The dashboard says there have been 46 percent more incidents this year compared to this point last year.
The UT Austin Police Department has launched their Interactive Transparency Dashboards. It gives people an interactive way to look at data on the types of calls officers are responding to.
"We are very happy to see that UTPD has launched that. We appreciate the transparency. It's very important because crime is data-driven," Joell McNew, president of Safe Horns, a nonprofit that advocates for campus safety, said.So far this year, officers responded to the most calls at Dell Seton Medical Center, about 450 of them, followed by 65 at Jester West Dormitory, and almost 60 on Guadalupe Street in the area around Target.
"When you look at the data, and you look at the crime impacting students, and we don't care what type of crime it is. Crime negatively impacts the quality of life of everyone in Austin and whether you're in West Campus, South Austin or North Austin. The data is important, and reporting is important," McNew said.
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