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Five aggravated assaults reported on University of Massachusetts-Amherst campus in 2017

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There were 5 on-campus aggravated assaults in 2017 on the campus of University of Massachusetts-Amherst, located in Amherst, according to the most recent crime statistics available on the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) website.

In 2016, there were 8 aggravated assaults on the campus; and in 2015, there were 4 aggravated assaults. Overall, in the three year period from 2015 through 2017, 29 percent of on-campus aggravated assaults happened in residence halls. The following table shows how many of these on-campus criminal offenses were committed in residence halls:


YearOn-campus aggravated assaultsIn residence halls% In residence halls
20175240%
20168112%
20154250%

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