We want the reports to show an increasing number of assaults, because it likely means that assaults aren’t increasing, but that women are finally reporting them.
In 2016 students reported 65 sexual assaults at Utah’s 10 largest universities and colleges. That’s a 12 percent increase from 58 in 2015.
The more startling data point is that more than 90 percent of sexual assault victims do not report being assaulted. Reports estimate 1 in 5 women will be sexually assaulted in college. Fewer than 5 percent of women assaulted at the University of Utah reported their assaults.