How Safe and Secure Massachusetts Institute of Technology Campuses?

At Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 118 on-campus, 44 out-of-campus, 17 public property, 85 residence halls, and 7 on-campus fire campus safety/security issues are reported. By safety matters, 3 arrests, 61 criminal offenses, 83 disciplinary actions, 28 VAWA (Violence Against Women Act), and 2 hate crimes are reported. There is a total of 11,858 students enrolled in MIT and the on-campus crime ratio is 99.51 per 10,000 students.

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Campus Safety/Security Matters

At Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 118 on-campus, 44 out-of-campus, 17 public property, 85 residence halls, and 7 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	3	1	-	2	-	-
Criminal Offenses	61	37	16	8	24	-
Disciplinary Actions	83	57	26	-	44	-
VAWA³	28	21	2	5	15	-
Hate Crimes	2	1	-	1	1	-
Total	177	118	44	17	85	-
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 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 3 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	3	1	-	2	-
Weapons (carrying, processing, etc.)	2	1	0	1	0
Drug Law Violation	1	0	0	1	0
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 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 61 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	61	37	16	8	24
Rape	13	8	5	-	7
Fondling	7	7	-	-	6
Aggravated Assault	6	3	-	3	2
Burglary	25	16	9	-	8
Motor Vehicle Theft	6	2	2	2	-
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 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 83 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	83	57	26	-	44
Drug Law Violation	5	5	-	-	5
Liquor Law Violation	77	52	25	-	39

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 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 28 VAWA are reported including domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking.

Disciplinary Action Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹
Total	28	21	2	5	15
Domestic Violence	13	7	2	4	6
Dating Violence	7	6	0	1	5
Stalking	8	8	0	0	4

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

Hate Crimes Statistics By Location, crime types, and bias

For students attending Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2 hate crimes are reported.

Hate Crimes Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism	2	1	0	1	1
Bias Religion	1	1	0	0	1
Bias Nation Origin	1	0	0	1	0

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

Fires in Residence Halls

At Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 7 residence hall fires are reported.

Residence Hall Fires
	Number Of Fires	Category	Cause	Injuries/Deaths	Damage
MacGregor House W61, MIT	1	Unintentional	Cooking	0/0	$0-$99
East Campus 62 &64, MIT	2	Unintentional	Smoking materials	0/0	$0-$99
East Campus 62 &64, MIT	2	Intentional	Paper was intentionally ignited and immediately extinguished. No	0/0	$0-$99
Random Hall NW61, MIT	1	Unintentional	Smoking materials	0/0	$100,000-$249,999
Tang Hall W84, MIT	1	Unintentional	Cooking	0/0	$0-$99

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