ECKHART, UWO CRIME RATE DROP
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, crime rates at UW-Oshkosh have declined, Dylan Eckhart has more.
University Police released the 2021 Clery Report, revealing that crime rates on campus at UW-Oshkosh had decreased exceptionally from 2019 to 2020. University Police Chief Kurt Leibold said he attributes the decline to the lack of people on campus due to the pandemic and the residence hall restrictions during last year’s school year. From 2019 to 2020, according to the report, alcohol referrals dropped from 600 to 395 and drug referrals dropped from 90 to 62. Rape and dating violence also saw a decline, dropping from 5 to 1 and 6 to 1, according to the report.
Even during the 2021 school year, Leibold says that UWO campuses are continuing a streak of high security and low crime reports, due to multiple university departments teaming up to assure that UW-Oshkosh is a safe campus for everyone.
