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Table 329.10. On-campus crimes, arrests, and referrals for disciplinary action at degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by location of incident, control and level of institution, and type of incident: 2001 through 2014
Control and level of institution and type of incident Number of incidents
Total, in residence halls and at other locations 2014
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Total In resi- dence halls At other loca-tions
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
All institutions                                
Selected crimes against persons and property 41,596 42,521 43,064 43,555 42,710 44,492 41,829 40,296 34,054 32,097 30,407 29,766 27,416 26,954 13,486 13,468
Murder1 17 20 9 15 11 8 44 12 16 15 16 12 23 11 4 7
Negligent manslaughter2 2 0 1 0 2 0 3 3 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 2
Sex offenses--forcible3 2,201 2,327 2,595 2,667 2,674 2,670 2,694 2,639 2,544 2,927 3,375 4,015 5,002 6,723 4,888 1,835
Rape 4,435 3,655 780
Fondling 2,288 1,233 1,055
Sex offenses--nonforcible4 461 261 60 27 42 43 40 35 65 33 46 46 47 55 34 21
Robbery5 1,663 1,802 1,625 1,550 1,551 1,547 1,561 1,576 1,409 1,392 1,285 1,368 1,326 1,061 165 896
Aggravated assault6 2,947 2,804 2,832 2,721 2,656 2,817 2,604 2,495 2,327 2,221 2,239 2,423 2,059 2,063 709 1,354
Burglary7 26,904 28,038 28,639 29,480 29,256 31,260 29,488 28,737 23,083 21,335 19,472 18,183 15,358 13,542 7,341 6,201
Motor vehicle theft8 6,221 6,181 6,285 6,062 5,531 5,231 4,619 4,104 3,977 3,441 3,334 3,013 2,971 2,901 10 2,891
Arson9 1,180 1,088 1,018 1,033 987 916 776 695 633 732 639 705 630 596 335 261
                                 
Weapons-, drug-, and liquor-related arrests
      and referrals
                               
Arrests10 40,348 43,407 44,581 47,939 49,024 50,187 50,558 50,639 50,066 51,519 54,285 52,325 47,291 44,732 23,906 20,826
Illegal weapons possession 1,073 1,142 1,094 1,263 1,316 1,316 1,318 1,190 1,077 1,112 1,023 1,023 1,022 1,011 233 778
Drug law violations 11,854 12,041 12,467 12,775 13,707 13,952 14,135 15,146 15,871 18,589 20,729 21,212 19,970 19,236 10,409 8,827
Liquor law violations 27,421 30,224 31,020 33,901 34,001 34,919 35,105 34,303 33,118 31,818 32,533 30,090 26,299 24,485 13,264 11,221
Referrals for disciplinary action10 155,201 167,319 184,915 196,775 202,816 218,040 216,600 217,526 220,987 230,269 249,694 251,402 246,685 254,175 229,304 24,871
Illegal weapons possession 1,277 1,287 1,566 1,799 1,882 1,871 1,658 1,455 1,275 1,314 1,282 1,404 1,412 1,429 927 502
Drug law violations 23,900 26,038 25,753 25,762 25,356 27,251 28,476 32,469 36,344 42,022 51,562 53,959 53,812 57,403 49,208 8,195
Liquor law violations 130,024 139,994 157,596 169,214 175,578 188,918 186,466 183,602 183,368 186,933 196,850 196,039 191,461 195,343 179,169 16,174
                                 
Public 4-year                                
Selected crimes against persons and property 18,710 19,563 19,789 19,984 19,582 20,648 19,579 18,695 15,975 15,503 14,675 14,510 13,158 13,295 6,486 6,809
Murder1 9 9 5 8 4 5 42 9 8 9 10 7 10 3 0 3
Negligent manslaughter2 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1
Sex offenses--forcible3 1,245 1,278 1,358 1,482 1,398 1,400 1,425 1,317 1,214 1,461 1,638 1,973 2,276 3,186 2,287 899
Rape 2,112 1,706 406
Fondling 1,074 581 493
Sex offenses--nonforcible4 207 113 28 16 25 15 23 12 40 15 17 17 19 28 21 7
Robbery5 584 659 669 612 696 680 722 750 647 662 612 657 635 560 83 477
Aggravated assault6 1,434 1,320 1,381 1,269 1,280 1,338 1,258 1,182 1,134 1,076 1,076 1,200 999 1,020 355 665
Burglary7 11,520 12,523 12,634 13,026 12,935 14,027 13,371 12,970 10,708 10,219 9,373 8,821 7,297 6,659 3,513 3,146
Motor vehicle theft8 3,072 3,092 3,116 2,964 2,667 2,662 2,266 2,027 1,824 1,604 1,592 1,406 1,516 1,483 4 1,479
Arson9 637 569 597 607 576 521 470 427 400 457 356 428 406 355 223 132
                                 
