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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 2019
Control and level of institution and type of incident Number of incidents
Total, in residence halls and at other locations 2019
2001 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 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 41,829 40,296 34,054 32,097 30,407 29,766 27,236 26,818 27,532 28,239 29,034 28,587 27,334 12,837 14,497
Murder1 17 44 12 16 15 16 12 23 11 28 15 22 12 20 6 14
Negligent manslaughter2 2 3 3 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 2 3 2 5 1 4
Sex offenses--forcible3 2,201 2,694 2,639 2,544 2,927 3,375 4,015 4,977 6,751 8,022 8,908 10,481 12,376 11,767 7,375 4,392
Rape --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 4,431 5,119 5,840 6,583 6,755 6,212 5,088 1,124
Fondling --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 2,320 2,903 3,068 3,898 5,621 5,555 2,287 3,268
Sex offenses--nonforcible4 461 40 35 65 33 46 46 45 53 63 60 82 63 74 42 32
Robbery5 1,663 1,561 1,576 1,409 1,392 1,285 1,368 1,317 1,041 1,044 1,080 1,034 833 806 167 639
Aggravated assault6 2,947 2,604 2,495 2,327 2,221 2,239 2,423 2,044 2,048 2,258 2,156 2,257 2,235 2,154 692 1,462
Burglary7 26,904 29,488 28,737 23,083 21,335 19,472 18,183 15,232 13,419 12,320 11,918 11,098 9,583 8,991 4,304 4,687
Motor vehicle theft8 6,221 4,619 4,104 3,977 3,441 3,334 3,013 2,971 2,890 3,218 3,506 3,448 3,070 3,061 33 3,028
Arson9 1,180 776 695 633 732 639 705 627 603 577 594 609 413 456 217 239

Weapons-, drug-, and liquor-related arrests
    and referrals
                               
Arrests10 40,348 50,558 50,639 50,066 51,519 54,285 52,325 46,975 44,531 40,299 38,992 37,875 32,349 27,731 14,168 13,563
Illegal weapons possession 1,073 1,318 1,190 1,077 1,112 1,023 1,023 1,018 990 1,183 1,198 1,241 1,177 1,145 244 901
Drug law violations 11,854 14,135 15,146 15,871 18,589 20,729 21,212 19,799 19,172 19,431 19,226 19,837 18,190 14,097 6,747 7,350
Liquor law violations 27,421 35,105 34,303 33,118 31,818 32,533 30,090 26,158 24,369 19,685 18,568 16,797 12,982 12,489 7,177 5,312
Referrals for disciplinary action10 155,201 216,600 217,526 220,987 230,269 249,694 251,402 244,985 253,315 241,687 228,802 215,288 199,819 187,331 173,015 14,316
Illegal weapons possession 1,277 1,658 1,455 1,275 1,314 1,282 1,404 1,410 1,425 1,425 1,402 1,290 1,231 1,056 718 338
Drug law violations 23,900 28,476 32,469 36,344 42,022 51,562 53,959 53,439 56,575 56,037 55,373 57,602 53,569 46,313 40,170 6,143
Liquor law violations 130,024 186,466 183,602 183,368 186,933 196,850 196,039 190,136 195,315 184,225 172,027 156,396 145,019 139,962 132,127 7,835

Public 4-year
                               
Selected crimes against persons and property 18,710 19,579 18,695 15,975 15,503 14,675 14,510 13,127 13,346 13,592 14,165 14,950 15,450 15,516 6,851 8,665
Murder1 9 42 9 8 9 10 7 10 3 13 8 13 11 12 3 9
Negligent manslaughter2 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 2 3 1 4 1 3
Sex offenses--forcible3 1,245 1,425 1,317 1,214 1,461 1,638 1,973 2,264 3,211 3,960 4,410 5,315 6,927 6,929 3,937 2,992
Rape --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 2,118 2,541 2,940 3,426 3,618 3,498 2,814 684
Fondling --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 1,093 1,419 1,470 1,889 3,309 3,431 1,123 2,308
Sex offenses--nonforcible4 207 23 12 40 15 17 17 18 28 37 30 64 38 52 36 16
Robbery5 584 722 750 647 662 612 657 635 550 580 589 522 460 468 103 365
Aggravated assault6 1,434 1,258 1,182 1,134 1,076 1,076 1,200 1,000 1,016 1,144 1,153 1,150 1,236 1,234 431 803
Burglary7 11,520 13,371 12,970 10,708 10,219 9,373 8,821 7,258 6,678 5,782 5,588 5,485 4,794 4,820 2,223 2,597
Motor vehicle theft8 3,072 2,266 2,027 1,824 1,604 1,592 1,406 1,537 1,500 1,770 2,048 2,042 1,775 1,757 8 1,749
Arson9 637 470 427 400 457 356 428 405 359 305 337 356 208 240 109 131

