Chico is a great city during the day, but by night, I don’t want to venture past my doorstep. Hell, I hate walking to my kitchen in the dark as I hear people and sirens screaming outside my windows.

There were 109 rapes reported in Chico between 2009 and 2011, as detailed by Chico Police. During that same period, there were nine sexual assaults reported on campus from 2009 to 2011, according to Chico State’s Clery Report.

There’s something missing here.

Universities are only required to report assaults that occur on campus, but students are regularly affected by sexual violence off campus, said Emily Peart, the Safe Place program coordinator, in last week’s issue of The Orion.

There’s no way that none of those 109 sexual assaults affected Chico State students. I know of at least one who was.

Peart is a campus administrator who works with victims of sexual assault. Someone with her responsibilities knows that there’s more than a handful of students sexually assaulted in three years.

And these are just the assaults that are reported.

If these off-campus incidents are happening to students, they should be included in the Clery Report, a mandatory annual list of all the crimes reported on campus.

The report is a valuable tool that can be used to make an impact on students and show that we are vulnerable. Because we are — both men and women.

One in four women will be affected by sexual violence at some point, Peart said.

I was chased by three men my freshmen year and was lucky enough to get away. That was the night I realized I’m not invincible. It takes some sort of shock to get that point across sometimes.

And showing students how many of those 109 victims are their classmates and friends would put the danger in perspective.

That impact will lead to students to be more cautious or to seek help.

After the arrest of Lonnie Scott Keith, a man on trial facing kidnapping, rape and assault charges, Peart fielded more calls from students asking how to protect themselves.

It’s because of the attention those incidents received that others woke up.

JW Dobbe, the Associated Students commissioner of community affairs, hopes to improve safety throughout the community by holding a moonlight safety walk downtown similar to to the after-hours walk put on by university police.

The group will be composed of student volunteers that will walk beyond campus and point out safety concerns that should be addressed.

So it’s no secret that assaults on students don’t end on the borders of campus.

Chico and university police should collaborate more than they already do to put out a more detailed report of how many students are being assaulted — on and off campus.

Increased awareness will help prevent more students from being assaulted.

Knowing the facts will lessen my chances of being a statistic on the next annual report.

Quinn Western can be reached at [email protected] or @Quinn_Western on Twitter.