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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: Selected years, 2001 through 2018
Control and level of institution and type of incident Number of incidents
Total, in residence halls and at other locations 2018
2001 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 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 44,492 41,829 40,296 34,054 32,097 30,407 29,766 27,236 26,818 27,532 28,239 29,091 28,506 13,881 14,625
Murder1 17 8 44 12 16 15 16 12 23 11 28 15 22 14 5 9
Negligent manslaughter2 2 0 3 3 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 2 3 2 1 1
Sex offenses--forcible3 2,201 2,670 2,694 2,639 2,544 2,927 3,375 4,015 4,977 6,751 8,022 8,908 10,491 12,293 7,811 4,482
Rape --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 4,431 5,119 5,840 6,589 6,696 5,494 1,202
Fondling --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 2,320 2,903 3,068 3,902 5,597 2,317 3,280
Sex offenses--nonforcible4 461 43 40 35 65 33 46 46 45 53 63 60 82 65 41 24
Robbery5 1,663 1,547 1,561 1,576 1,409 1,392 1,285 1,368 1,317 1,041 1,044 1,080 1,039 832 175 657
Aggravated assault6 2,947 2,817 2,604 2,495 2,327 2,221 2,239 2,423 2,044 2,048 2,258 2,156 2,263 2,233 770 1,463
Burglary7 26,904 31,260 29,488 28,737 23,083 21,335 19,472 18,183 15,232 13,419 12,320 11,918 11,127 9,579 4,829 4,750
Motor vehicle theft8 6,221 5,231 4,619 4,104 3,977 3,441 3,334 3,013 2,971 2,890 3,218 3,506 3,454 3,075 44 3,031
Arson9 1,180 916 776 695 633 732 639 705 627 603 577 594 610 413 205 208

Weapons-, drug-, and liquor-related arrests
    and referrals
                               
Arrests10 40,348 50,187 50,558 50,639 50,066 51,519 54,285 52,325 46,975 44,531 40,299 38,992 37,897 32,240 16,433 15,807
Illegal weapons possession 1,073 1,316 1,318 1,190 1,077 1,112 1,023 1,023 1,018 990 1,183 1,198 1,246 1,159 262 897
Drug law violations 11,854 13,952 14,135 15,146 15,871 18,589 20,729 21,212 19,799 19,172 19,431 19,226 19,851 18,166 8,771 9,395
Liquor law violations 27,421 34,919 35,105 34,303 33,118 31,818 32,533 30,090 26,158 24,369 19,685 18,568 16,800 12,915 7,400 5,515
Referrals for disciplinary action10 155,201 218,040 216,600 217,526 220,987 230,269 249,694 251,402 244,985 253,315 241,687 228,802 215,409 200,322 184,229 16,093
Illegal weapons possession 1,277 1,871 1,658 1,455 1,275 1,314 1,282 1,404 1,410 1,425 1,425 1,402 1,293 1,232 881 351
Drug law violations 23,900 27,251 28,476 32,469 36,344 42,022 51,562 53,959 53,439 56,575 56,037 55,373 57,640 53,930 46,031 7,899
Liquor law violations 130,024 188,918 186,466 183,602 183,368 186,933 196,850 196,039 190,136 195,315 184,225 172,027 156,476 145,160 137,317 7,843

Public 4-year
                               
Selected crimes against persons and property 18,710 20,648 19,579 18,695 15,975 15,503 14,675 14,510 13,127 13,346 13,592 14,165 14,959 15,404 7,036 8,368
Murder1 9 5 42 9 8 9 10 7 10 3 13 8 13 12 5 7
Negligent manslaughter2 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 1
Sex offenses--forcible3 1,245 1,400 1,425 1,317 1,214 1,461 1,638 1,973 2,264 3,211 3,960 4,410 5,317 6,906 3,995 2,911
Rape --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 2,118 2,541 2,940 3,426 3,607 2,910 697
Fondling --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 1,093 1,419 1,470 1,891 3,299 1,085 2,214
Sex offenses--nonforcible4 207 15 23 12 40 15 17 17 18 28 37 30 64 38 24 14
Robbery5 584 680 722 750 647 662 612 657 635 550 580 589 524 459 107 352
Aggravated assault6 1,434 1,338 1,258 1,182 1,134 1,076 1,076 1,200 1,000 1,016 1,144 1,153 1,152 1,230 479 751
Burglary7 11,520 14,027 13,371 12,970 10,708 10,219 9,373 8,821 7,258 6,678 5,782 5,588 5,488 4,779 2,308 2,471
Motor vehicle theft8 3,072 2,662 2,266 2,027 1,824 1,604 1,592 1,406 1,537 1,500 1,770 2,048 2,042 1,771 9 1,762
Arson9 637 521 470 427 400 457 356 428 405 359 305 337 356 208 109 99

