How Safe and Secure American University Campuses?

At American University, 716 on-campus, 1 out-of-campus, 5 public property, 681 residence halls, and 32 on-campus fire campus safety/security issues are reported. By safety matters, 2 arrests, 45 criminal offenses, 637 disciplinary actions, 26 VAWA (Violence Against Women Act), and 6 hate crimes are reported. There is a total of 13,885 students enrolled in American and the on-campus crime ratio is 515.66 per 10,000 students.

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Campus Safety/Security Matters

At American University, 716 on-campus, 1 out-of-campus, 5 public property, 681 residence halls, and 32 on-campus fire were reported. The next table summarizes campus safety/security matters by location and types.

Campus Safety/Security Issues
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Reported²
Arrests	2	1	-	1	1	-
Criminal Offenses	45	42	1	2	29	-
Disciplinary Actions	637	637	-	-	627	-
VAWA³	26	24	-	2	16	-
Hate Crimes	6	6	-	-	4	-
Total	716	716	1	5	681	-
¹ The counts on Residence Halls are included in on-campus statistics.
² Reported by local police
³ VAWA: Violence Against Women Act

Arrests Statistics By Location and Violation Types

For students attending American University, 2 arrests are reported including weapons: carrying, possessing, etc., drug law violation, and liquor law violation.

Arrests Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹
Total	2	1	-	1	1
Weapons (carrying, processing, etc.)	1	0	0	1	0
Drug Law Violation	1	1	0	0	1
Liquor Law Violation	-	0	0	0	0

¹ The counts on Residence Halls are included in on-campus statistics.

Criminal Offenses Statistics By Location and Types of Crime

At American University, 45 criminal offenses are reported including rape, fondling, incest, statutory rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, motor vehicle theft, and arson.

Criminal Offenses Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹
Total	45	42	1	2	29
Rape	15	15	-	-	15
Fondling	5	4	-	1	4
Robbery	1	1	-	-	-
Aggravated Assault	9	8	-	1	2
Burglary	14	13	1	-	7
Arson	1	1	-	-	1

¹ The counts on Residence Halls are included in on-campus statistics.

Disciplinary Action Statistics By Location and Violation Types

For students attending American University, 637 disciplinary actions are reported including weapons: carrying, possessing, etc., drug law violation, and liquor law violation.

Disciplinary Action Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹
Total	637	637	-	-	627
Drug Law Violation	116	116	-	-	106
Liquor Law Violation	521	521	-	-	521

¹ The counts on Residence Halls are included in on-campus statistics.

Violence Against Women Act(VAWA) Statistics By Location and Violation Types

For students attending American University, 26 VAWA are reported including domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking.

Disciplinary Action Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹
Total	26	24	-	2	16
Domestic Violence	4	4	0	0	1
Dating Violence	4	3	0	1	1
Stalking	18	17	0	1	14

¹ The counts on Residence Halls are included in on-campus statistics.

Hate Crimes Statistics By Location, crime types, and bias

For students attending American University, 6 hate crimes are reported.

Hate Crimes Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹
Burglary	1	1	0	0	0
Bias Gender	1	1	0	0	0
Simple Assault	1	1	0	0	1
Bias Race	1	1	0	0	1
Intimidation	1	1	0	0	1
Bias Ethnicity	1	1	0	0	1
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism	3	3	0	0	2
Bias Race	2	2	0	0	2
Bias Religion	1	1	0	0	0

¹ The counts on Residence Halls are included in on-campus statistics.

Fires in Residence Halls

At American University, 32 residence hall fires are reported.

Residence Hall Fires
	Number Of Fires	Category	Cause	Injuries/Deaths	Damage
Anderson Hall, Main Campus	1	Unintentional	Machinery/Industrial	0/0	$0-$99
Letts Hall, Main Campus	1	Intentional	Students intentionally lit paper on fire.	0/0	$0-$99
Hughes Hall, Main Campus	1	Unintentional	Open flames	0/0	$0-$99
Roper Hall, Main Campus	5	Unintentional	Cooking	0/0	$0-$99
Roper Hall, Main Campus	5	Unintentional	Cooking	0/0	$0-$99
Roper Hall, Main Campus	5	Unintentional	Cooking	0/0	$0-$99
Roper Hall, Main Campus	5	Unintentional	Cooking	0/0	$0-$99
Roper Hall, Main Campus	5	Unintentional	Cooking	0/0	$0-$99
Cassell Hall, Main Campus	2	Unintentional	Cooking	0/0	$0-$99
Cassell Hall, Main Campus	2	Unintentional	Cooking	0/0	$0-$99

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