Disclaimer: This article contains topics regarding sexual assault and domestic violence on RIT’s campus. 

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Reporter will be analyzing crime on RIT’s campus in its weekly coverage. Some RIT students report feeling under-informed about the types of crimes that are reported daily by the RIT Public Safety Department. “I feel if we knew about the log my first year, my parents would have felt better about me being on campus,” shares a third-year student. 

These can be found on a federally mandated Crime Log, under the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act (Clery Act). This act requires all colleges’ and universities’ Public Safety Departments to publish a daily crime log for any crime that occurred on campus, or within the patrol jurisdiction of the department, and is reported to Public Safety directly. According to Public Safety, “The log is designed to provide crime information on a timelier basis than the annual statistical disclosure.” The goal of the act is to give future and current students complete transparency of any crime committed on campus, creating a preventative measure of student awareness. Students can then use that knowledge and be aware of how to protect themselves from violent crimes. 

The Crime Log is updated within two days of a crime committed and reported to Public Safety. The log consists of the date and time of the crime, the location, the report number and the case incidents, which are the type of crime that occurred. The disposition, which is who closed the incident, or if the case is still open. The closure of a case can be concluded through Student Affairs, an arrest, closed by administration, “office (closed)”; this means Public Safety has the case closed, but can reopen a case if they find more information, FIELD; the incident is resolved on scene,  and lastly Persons Non Grata (PNG); this means an individual is banned from the RIT campus. 

Reporter Magazine documented three months of crime from Dec. 3, 2025, to Feb. 14, 2026.

In addition to the Crime Log, over the last three years, RIT has kept a meticulous Annual Security & Fire Safety Report. In accordance with the federal Student Right-to-Know Act (STRA), the report provides statistics for crimes reported to Public Safety. The reports are then compiled every year and made available to all students. The STRA requires all colleges and universities to report key data such as financial aid, completion rate, and crime. The Annual Security & Fire Safety Report is published by Public Safety each year, which focuses on campus safety, how to report a crime, types of crimes, and how to respond to crimes, as well as fire safety. Unlike the Crime Log, the annual report does not display crime monthly or as it occurs. However, it does provide historical trends seen on campus.

The 2025 report revealed that from 2022 to 2024, RIT has seen a significant increase in reported Sexual Assault cases and Aggravated Assault. According to the Director of Public Safety, Anthony Yazback, most of these “are domestic cases; these aren’t strangers.” This is reflected in a the following increasing trends: a 52% increase in Rape, including Sodomy and Sexual Assault with an object, a 46% increase in Fondling cases, a 50% increase in Aggravated Assault, a 100% increase in reported Domestic Violence cases with zero cases in 2022-2023 to two cases in 2024, and a decrease in dating violence from 20 cases in 2023 to 10 cases in 2024. 

The data suggests we could be seeing a pattern on campus of assaults. Reporter will continue following these trends moving forward.

Students who wish to report a crime committed on campus are encouraged to do the following: Report crimes or emergencies at RIT immediately to Public Safety (24/7) by calling (585) 475-2853, using the TigerSafe App, or in person at Grace Watson Hall. Non-emergency, bias-related or employee misconduct reports can be filed online via RIT’s Ethics and Compliance Hotline.