Weapons-, drug-, and liquor-related arrests
    and referrals
                               
Arrests10 31,077 39,570 40,607 40,780 41,992 44,891 43,155 38,073 36,249 32,717 31,601 30,393 25,528 21,836 10,878 10,958
Illegal weapons possession 692 825 759 659 669 629 621 637 619 721 759 813 761 781 174 607
Drug law violations 9,125 10,693 11,714 12,186 14,362 16,323 16,792 15,571 15,119 15,509 15,541 15,911 14,641 11,189 5,397 5,792
Liquor law violations 21,260 28,052 28,134 27,935 26,961 27,939 25,742 21,865 20,511 16,487 15,301 13,669 10,126 9,866 5,307 4,559
Referrals for disciplinary action10 79,152 106,148 104,585 108,756 116,029 129,667 132,363 127,155 134,310 127,315 118,658 111,724 103,313 97,569 90,418 7,151
Illegal weapons possession 678 867 792 669 664 610 644 604 646 569 602 521 488 449 305 144
Drug law violations 13,179 14,458 16,656 18,260 21,451 27,339 28,880 28,259 30,376 30,599 29,598 31,845 29,051 24,007 20,630 3,377
Liquor law violations 65,295 90,823 87,137 89,827 93,914 101,718 102,839 98,292 103,288 96,147 88,458 79,358 73,774 73,113 69,483 3,630

Private nonprofit 4-year
                               
Selected crimes against persons and property 14,844 15,452 14,892 11,964 11,202 10,740 10,790 10,290 9,995 10,460 11,013 11,012 10,646 9,358 5,375 3,983
Murder1 5 2 1 6 5 3 2 5 5 2 4 6 1 7 2 5
Negligent manslaughter2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1
Sex offenses--forcible3 820 1,065 1,083 1,102 1,225 1,431 1,741 2,379 3,105 3,510 3,956 4,518 4,854 4,151 3,201 950
Rape --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 2,152 2,366 2,700 2,894 2,907 2,483 2,121 362
Fondling --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 953 1,144 1,256 1,624 1,947 1,668 1,080 588
Sex offenses--nonforcible4 113 8 16 11 8 13 10 12 7 15 11 9 19 6 3 3
Robbery5 649 460 437 366 319 320 386 373 263 280 326 353 237 226 55 171
Aggravated assault6 882 768 754 661 641 631 667 681 655 727 657 802 773 694 218 476
Burglary7 10,471 11,941 11,551 8,810 8,138 7,421 7,046 5,999 5,020 4,894 5,018 4,282 3,771 3,224 1,788 1,436
Motor vehicle theft8 1,471 984 859 834 641 704 711 667 754 821 831 842 835 886 7 879
Arson9 433 223 191 174 225 217 227 174 186 210 210 200 155 163 101 62

Weapons-, drug-, and liquor-related arrests
    and referrals
                               
Arrests10 6,329 6,732 6,112 5,777 5,459 5,444 5,477 5,642 4,950 4,583 4,492 4,129 3,653 2,841 1,587 1,254
Illegal weapons possession 167 178 158 148 137 129 127 131 129 168 194 189 199 183 49 134
Drug law violations 1,628 1,804 1,883 2,080 2,248 2,425 2,415 2,503 2,258 2,237 2,195 2,238 2,015 1,567 862 705
Liquor law violations 4,534 4,750 4,071 3,549 3,074 2,890 2,935 3,008 2,563 2,178 2,103 1,702 1,439 1,091 676 415
Referrals for disciplinary action10 71,293 103,254 105,289 103,457 104,939 110,607 110,268 109,298 110,150 105,567 102,099 95,198 89,076 82,116 76,116 6,000
Illegal weapons possession 443 545 457 358 393 417 498 535 481 569 571 535 566 463 363 100
Drug law violations 9,688 12,685 14,157 15,845 17,841 21,240 22,168 22,116 23,000 22,180 22,743 22,567 21,599 19,402 17,360 2,042
Liquor law violations 61,162 90,024 90,675 87,254 86,705 88,950 87,602 86,647 86,669 82,818 78,785 72,096 66,911 62,251 58,393 3,858