Weapons-, drug-, and liquor-related arrests
    and referrals
                               
Arrests10 31,077 39,900 39,570 40,607 40,780 41,992 44,891 43,155 38,073 36,249 32,717 31,601 30,400 25,399 12,716 12,683
Illegal weapons possession 692 859 825 759 659 669 629 621 637 619 721 759 813 746 198 548
Drug law violations 9,125 10,850 10,693 11,714 12,186 14,362 16,323 16,792 15,571 15,119 15,509 15,541 15,917 14,616 7,169 7,447
Liquor law violations 21,260 28,191 28,052 28,134 27,935 26,961 27,939 25,742 21,865 20,511 16,487 15,301 13,670 10,037 5,349 4,688
Referrals for disciplinary action10 79,152 107,289 106,148 104,585 108,756 116,029 129,667 132,363 127,155 134,310 127,315 118,658 111,726 103,354 93,893 9,461
Illegal weapons possession 678 972 867 792 669 664 610 644 604 646 569 602 521 478 340 138
Drug law violations 13,179 13,798 14,458 16,656 18,260 21,451 27,339 28,880 28,259 30,376 30,599 29,598 31,847 29,215 24,070 5,145
Liquor law violations 65,295 92,519 90,823 87,137 89,827 93,914 101,718 102,839 98,292 103,288 96,147 88,458 79,358 73,661 69,483 4,178

Nonprofit 4-year
                               
Selected crimes against persons and property 14,844 16,864 15,452 14,892 11,964 11,202 10,740 10,790 10,290 9,995 10,460 11,013 11,046 10,598 6,215 4,383
Murder1 5 3 2 1 6 5 3 2 5 5 2 4 6 1 0 1
Negligent manslaughter2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0
Sex offenses--forcible3 820 1,080 1,065 1,083 1,102 1,225 1,431 1,741 2,379 3,105 3,510 3,956 4,525 4,791 3,581 1,210
Rape --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 2,152 2,366 2,700 2,899 2,859 2,423 436
Fondling --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 953 1,144 1,256 1,626 1,932 1,158 774
Sex offenses--nonforcible4 113 10 8 16 11 8 13 10 12 7 15 11 9 21 15 6
Robbery5 649 502 460 437 366 319 320 386 373 263 280 326 354 237 56 181
Aggravated assault6 882 834 768 754 661 641 631 667 681 655 727 657 805 776 252 524
Burglary7 10,471 13,051 11,941 11,551 8,810 8,138 7,421 7,046 5,999 5,020 4,894 5,018 4,300 3,774 2,214 1,560
Motor vehicle theft8 1,471 1,077 984 859 834 641 704 711 667 754 821 831 846 842 10 832
Arson9 433 307 223 191 174 225 217 227 174 186 210 210 201 155 86 69

Weapons-, drug-, and liquor-related arrests
    and referrals
                               
Arrests10 6,329 6,134 6,732 6,112 5,777 5,459 5,444 5,477 5,642 4,950 4,583 4,492 4,136 3,643 1,997 1,646
Illegal weapons possession 167 146 178 158 148 137 129 127 131 129 168 194 191 194 53 141
Drug law violations 1,628 1,650 1,804 1,883 2,080 2,248 2,425 2,415 2,503 2,258 2,237 2,195 2,242 2,018 1,087 931
Liquor law violations 4,534 4,338 4,750 4,071 3,549 3,074 2,890 2,935 3,008 2,563 2,178 2,103 1,703 1,431 857 574
Referrals for disciplinary action10 71,293 103,484 103,254 105,289 103,457 104,939 110,607 110,268 109,298 110,150 105,567 102,099 95,311 89,556 84,089 5,467
Illegal weapons possession 443 622 545 457 358 393 417 498 535 481 569 571 538 579 472 107
Drug law violations 9,688 12,114 12,685 14,157 15,845 17,841 21,240 22,168 22,116 23,000 22,180 22,743 22,601 21,793 19,787 2,006
Liquor law violations 61,162 90,748 90,024 90,675 87,254 86,705 88,950 87,602 86,647 86,669 82,818 78,785 72,172 67,184 63,830 3,354

