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More forcible sex offenses reported on Tennessee campuses

Students walk to class on the campus of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in this file photo.
Students walk to class on the campus of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in this file photo.

FORCIBLE SEXUAL OFFENSES REPORTED, BY COLLEGE, 2015

Chattanooga State Community College – 2University of Tennessee at Chattanooga – 6Cleveland State Community College – 0University of Tennessee at Knoxville – 2Source: Tennessee Bureau of Investigation

FORCIBLE SEXUAL OFFENSES REPORTED, BY YEAR

includes rape, sodomy, sexual assualt with object, forcible fondling2015 – 1192014 – 942013 – 532012 – 46Source: Tennessee Burea of Investigation

OVERALL REPORTED CAMPUS CRIME IN TENNESSEE

2015 – 5,945 offenses reported2014 – 6,3942013 – 6,7652012 – 7,612Source: Tennessee Bureau of Investigation

College students reported about 27 percent more forcible sexual offenses on Tennessee campuses in 2015 than in 2014, according to new data from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation.

Reports of rape, sodomy, sexual assault with an object and forcible fondling went up by 26.6 percent across the state, according to the agency’s annual “Crime on Campus” report released this week.