Weapons-, drug-, and liquor-related arrests
      and referrals
                               
Arrests10 31,077 33,831 34,657 36,746 38,051 39,900 39,570 40,607 40,780 41,992 44,891 43,155 38,254 36,314 19,624 16,690
Illegal weapons possession 692 745 697 811 878 859 825 759 659 669 629 621 638 623 170 453
Drug law violations 9,125 9,238 9,389 9,620 10,606 10,850 10,693 11,714 12,186 14,362 16,323 16,792 15,656 15,105 8,413 6,692
Liquor law violations 21,260 23,848 24,571 26,315 26,567 28,191 28,052 28,134 27,935 26,961 27,939 25,742 21,960 20,586 11,041 9,545
Referrals for disciplinary action10 79,152 84,636 94,365 100,588 100,211 107,289 106,148 104,585 108,756 116,029 129,667 132,363 127,822 135,521 123,107 12,414
Illegal weapons possession 678 675 847 1,001 1,097 972 867 792 669 664 610 644 606 643 443 200
Drug law violations 13,179 13,943 13,811 13,658 13,020 13,798 14,458 16,656 18,260 21,451 27,339 28,880 28,442 31,243 26,928 4,315
Liquor law violations 65,295 70,018 79,707 85,929 86,094 92,519 90,823 87,137 89,827 93,914 101,718 102,839 98,774 103,635 95,736 7,899
                                 
Nonprofit 4-year                                
Selected crimes against persons and property 14,844 14,859 15,179 15,523 15,574 16,864 15,452 14,892 11,964 11,202 10,740 10,790 10,360 10,074 6,092 3,982
Murder1 5 9 2 4 5 3 2 1 6 5 3 2 5 5 3 2
Negligent manslaughter2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sex offenses--forcible3 820 914 1,048 1,026 1,088 1,080 1,065 1,083 1,102 1,225 1,431 1,741 2,384 3,094 2,443 651
Rape 2,148 1,847 301
Fondling 946 596 350
Sex offenses--nonforcible4 113 81 14 5 6 10 8 16 11 8 13 10 12 6 6 0
Robbery5 649 735 538 577 500 502 460 437 366 319 320 386 377 270 53 217
Aggravated assault6 882 900 773 838 744 834 768 754 661 641 631 667 683 651 265 386
Burglary7 10,471 10,561 11,066 11,426 11,657 13,051 11,941 11,551 8,810 8,138 7,421 7,046 6,045 5,107 3,213 1,894
Motor vehicle theft8 1,471 1,273 1,385 1,316 1,248 1,077 984 859 834 641 704 711 678 759 3 756
Arson9 433 386 353 331 325 307 223 191 174 225 217 227 176 182 106 76
                                 
Weapons-, drug-, and liquor-related arrests
      and referrals
                               
Arrests10 6,329 6,548 6,856 7,722 7,406 6,134 6,732 6,112 5,777 5,459 5,444 5,477 5,679 4,977 2,975 2,002
Illegal weapons possession 167 162 166 184 150 146 178 158 148 137 129 127 132 134 35 99
Drug law violations 1,628 1,723 1,869 1,751 1,691 1,650 1,804 1,883 2,080 2,248 2,425 2,415 2,528 2,276 1,499 777
Liquor law violations 4,534 4,663 4,821 5,787 5,565 4,338 4,750 4,071 3,549 3,074 2,890 2,935 3,019 2,567 1,441 1,126
Referrals for disciplinary action10 71,293 77,641 85,184 90,749 96,646 103,484 103,254 105,289 103,457 104,939 110,607 110,268 110,295 109,904 99,283 10,621
Illegal weapons possession 443 424 537 608 590 622 545 457 358 393 417 498 535 485 382 103
Drug law violations 9,688 11,100 10,885 10,903 11,208 12,114 12,685 14,157 15,845 17,841 21,240 22,168 22,289 22,993 20,164 2,829
Liquor law violations 61,162 66,117 73,762 79,238 84,848 90,748 90,024 90,675 87,254 86,705 88,950 87,602 87,471 86,426 78,737 7,689
                                 