For-profit 4-year
                               
Selected crimes against persons and property 505 641 612 574 525 561 446 364 511 442 295 240 288 288 135 153
Murder1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Negligent manslaughter2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sex offenses--forcible3 4 12 12 9 9 22 26 18 18 43 34 28 52 60 39 21
Rape --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 26 11 15 30 26 20 6
Fondling --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 17 23 13 22 34 19 15
Sex offenses--nonforcible4 13 0 2 0 1 1 0 3 2 2 0 1 0 1 1 0
Robbery5 64 25 31 38 86 70 74 51 86 52 24 14 21 13 1 12
Aggravated assault6 23 31 31 63 43 51 36 43 58 33 27 32 22 22 5 17
Burglary7 347 489 446 385 299 350 249 195 276 251 162 110 140 109 62 47
Motor vehicle theft8 52 78 89 79 85 65 58 53 68 59 47 53 50 79 25 54
Arson9 2 6 1 0 2 2 2 1 2 2 1 2 3 3 2 1

Weapons-, drug-, and liquor-related arrests
    and referrals
                               
Arrests10 11 52 28 40 54 165 152 126 74 117 102 109 122 150 105 45
Illegal weapons possession 2 5 3 8 6 13 11 10 12 9 14 11 5 2 0 2
Drug law violations 4 14 16 14 22 66 41 49 48 68 78 78 107 141 105 36
Liquor law violations 5 33 9 18 26 86 100 67 14 40 10 20 10 7 0 7
Referrals for disciplinary action10 316 513 519 566 882 760 718 668 1,161 935 804 655 979 783 696 87
Illegal weapons possession 11 13 11 13 23 9 16 23 18 16 11 7 5 8 6 2
Drug law violations 92 138 132 159 231 221 233 254 537 403 330 253 315 237 189 48
Liquor law violations 213 362 376 394 628 530 469 391 606 516 463 395 659 538 501 37

Public 2-year
                               
Selected crimes against persons and property 6,817 5,669 5,381 5,464 4,984 4,396 4,141 3,749 3,075 2,845 3,014 2,654 2,653 2,087 478 1,609
Murder1 2 0 0 2 2 1 2 3 7 3 13 3 2 0 0 0
Negligent manslaughter2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sex offenses--forcible3 118 167 181 210 205 210 262 263 303 385 495 489 579 520 191 329
Rape --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 132 197 175 223 196 136 60
Fondling --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 253 298 314 356 324 55 269
Sex offenses--nonforcible4 119 16 7 7 12 8 16 13 11 16 11 18 9 5 1 4
Robbery5 245 284 279 285 251 298 262 244 197 148 149 138 128 118 10 108
Aggravated assault6 545 546 462 401 431 409 406 437 278 305 335 281 258 185 32 153
Burglary7 4,132 3,261 3,202 3,430 2,920 2,398 2,235 1,964 1,583 1,383 1,411 1,132 1,151 880 236 644
Motor vehicle theft8 1,552 1,319 1,174 1,059 1,109 1,028 899 776 651 548 541 549 477 334 0 334
Arson9 104 76 76 70 54 43 59 49 45 56 59 44 49 45 8 37

Weapons-, drug-, and liquor-related arrests
    and referrals
                               
Arrests10 2,660 3,993 4,124 3,764 3,335 3,811 3,723 3,464 3,060 3,121 2,840 2,701 3,168 2,994 1,603 1,391
Illegal weapons possession 198 300 304 258 256 282 248 253 230 220 268 215 226 207 10 197
Drug law violations 989 1,378 1,563 1,490 1,507 1,866 1,892 1,885 1,588 1,671 1,568 1,373 1,528 1,356 405 951
Liquor law violations 1,473 2,315 2,257 2,016 1,572 1,663 1,583 1,326 1,242 1,230 1,004 1,113 1,414 1,431 1,188 243
Referrals for disciplinary action10 3,529 5,897 5,987 6,425 7,241 8,017 8,174 7,586 6,845 7,240 7,292 6,870 6,818 6,200 5,182 1,018
Illegal weapons possession 127 238 218 183 210 242 228 224 243 269 271 214 218 160 59 101
Drug law violations 761 908 1,006 1,302 1,745 2,336 2,573 2,468 2,304 2,548 2,626 2,575 2,650 2,508 1,834 674
Liquor law violations 2,641 4,751 4,763 4,940 5,286 5,439 5,373 4,894 4,298 4,423 4,395 4,081 3,950 3,532 3,289 243

