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Crimewatch: December 2021




Correction: The original version of this article's map incorrectly listed dates under 2022. In fact, the reports were in 2021.

This post was updated Jan. 24 at 10:26 a.m.

UCPD recorded 536 unique entries in its December daily crime log.

Sources: UCPD. Graphic reporting by Justin Jung, city and crime editor. Interactive by Laurel Woods, Data editor.

University police received 101 crime reports in December that resulted in active police cases.

Of the 101 crime reports resulting in cases, 23 were open cases and 78 were closed or inactive as of Jan. 14, according to a UCPD crime and fire log.

Theft and burglary was the most commonly reported category, with 42 reports resulting in police cases. Drug or controlled substance was second most common, with 23.

UCPD also recorded 435 events that did not result in active cases, with the following statuses as of Jan. 14:

Detail handled: no report: 83

Report taken: 58

Information only: 48

Non-criminal matter: 78

Warned or advised: 20

Canceled (by any party): 45

Victim not desirous of report: 18

Referred to outside agency: 38

Unable to locate: 34

Field interviewed: 7

Courtesy report: 6

Of the 435 incidents not resulting in cases, seven were categorized as rape or other sex crime. UCPD categorized two events as rape reports, two as sexual battery reports and three as indecent exposure.

Data for this story was obtained as a public record under the Jeanne Clery Act, which requires universities to report campus crime data.

Some cases listed in this story are currently under investigation. Anyone with information can call UCPD at 310-825-1491.

News senior staff

Jung is a senior staff reporter and a photographer for the Bruin. He was a 2021-2022 assistant News editor for the campus politics and city and crime beats. Jung was also the 2020-2021 assistant Enterprise editor. Jung is a fourth-year global studies student.

Data editor

Woods is the 2021-2022 Data editor. She is also a fourth-year cognitive science student.


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