Crime Log, Safety Report and Survey Data Reveal Common Crimes at Tulane • The Tulane Hullabaloo

The Tulane University Police Department published a daily newspaper Crime log of 127 reports of criminal activity on Tulane University’s campus and surrounding areas since the start of this semester.

In accordance with the Clery lawTulane collects and publishes crime data and publicly explains the university’s procedures for dealing with criminal activity.

The crime log shows that 44% of the crimes listed occurred on campus. Commonly reported crimes this semester include noise, battery, theft, suspicious person and hit-and-run complaints. 22% of reported crimes occurred on Tulane’s uptown campus. Crimes on the uptown campus often occurred in dormitories. TUPD is currently investigating 24 cases.

Tulane’s daily crime log is not comprehensive. According to federal information LawAn institution may withhold information about a crime if disclosure would jeopardize the confidentiality of the victim, an ongoing criminal investigation, the safety of a person, cause a suspect to flee or evade detection, result in the destruction of evidence, or is prohibited by law .

Five cases of sexual assault or battery have been reported since August 14. According to a TUPD alert, the most recent sexual assault case occurred on Oct. 9 in a dorm on Tulane’s uptown campus.

Tulane’s Annual Safety and Fire Protection Report report lists criminal activities including criminal homicide, sexual offenses, stalking, domestic violence and robbery. In Tulane’s annual security and fire safety report for the 2023-2024 academic year, sexual crimes were the most common. Sexual offenses include rape, statutory rape, fondling and incest. There were 62 and 36 cases of rape reported on the Uptown campus in 2022 and 2023, respectively.

In 2018, Tulane launched this Everything according to plan to address cases of sexual misconduct at Tulane.

In 2022, Tulane managed the Climate Survey on Sexual Misconduct to gather information about the prevalence of sexual misconduct at Tulane. The survey found that 36% of all female respondents, 32% of all gender non-conforming, non-binary and transgender respondents and 18% of all male respondents reported an incident of unwanted sexual contact since enrolling at Tulane. Additionally, 27% of all female respondents, 21% of all gender non-conforming, non-binary and transgender respondents, and 9% of all male respondents reported having been raped since enrolling at Tulane.

After analyzing the results of the survey, the All In 2.0 plan was launched in 2023 to better address and reduce sexual misconduct at Tulane.

The All In 2.0 plan details goals, strategies and tactics to reduce sexual crimes at Tulane. A key concern was the role of alcohol and drugs in reports of sexual misconduct. The survey found that 93% of all female victims, 90% of all male victims and 76% of all gender non-conforming, non-binary and transgender victims reported being incapacitated due to drugs or alcohol during the rape.

Marcus Foster, associate provost for Title IX compliance and education, and J. Davidson Porter, vice president for student affairs, addressed the Tulane community in a statement about the survey data.

“Beyond the numbers and data, this report is a call to action for every member of our community to do even more work on this issue through education, prevention, victim support and enforcement,” they said.