Prior to 2009, the state saw a decrease of crime on campus every year between 2004 and 2008.

There were 7,190 offenses reported in 2010 compared with 7,538 in 2009, a 4.6 percent decrease overall.

However, violent crime was up nearly 20 percent, from 102 in 2009 to 122 offenses in 2010.

The previous year’s increase in number of offenses reported was attributed by universities to a 10 percent increase of enrollment on college campuses possibly due to economic conditions of the state.

The number of crimes reported on campuses are still up overall from where they were several years ago.

MTSU

Most of the crime on MTSU’s campus came in the form of theft in 2010.

The university, will a student and faculty population of 24,160, saw 246 thefts, mostly from buildings and motor vehicles. Nine cars were also stolen from campus in 2010.

MTSU saw 72 burglaries and 58 assaults on campus.

There was one reported kidnapping and two reported rapes, as well as eight weapon law violations.

Eighty-three cases of vandalism were reported.

MTPD wrote 65 DUIs, 12 public drunkenness violations and 95 liquor law violations.

Fifty-two drug offenses were reported in 2010.

Overview of Reported Offenses

• Drugs/Narcotics violations decreased 1.5 percent overall with Drug Equipment violations increasing for the third year in a row.

• Fraud offenses decreased by nearly 24 percent and shoplifting decreased 34 percent from the previous year.

• The reported number of rapes decreased from 17 in 2009 to 10 in 2010.

• Larceny/Theft offenses made up 38.9 percent of the total number of offenses, a slight increase from 2009. This category continues to comprise the largest number of crimes reported on campuses.

• 65 percent of Property Crimes have a reported loss type as stolen.

To view a full copy of the Crime on Campus Report, including statistics from each individual institution, go to www.tbi.tn.gov and click on “Statistical Analysis Center” from the “Tennessee Crime Statistics” button on TBI’s homepage.