Nonprofit 2-year
                               
Selected crimes against persons and property 248 250 258 272 147 120 148 107 66 64 53 56 60 37 12 25
Murder1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Negligent manslaughter2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sex offenses--forcible3 2 3 9 16 8 7 11 8 4 3 11 16 13 10 5 5
Rape --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 2 1 8 9 8 5 3
Fondling --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 1 10 8 4 2 0 2
Sex offenses--nonforcible4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Robbery5 54 7 2 13 9 5 1 2 3 0 2 5 2 0 0 0
Aggravated assault6 23 35 52 66 5 9 53 46 13 27 7 8 12 4 2 2
Burglary7 142 187 178 160 120 95 74 47 41 29 27 24 20 12 5 7
Motor vehicle theft8 23 14 14 9 4 2 7 4 3 5 4 2 12 10 0 10
Arson9 1 3 3 7 1 2 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 1

Weapons-, drug-, and liquor-related arrests
    and referrals
                               
Arrests10 108 67 59 93 58 49 52 52 66 39 32 56 47 25 8 17
Illegal weapons possession 1 3 4 3 4 6 5 5 5 5 9 12 9 5 0 5
Drug law violations 21 34 27 33 35 18 34 31 49 28 20 21 37 15 3 12
Liquor law violations 86 30 28 57 19 25 13 16 12 6 3 23 1 5 5 0
Referrals for disciplinary action10 624 537 519 413 348 377 360 300 320 448 546 420 488 361 327 34
Illegal weapons possession 2 19 10 6 7 4 1 6 7 11 2 3 7 4 4 0
Drug law violations 91 74 73 85 100 105 109 103 129 155 214 163 185 138 126 12
Liquor law violations 531 444 436 322 241 268 250 191 184 282 330 254 296 219 197 22

For-profit 2-year
                               
Selected crimes against persons and property 472 420 547 399 459 315 257 246 167 126 118 111 85 92 5 87
Murder1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Negligent manslaughter2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sex offenses--forcible3 12 8 2 4 6 2 7 12 9 4 12 9 5 6 0 6
Rape --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 1 3 2 2 0 0 0
Fondling --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 3 9 7 3 6 0 6
Sex offenses--nonforcible4 7 1 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Robbery5 67 49 67 53 50 38 16 28 23 28 9 8 10 5 1 4
Aggravated assault6 40 33 33 29 53 35 37 30 14 12 18 25 14 16 0 16
Burglary7 292 245 350 241 226 135 120 110 75 58 44 46 28 25 4 21
Motor vehicle theft8 51 81 92 71 121 101 74 63 45 24 35 23 27 39 0 39
Arson9 3 3 3 0 2 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1

Weapons-, drug-, and liquor-related arrests
    and referrals
                               
Arrests10 163 41 45 23 62 43 23 51 60 55 25 33 24 29 4 25
Illegal weapons possession 13 3 4 4 4 5 1 7 3 8 3 7 2 5 1 4
Drug law violations 87 26 32 12 41 29 14 40 40 28 19 18 20 20 2 18
Liquor law violations 63 12 9 7 17 9 8 4 17 19 3 8 2 4 1 3
Referrals for disciplinary action10 287 320 173 248 303 147 168 217 206 232 163 100 87 68 42 26
Illegal weapons possession 16 7 7 4 8 2 10 9 3 2 3 5 4 3 0 3
Drug law violations 89 219 122 110 163 68 68 86 94 93 88 41 42 39 25 14
Liquor law violations 182 94 44 134 132 77 90 122 109 137 72 54 41 26 17 9
---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 2018; and National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Fall 2002 through Fall 2018, Institutional Characteristics component. (This table was prepared August 2020.)

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