The Department of Public Safety at the University of Utah is showing a troubling trend on the U’s health campus, with new data indicating that nearly three-quarters of campus crime occurs in the area that houses University Hospital, Primary Children’s Hospital and the Huntsman Cancer Institute. Some healthcare workers say they’re bearing the brunt, and some are getting hurt.
According to the Daily Utah Chronicle’s ongoing Crime Reports series, the health campus has consistently accounted for the majority of reported campus crimes. In just January and February 2025 alone, 42% of all reported campus crimes occurred on the health campus.
Current Data
Crime data from May and June 2025 show that 392 of the 540 reported incidents on campus occurred on the U’s Health Campus. Among these, 68 were classified as assaults on healthcare workers, ranging from simple to aggravated assault.
Additional reported crimes in the area included drug possession, theft, harassment, rape, stalking and sexual battery. These figures reflect a concentration of reported criminal activity on the Health Campus, though they do not represent the full range of offenses documented during this period…