SpotCrime - The Public's Crime Map

There are thousands of college campuses across the US, each with their own public safety department. In an attempt to map crime on college campuses nationwide, SpotCrime also runs  Ucrime.com . Under the Jeanne Clery Act, passed in 1991 after Lehigh University student Jeanne Clery was murdered in her dorm room due to lapses in campus public safety, higher education public safety departments who participate in federal student financial aid programs in the US are required to release information on crime that has happened on or near their campus. The Act outlines requirements campus public safety departments need to follow in regards to publishing crime information. The type of crime offenses needed to be disclosed (as defined in Sections (1)(F)) are “...murder, sex offenses, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, motor vehicle theft, manslaughter, arson, and arrests or persons referred for campus disciplinary action for liquor law violations, drug-related violations, and weapons

SpotCrime has mapped crime data from Columbia, SC , check out a screenshot below Columbia, SC is the largest city in the state of South Carolina and has a population of about 130k. It's located in central South Carolina , separated from West Columbia by the Congoree River. The city is also home to the University of South Carolina . Check out our University Crime Maps at UCrime.com From checking out the map, you can see that a majority of the assaults occur right outside of the University. The only description we were given in most assaults from the PD were 'Simple Assaults' so it's hard to tell if someone was seriously injured or what really happened ( another reason why we think details are vital information in staying aware of your surrounding ) Because the way we have been required to collect the information from the Columbia Police Department (via FOIA request), the data displayed on the map is a little behind - containing mostly October data. The FOIA