25 attempted suicide calls and investigated one successful suicide at Camp Pendleton in 2009

21 rapes,176 domestic violence calls and 72 aggravated assaults, added to the suicide attempts should be sounding alarm bells across the nation. Seven of the suicide attempts were tried by "juveniles living on the base."

MILITARY: Crime inside gates of Camp Pendleton
2009 Camp Pendleton crime report shows high number of assaults, sex offenses


Crime doesn't stop at the gates of Camp Pendleton, the home and workplace for about 64,000 people on an average workday.

In an unprecedented release of annual crime statistics, the combined civilian and military police force for the sprawling Marine Corps base just north of Oceanside says it responded to 21 rapes and 176 domestic violence calls in 2009.

Officers also investigated 72 aggravated assaults, answered 25 attempted suicide calls and investigated one successful suicide.

The statistical snapshot of lawbreaking over a 12-month period included only one robbery and one homicide.

Eighteen of the potential suicide calls involved Marines and one member of the Navy. Seven involved juveniles living on the base, and alcohol or drugs figured in a majority of them, according to the report.
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Crime inside gates of Camp Pendleton