Unfortunately people just arent aware of the resources available to them. Instead of parnets and students relying on a "feel" of the campus for it's safety record, the US congress passed a law in 1990 called the "Crime Awarness and Campus Security Act of 1990." it MANDATES that all institutions of higher learning that recieve federal funding of any sort (grants, direct aid, student loans, etc. publish specific crime information about the campus for the past three years. I have provided a link below:
http://campussafety.org/publicpolicy...act/index.html
The site provides unlimited amounts of information on the act itself, with numerous links to other sites. Also, check you particular schools site to see their statistics.
The best part, for this particular situation, is there are specific provisions in an ammendment that provide special rights to victims of sexual assualt/abuse.
Hop on, do some research, maybe we can all feel a bit safer with knowledge like this mandated to be published out there. Finally, a federal law that has done some good!