For-profit 4-year                                
Selected crimes against persons and property 505 592 720 718 829 641 612 574 525 561 446 364 530 479 187 292
Murder1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
Negligent manslaughter2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sex offenses--forcible3 4 4 8 5 4 12 12 9 9 22 26 18 20 44 28 16
Rape 27 22 5
Fondling 17 6 11
Sex offenses--nonforcible4 13 1 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 3 2 3 2 1
Robbery5 64 71 43 46 43 25 31 38 86 70 74 51 89 55 11 44
Aggravated assault6 23 45 41 38 59 31 31 63 43 51 36 43 67 45 20 25
Burglary7 347 376 542 524 607 489 446 385 299 350 249 195 278 262 123 139
Motor vehicle theft8 52 94 80 100 110 78 89 79 85 65 58 53 71 69 3 66
Arson9 2 1 4 5 5 6 1 0 2 2 2 1 2 1 0 1
                                 
Weapons-, drug-, and liquor-related arrests
      and referrals
                               
Arrests10 11 17 11 41 28 52 28 40 54 165 152 126 86 123 68 55
Illegal weapons possession 2 3 2 5 2 5 3 8 6 13 11 10 13 14 1 13
Drug law violations 4 9 4 12 16 14 16 14 22 66 41 49 56 70 42 28
Liquor law violations 5 5 5 24 10 33 9 18 26 86 100 67 17 39 25 14
Referrals for disciplinary action10 316 399 465 298 529 513 519 566 882 760 718 668 1,172 981 883 98
Illegal weapons possession 11 25 24 11 42 13 11 13 23 9 16 23 18 18 12 6
Drug law violations 92 133 130 99 128 138 132 159 231 221 233 254 544 393 353 40
Liquor law violations 213 241 311 188 359 362 376 394 628 530 469 391 610 570 518 52
                                 
Public 2-year                                
Selected crimes against persons and property 6,817 6,860 6,637 6,637 5,981 5,669 5,381 5,464 4,984 4,396 4,141 3,749 3,120 2,886 670 2,216
Murder1 2 1 2 3 2 0 0 2 2 1 2 3 7 3 1 2
Negligent manslaughter2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
Sex offenses--forcible3 118 118 160 142 175 167 181 210 205 210 262 263 307 380 125 255
Rape 134 77 57
Fondling 246 48 198
Sex offenses--nonforcible4 119 61 14 6 10 16 7 7 12 8 16 13 12 18 5 13
Robbery5 245 234 230 213 248 284 279 285 251 298 262 244 199 145 12 133
Aggravated assault6 545 503 589 497 501 546 462 401 431 409 406 437 282 304 59 245
Burglary7 4,132 4,158 3,973 4,068 3,541 3,261 3,202 3,430 2,920 2,398 2,235 1,964 1,614 1,424 462 962
Motor vehicle theft8 1,552 1,661 1,607 1,620 1,428 1,319 1,174 1,059 1,109 1,028 899 776 654 553 0 553
Arson9 104 124 62 88 76 76 76 70 54 43 59 49 45 58 6 52
                                 
Weapons-, drug-, and liquor-related arrests
      and referrals
                               
Arrests10 2,660 2,844 2,950 3,270 3,416 3,993 4,124 3,764 3,335 3,811 3,723 3,464 3,140 3,222 1,212 2,010
Illegal weapons possession 198 221 220 255 278 300 304 258 256 282 248 253 231 227 24 203
Drug law violations 989 996 1,141 1,312 1,326 1,378 1,563 1,490 1,507 1,866 1,892 1,885 1,641 1,728 440 1,288
Liquor law violations 1,473 1,627 1,589 1,703 1,812 2,315 2,257 2,016 1,572 1,663 1,583 1,326 1,268 1,267 748 519
Referrals for disciplinary action10 3,529 3,744 4,036 4,371 4,688 5,897 5,987 6,425 7,241 8,017 8,174 7,586 6,870 7,219 5,520 1,699
Illegal weapons possession 127 146 145 167 133 238 218 183 210 242 228 224 243 270 80 190
Drug law violations 761 692 679 858 819 908 1,006 1,302 1,745 2,336 2,573 2,468 2,314 2,552 1,563 989
Liquor law violations 2,641 2,906 3,212 3,346 3,736 4,751 4,763 4,940 5,286 5,439 5,373 4,894 4,313 4,397 3,877 520
                                 
