In keeping up its reputation as one of the most dangerous metro areas in the U.S., the District of Columbia has seen the number of sexual assaults skyrocket this year by 50%. Or it could be only 11 %. It depends on whose statistics you use.
According to the Washington Examiner, it’s a 50% increase for serious sexual assaults which includes 1st degree and 2nd degree assaults (1st degree is defined as when the attacker forces sex through direct violence and 2nd degree is when the attacker uses the threat of violence).
However the city’s Police department says the increase is only 11% this year. The city’s numbers include everything from the misdemeanor of “innappropriate touching” to forced sex.
The overall crime rate for D.C. differs with who you talk to as well. The FBI says violent crime in the city increased 7% this year. The D.C. police department says violent crimedecreased by 7%.
Mark Twain said it best, “There’s lies, there’s damned lies, and then there’s statistics.”
I’ve seen statistical information vary wildly from different institutions. Some of it can be chalked up to different methodologies in gathering and interpreting information. But I also suspect that a good portion of it comes from either driving — or protecting — a political agenda. That means organizations which would be hurt by the numbers are most likely to downplay the real threat.
For example, I know that many universities report their crime statistics strictly by the actual school boundaries and not the general campus area. This means that crime statistics can look quite low — as measured within the sidewalks that contain the school’s buildings. But the real crime rate is usually a lot higher around the campus in the living areas, restaurants, bars, stores and parking lots that students invariably use every day.
Sexual crimes and violence against women has historically been, and continues to be, a huge problem. The fact is, if you are female, you are at risk no matter where you are — dispite what the city, the university, or others might tell you.
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