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2020: 130 crimes against persons handled by Ohio State University, Columbus law enforcement

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Ohio State University, Columbus law enforcement officers grappled with 130 crimes against persons in 2020, according to the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS).

This equals 10 per month in 2020.

Crimes against persons include simple assaults, aggravated assaults, intimidations, kidnappings and abductions, fondling offences and rapes.

Of all types of crime tracked by the NIBRS, simple assault was the most popular crime handled by the Ohio State University, Columbus office.

Officers in Ohio State University, Columbus were involved in 972 incidents throughout the year.

The NIBRS was designed to provide detail and context around crime stats. Under the previous system, only the most serious crime related to an incident would be logged. If an incident involved a homicide as well as aggravated assault and theft, only a homicide would be recorded in criminal statistics.

It is used by law enforcement at all levels, from local to federal.

Crimes against persons offenses in Ohio State University, Columbus in 2020
Type of CrimeNUMBER OF OFFENCES
Aggravated assaults12
Simple assaults74
Intimidations22
Kidnappings and abductions2
Rapes11
Fondling offences9

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