-scheme of secular schools, Furman University’s reports also illustrates a fairly safe campus. Furman did not report any homicides or negligent manslaughters.
Furman also can report a zero for robbery as well as incest and statutory rape. Other than that, Furman has at least one case in every other category.
One issue that seems to be a trend on the Furman campus is rape. In the year 2014, 91 percent of college campus reported zero rape cases and in 2015, 89 percent did the same. In both of these years, Furman has had at least three cases.
Not only this, but motor-vehicle theft is a huge issue on the campus. Numbers are down from 2014 which had 17 cases. Furman can report a decline from 17 cases to 9 cases in the 2016 school year. Overall, VAWA offenses (Violence Against Women Reauthorization ACT) are low and on the decline on this campus.
For the complete ASR for Furman University click here
Students are encouraged to read the full ASR as it gives important information regarding safety protocols on campus and who to call in the event of a campus emergency.
