The Mt. SAC crime log is a tool utilized by the police and campus safety department to relay to students what crimes are reported on campus with 68 crimes being reported over the last six months.
The crime log is maintained In accordance with the Clery Act which requires campuses to report crime data and support victims of crimes. Some of the crimes reported on campus range from Vehicle Hit and Runs to cases of rape and sexual battery.
According to the crime log, vehicle on vehicle hit and runs are the most common crime with 16 of them being reported in the last six months or 24.6% of all crimes reported. While they occurred all over campus, 4 out of 16 of the reports came from vehicles parked in Lot B.
The second most reported crimes were those of sexual assault. Most of this data comes from a set of crimes that occurred from 2023 to 2024 but were reported recently. Currently these cases are marked as closed on the crime log, with the campus Title IX office instead handling an investigation into the reports.
SAC Media reached out to the Title IX office for comment on April 6, but it did not respond.
Thefts are the third most reported crimes on campus. Misdemeanor, petty and grand thefts have all occurred over the last six months. Misdemeanor and petty theft were the most common at 8 reported cases. These two crimes are defined as thefts where the taken items or services are valued at less than $950 while grand theft are the thefts that exceed that number.
Similarly to the hit and runs, these crimes occurred across campus.
The only case of grand theft that has occurred on campus happened in the campus bookstore when two suspects went inside and one put books inside of a backpack while another distracted an employee. It’s unknown at this time that the total price of the stolen books were.
However, within the last six months, October saw a total of 12 reported crimes. This is more than any month since then. Many of the reported cases in October were thefts, taking up 41.6% of all crimes reported that month. The reported bookstore incident also occurred during this month.
The crime log will continue to be updated with the most recent information in accordance with the Clery Act. Although at the time of writing, it has not been updated since March 19. The crime log can be found here.
A correction to this story was made April 20, at 9:15 a.m. to clarify the headline.
