Crime down in Eau Claire
City, campus both see drop
McLean Bennett
Issue date: 9/22/08 Section: News
Parents and students both said they felt good about the FBI's report.
"It just puts our mind at ease - my mind at ease - quite a bit to know that, number one, he's in a safe community; number two, he's in a relatively safe school," Jim Hamilton said, who was visiting his son freshman Ryan Hamilton this weekend.
Students living off campus also said they felt good about the city's crime rate.
"Two years ago our cars got broken into," senior Melissa Sedo said. "But other than that I feel safe walking back from campus at night."
The UCR cautions on its Web site against using its data to make rankings or compare cities, saying that "these rough rankings provide no insight into the numerous variables that mold crime" and can be misleading.
The report nevertheless showed that Eau Claire had the fourth-lowest violent crime rate in the country last year behind Bangor, Maine; Logan, Utah; and Provo-Orem, Utah. Two other Wisconsin cities, Appleton and Sheboygan, also had two of the country's lowest violent crime rates.
"It just puts our mind at ease - my mind at ease - quite a bit to know that, number one, he's in a safe community; number two, he's in a relatively safe school," Jim Hamilton said, who was visiting his son freshman Ryan Hamilton this weekend.
Students living off campus also said they felt good about the city's crime rate.
"Two years ago our cars got broken into," senior Melissa Sedo said. "But other than that I feel safe walking back from campus at night."
The UCR cautions on its Web site against using its data to make rankings or compare cities, saying that "these rough rankings provide no insight into the numerous variables that mold crime" and can be misleading.
The report nevertheless showed that Eau Claire had the fourth-lowest violent crime rate in the country last year behind Bangor, Maine; Logan, Utah; and Provo-Orem, Utah. Two other Wisconsin cities, Appleton and Sheboygan, also had two of the country's lowest violent crime rates.
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