Nonprofit 2-year                                
Selected crimes against persons and property 248 230 189 166 314 250 258 272 147 120 148 107 67 76 24 52
Murder1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Negligent manslaughter2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sex offenses--forcible3 2 7 6 3 8 3 9 16 8 7 11 8 4 14 3 11
Rape 13 2 11
Fondling 1 1 0
Sex offenses--nonforcible4 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Robbery5 54 56 64 22 9 7 2 13 9 5 1 2 3 0 0 0
Aggravated assault6 23 17 12 17 22 35 52 66 5 9 53 46 14 28 5 23
Burglary7 142 123 83 111 266 187 178 160 120 95 74 47 41 29 16 13
Motor vehicle theft8 23 21 23 13 7 14 14 9 4 2 7 4 3 5 0 5
Arson9 1 4 1 0 2 3 3 7 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
                                 
Weapons-, drug-, and liquor-related arrests
      and referrals
                               
Arrests10 108 39 23 48 76 67 59 93 58 49 52 52 66 39 17 22
Illegal weapons possession 1 2 3 2 5 3 4 3 4 6 5 5 5 5 0 5
Drug law violations 21 10 16 16 32 34 27 33 35 18 34 31 49 28 12 16
Liquor law violations 86 27 4 30 39 30 28 57 19 25 13 16 12 6 5 1
Referrals for disciplinary action10 624 569 552 447 514 537 519 413 348 377 360 300 320 323 304 19
Illegal weapons possession 2 3 6 5 12 19 10 6 7 4 1 6 7 11 10 1
Drug law violations 91 65 52 58 47 74 73 85 100 105 109 103 129 133 121 12
Liquor law violations 531 501 494 384 455 444 436 322 241 268 250 191 184 179 173 6
                                 
For-profit 2-year                                
Selected crimes against persons and property 472 417 550 527 430 420 547 399 459 315 257 246 181 144 27 117
Murder1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Negligent manslaughter2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sex offenses--forcible3 12 6 15 9 1 8 2 4 6 2 7 12 11 5 2 3
Rape 1 1 0
Fondling 4 1 3
Sex offenses--nonforcible4 7 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 0
Robbery5 67 47 81 80 55 49 67 53 50 38 16 28 23 31 6 25
Aggravated assault6 40 19 36 62 50 33 33 29 53 35 37 30 14 15 5 10
Burglary7 292 297 341 325 250 245 350 241 226 135 120 110 83 61 14 47
Motor vehicle theft8 51 40 74 49 71 81 92 71 121 101 74 63 49 32 0 32
Arson9 3 4 1 2 3 3 3 0 2 3 3 0 1 0 0 0
                                 
Weapons-, drug-, and liquor-related arrests
      and referrals
                               
Arrests10 163 128 84 112 47 41 45 23 62 43 23 51 66 57 10 47
Illegal weapons possession 13 9 6 6 3 3 4 4 4 5 1 7 3 8 3 5
Drug law violations 87 65 48 64 36 26 32 12 41 29 14 40 40 29 3 26
Liquor law violations 63 54 30 42 8 12 9 7 17 9 8 4 23 20 4 16
Referrals for disciplinary action10 287 330 313 322 228 320 173 248 303 147 168 217 206 227 207 20
Illegal weapons possession 16 14 7 7 8 7 7 4 8 2 10 9 3 2 0 2
Drug law violations 89 105 196 186 134 219 122 110 163 68 68 86 94 89 79 10
Liquor law violations 182 211 110 129 86 94 44 134 132 77 90 122 109 136 128 8
—Not available.
1 Excludes suicides, fetal deaths, traffic fatalities, accidental deaths, and justifiable homicide (such as the killing of a felon by a law enforcement officer in the line of duty).
2 Killing of another person through gross negligence (excludes traffic fatalities).
3 Any sexual act directed against another person forcibly and/or against that person's will.
4 Includes only statutory rape or incest.
5 Taking or attempting to take anything of value using actual or threatened force or violence.
6 Attack upon a person for the purpose of inflicting severe or aggravated bodily injury.
7 Unlawful entry of a structure to commit a felony or theft.
8 Theft or attempted theft of a motor vehicle.
9 Willful or malicious burning or attempt to burn a dwelling house, public building, motor vehicle, or personal property of another.
10 If an individual is both arrested and referred to college officials for disciplinary action for a single offense, only the arrest is counted.
NOTE: Data are for degree-granting institutions, which are institutions that grant associate’s or higher degrees and participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs. Some institutions that report Clery data--specifically, non-degree-granting institutions and institutions outside of the 50 states and the District of Columbia--are excluded from this table. Crimes, arrests, and referrals include incidents involving students, staff, and on-campus guests. Excludes off-campus crimes and arrests even if they involve college students or staff. Some data have been revised from previously published figures.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education, Campus Safety and Security Reporting System, 2001 through 2014; and National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Fall 2002 through Fall 2014, Institutional Characteristics component. (This table was prepared September 2016.)

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