The incidence of crimes on campus remained relatively constant last year compared with the two previous years, according to this year's Campus Security Report.
The numbers are "pretty consistent, at least for the last three years," Director of Public Safety Steven Healy said.
Drug abuse violations rose to 41 last year, compared with 32 in 2003. Meanwhile, reported burglaries were down by four to 63.
Sixty-four liquor law violations were reported, 39 of which resulted in arrests and 25 of which resulted in judicial referrals to the Dean of Undergraduate Students. This number does not include violations of University policy.
The vast majority of the arrests occurred on "public property," which includes sidewalks and streets immediately adjacent to campus.
"Most of them occurred on Prospect Avenue, and involved an open container, generally," Healy said. These arrests are generally handled by the Princeton Borough Police Department. Conversely, the majority of liquor law violations that end in judicial referral occur in residential facilities, and are therefore handled by Public Safety.
These numbers, like those in 2003, represent a departure from 2002, when there were 10 arrests and 50 referrals.
That year, most violations were reported in residential facilities and resulted in judicial referral; last year, most violations were reported on public property and resulted in arrest.
The number of forcible sex offenses reported dropped from 11 in 2003 to three in 2004. Healy, however, said that he "never give[s] these numbers any credibility," noting that 70 to 80 percent of sexual assault goes unreported. "I would expect these numbers would be consistent with that," he said.
The number of aggravated assaults doubled from two to four; motor vehicle theft rose slightly to 15, up two from 13 the previous year. No arson was reported, down from two incidents the year before, and the campus remains free of homicide.
The report, which is mandated by the national Campus Security Act, is available on Public Safety's website.
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