IU scores above the national average for campus safety, according to the Campus Accountability Map & Tool. CAMT, originally created by the End Rape on Campus nonprofit, seeks to make campus safety statistics easily accessible and transparent for the public.
IU has had 68 rapes, 23 fondlings, 11 domestic violence incidents, 27 dating violence incidents and 78 stalking incidents from 2018-2020. Within the Big Ten, IU has similar numbers to Purdue University, who has 70 rapes, 24 fondlings, 5 domestic violence incidents, 37 dating violence incidents and 48 stalking incidents.
However, fellow Big Ten school Ohio State University has significantly larger numbers than IU. OSU had 562 rapes, 2,869 fondlings, 105 domestic violence incidents, 150 dating violence incidents and 217 stalking incidents from 2018-2020. The national averages for these categories among universities are six rapes, five fondlings, three domestic violence incidents, three dating violence incidents and six stalking incidents.
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The Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act permits CAMT to collect data on rape, fondling, stalking, domestic violence and dating violence for universities that have financial aid programs. Universities must make information regarding sexual assaults and domestic violence publicly available.
According to the Herald Times, CAMT has compiled sexual assault numbers for over 750 universities in the country from 2018-2020, including IU. It includes details about how each university handles and improves safety when it comes to investigative procedures, prevention efforts, survivor support and accessibility.
