Prevention programs help cut
crime rates in University area
By RICHARD WAGONER
Of the Emerald
An intensive crime prevention
program focusing on rape and
residential burglary in the West
University area seems to be
paying off.
Rape, attempted rape and
sodomy in the West University
area dropped 64 percent in
1980 from the previous year,
according to statistics released
this week by the Eugene Police
Department.
Residential burglary
decreased 26 percent during
the same time period.
“In crime prevention, West
University is one of the most
responsive areas,” says Eugene
police officer Skip Stokes, a
member of the Community
Officer Patrol Team.
“In the crimes they targeted —
rape and residential burglaries
— the rate was much lower than
the city average."
City-wide statistics indicate
that reported rapes decreased
last year 29 percent, while re
sidential burglaries dropped 1
percent.
Three rapes were reported in
the West University area during
1980, compared to eight in
1979. One attempted rape and
one sodomy was reported in
1980, compared with two at
tempted rapes and four sodomy
cases the year before.
Police received 98 residential
burglary reports in 1980, a
decrease of 36.
The West University neigh
borhood group, in conjunction
with the Eugene Police COP
Team, has been offering rape
prevention workshops and
burglary prevention programs
for the past year.
Stokes says he’d like to
believe West University crime
rates have dropped because of
stepped-up crime prevention
efforts, but he admits it’s too
early too tell.
“We have some very dramatic
decreases over last year,’’
Stokes says. “But it would be
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But Stokes says evidence
does suggest crime prevention
programs are working. Neigh
borhoods where crime preven
tion techniques were stressed
showed reduced reports for
many kinds of crime.
Shoplifting reports also re
flected stepped-up police ef
forts, Stokes says. Some 141
shoplifting cases were reported
in 1980, compared to 85 in 1979.
The number of shoplifters
hasn't really changed, Stokes
says, but increased efforts by
police and merchants has re
sulted in more shoplifters being
caught and prosecuted.
Other crimes showing
decreases include aggravated
assault, simple assault, robbery
and auto theft.
Bike theft was up again, with
254 thefts reported, compared
to 219 in 1979.
Commercial burglaries in
creased 29 percent, with 98
reported in 1980.
Campus crime statistics also
showed decreases in assault
and robbery, but burglary, rape
and bicycle theft was up from a
year earlier.
One rape and one attempted
rape was reported on campus
during 1980. No rapes or at
tempted rapes were reported in
1979. Residential burglary on
campus increased three-fold,
and bike theft reports went from
142 in 1979 to 203 in 1980.
Other reported thefts on
campus — not counting bicycles
— increased from 181 to 207.
Stokes says he hopes more
neighborhood groups and in
dividuals will take advantage of
the crime prevention resources
offered by Eugene police to
continuecrime reduction.
"The resource is here. It’s just
a matter of motivating the peo
ple to utilize it.
"The only program that will
significantly reduce crime will
take cooperation of citizens to
educate themselves about
crime, learn their vulnerability
and then do something about it.
It’s just neighbors helping
neighbors.”
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