Private for-profit 4-year
                               
Selected crimes against persons and property 505 612 574 525 561 446 364 511 442 295 240 284 283 295 127 168
Murder1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 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 12 9 9 22 26 18 18 43 34 28 51 60 65 48 17
Rape --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 26 11 15 29 26 31 28 3
Fondling --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 17 23 13 22 34 34 20 14
Sex offenses--nonforcible4 13 2 0 1 1 0 3 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
Robbery5 64 31 38 86 70 74 51 86 52 24 14 21 13 16 1 15
Aggravated assault6 23 31 63 43 51 36 43 58 33 27 32 22 22 25 4 21
Burglary7 347 446 385 299 350 249 195 276 251 162 110 139 106 123 54 69
Motor vehicle theft8 52 89 79 85 65 58 53 68 59 47 53 48 78 64 18 46
Arson9 2 1 0 2 2 2 1 2 2 1 2 3 3 2 2 0

Weapons-, drug-, and liquor-related arrests
    and referrals
                               
Arrests10 11 28 40 54 165 152 126 74 117 102 109 121 151 377 217 160
Illegal weapons possession 2 3 8 6 13 11 10 12 9 14 11 4 2 6 3 3
Drug law violations 4 16 14 22 66 41 49 48 68 78 78 107 143 240 131 109
Liquor law violations 5 9 18 26 86 100 67 14 40 10 20 10 6 131 83 48
Referrals for disciplinary action10 316 519 566 882 760 718 668 1,161 935 804 655 977 763 968 880 88
Illegal weapons possession 11 11 13 23 9 16 23 18 16 11 7 5 8 2 1 1
Drug law violations 92 132 159 231 221 233 254 537 403 330 253 313 231 179 143 36
Liquor law violations 213 376 394 628 530 469 391 606 516 463 395 659 524 787 736 51

Public 2-year
                               
Selected crimes against persons and property 6,817 5,381 5,464 4,984 4,396 4,141 3,749 3,075 2,845 3,014 2,654 2,648 2,086 2,054 468 1,586
Murder1 2 0 2 2 1 2 3 7 3 13 3 2 0 1 1 0
Negligent manslaughter2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sex offenses--forcible3 118 181 210 205 210 262 263 303 385 495 489 579 519 613 185 428
Rape --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 132 197 175 223 196 197 124 73
Fondling --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 253 298 314 356 323 416 61 355
Sex offenses--nonforcible4 119 7 7 12 8 16 13 11 16 11 18 9 5 16 3 13
Robbery5 245 279 285 251 298 262 244 197 148 149 138 126 118 85 7 78
Aggravated assault6 545 462 401 431 409 406 437 278 305 335 281 257 187 171 36 135
Burglary7 4,132 3,202 3,430 2,920 2,398 2,235 1,964 1,583 1,383 1,411 1,132 1,149 877 793 231 562
Motor vehicle theft8 1,552 1,174 1,059 1,109 1,028 899 776 651 548 541 549 477 335 324 0 324
Arson9 104 76 70 54 43 59 49 45 56 59 44 49 45 51 5 46

Weapons-, drug-, and liquor-related arrests
    and referrals
                               
Arrests10 2,660 4,124 3,764 3,335 3,811 3,723 3,464 3,060 3,121 2,840 2,701 3,161 2,963 2,627 1,474 1,153
Illegal weapons possession 198 304 258 256 282 248 253 230 220 268 215 224 205 167 16 151
Drug law violations 989 1,563 1,490 1,507 1,866 1,892 1,885 1,588 1,671 1,568 1,373 1,524 1,356 1,068 352 716
Liquor law violations 1,473 2,257 2,016 1,572 1,663 1,583 1,326 1,242 1,230 1,004 1,113 1,413 1,402 1,392 1,106 286
Referrals for disciplinary action10 3,529 5,987 6,425 7,241 8,017 8,174 7,586 6,845 7,240 7,292 6,870 6,818 6,243 6,339 5,290 1,049
Illegal weapons possession 127 218 183 210 242 228 224 243 269 271 214 218 162 138 45 93
Drug law violations 761 1,006 1,302 1,745 2,336 2,573 2,468 2,304 2,548 2,626 2,575 2,650 2,512 2,571 1,902 669
Liquor law violations 2,641 4,763 4,940 5,286 5,439 5,373 4,894 4,298 4,423 4,395 4,081 3,950 3,569 3,630 3,343 287

