The 2008 Annual "Student Right to Know Report" has been released from the University of Mississippi.  The Report details crime statistics from 2005 through 2007, and can be viewed here.  The Oxford Eagle yesterday reported on Oxford and Ole Miss crime statistics, and stated the following regarding crime in Oxford:

For violent crimes in Oxford, one murder was reported in 2007, up from none in 2006, although down from two in 2005. Rape went from seven in 2005 to four in 2006 to eight in 2007. Robberies went from five in 2005 and four in 2006 to eight in 2007. Aggravated assaults jumped from 10 in 2005 and 12 in 2006 to 20 in 2007. Motor vehicle thefts saw a decrease, going from 34 in 2005 and 26 in 2006 to 20 in 2007.

Liquor law violations went from 278 in 2005 and 316 in 2006 to 341 in 2007. Drug violations jumped from 72 in 2005 to 391 in 2007.

As for crime on the Ole Miss campus, the Eagle reported that:

The report showed no murders, negligent manslaughter, robberies or arson offenses reported to the UPD in 2005, 2006 or 2007. One rape was reported in 2005 and two were reported in 2006, but none reported in 2007. Also experiencing a slight decrease was aggravated assaults — from four in 2005, two in 2006, to none in 2007, and motor vehicle thefts — from four in 2005, two in 2006 to one in 2007.

The only felony crime to increase in 2007 was burglary, which went from five reported in 2005, three in 2007, to 10 in 2007.

Liquor law violations — excluding DUI and public drunkenness — were down, from 39 in 2005 to 35 in 2007 — although in 2006 there were only 20 liquor law violations. Drug violations increased from nine in 2005; 14 in 2006; to 17 in 2007. Weapon violations went from two in 2005 and 2006 to none in 2007.