Private nonprofit 2-year
                               
Selected crimes against persons and property 248 258 272 147 120 148 107 66 64 53 56 60 35 29 12 17
Murder1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Negligent manslaughter2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sex offenses--forcible3 2 9 16 8 7 11 8 4 3 11 16 13 10 5 3 2
Rape --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 2 1 8 9 8 1 0 1
Fondling --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 1 10 8 4 2 4 3 1
Sex offenses--nonforcible4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Robbery5 54 2 13 9 5 1 2 3 0 2 5 2 0 2 0 2
Aggravated assault6 23 52 66 5 9 53 46 13 27 7 8 12 4 4 1 3
Burglary7 142 178 160 120 95 74 47 41 29 27 24 20 12 11 8 3
Motor vehicle theft8 23 14 9 4 2 7 4 3 5 4 2 12 8 7 0 7
Arson9 1 3 7 1 2 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0

Weapons-, drug-, and liquor-related arrests
    and referrals
                               
Arrests10 108 59 93 58 49 52 52 66 39 32 56 47 25 32 8 24
Illegal weapons possession 1 4 3 4 6 5 5 5 5 9 12 9 5 5 1 4
Drug law violations 21 27 33 35 18 34 31 49 28 20 21 37 15 20 2 18
Liquor law violations 86 28 57 19 25 13 16 12 6 3 23 1 5 7 5 2
Referrals for disciplinary action10 624 519 413 348 377 360 300 320 448 546 420 488 361 311 296 15
Illegal weapons possession 2 10 6 7 4 1 6 7 11 2 3 7 4 2 2 0
Drug law violations 91 73 85 100 105 109 103 129 155 214 163 185 138 141 130 11
Liquor law violations 531 436 322 241 268 250 191 184 282 330 254 296 219 168 164 4

Private for-profit 2-year
                               
Selected crimes against persons and property 472 547 399 459 315 257 246 167 126 118 111 80 87 82 4 78
Murder1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Negligent manslaughter2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sex offenses--forcible3 12 2 4 6 2 7 12 9 4 12 9 5 6 4 1 3
Rape --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 1 3 2 2 0 2 1 1
Fondling --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 3 9 7 3 6 2 0 2
Sex offenses--nonforcible4 7 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Robbery5 67 67 53 50 38 16 28 23 28 9 8 10 5 9 1 8
Aggravated assault6 40 33 29 53 35 37 30 14 12 18 25 14 13 26 2 24
Burglary7 292 350 241 226 135 120 110 75 58 44 46 23 23 20 0 20
Motor vehicle theft8 51 92 71 121 101 74 63 45 24 35 23 27 39 23 0 23
Arson9 3 3 0 2 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0

Weapons-, drug-, and liquor-related arrests
    and referrals
                               
Arrests10 163 45 23 62 43 23 51 60 55 25 33 24 29 18 4 14
Illegal weapons possession 13 4 4 4 5 1 7 3 8 3 7 2 5 3 1 2
Drug law violations 87 32 12 41 29 14 40 40 28 19 18 20 20 13 3 10
Liquor law violations 63 9 7 17 9 8 4 17 19 3 8 2 4 2 0 2
Referrals for disciplinary action10 287 173 248 303 147 168 217 206 232 163 100 83 63 28 15 13
Illegal weapons possession 16 7 4 8 2 10 9 3 2 3 5 4 3 2 2 0
Drug law violations 89 122 110 163 68 68 86 94 93 88 41 42 38 13 5 8
Liquor law violations 182 44 134 132 77 90 122 109 137 72 54 37 22 13 8 5
---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. Duplicate reporting of a small number of incidents may occur among institutions sharing all or part of a building, institutions in close proximity to each other that rely on the same crime statistics from local law enforcement agencies, or institutions operating more than one campus in close proximity to each other. 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 2019; and National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Fall 2002 through Fall 2019, Institutional Characteristics component. (This table was prepared November 2021.)

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