How Safe and Secure Ohio State University-Main Campus Campuses?

At Ohio State University-Main Campus, 2,593 on-campus, 39 out-of-campus, 43 public property, 2,236 residence halls, and 4 on-campus fire campus safety/security issues are reported. By safety matters, 169 arrests, 173 criminal offenses, 2,194 disciplinary actions, 75 VAWA (Violence Against Women Act), and 32 hate crimes are reported. There is a total of 60,540 students enrolled in OSU and the on-campus crime ratio is 428.31 per 10,000 students.

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Campus Safety/Security Matters

At Ohio State University-Main Campus, 2,593 on-campus, 39 out-of-campus, 43 public property, 2,236 residence halls, and 4 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	169	138	7	24	23	-
Criminal Offenses	173	139	19	15	66	-
Disciplinary Actions	2,194	2,190	2	2	2,104	-
VAWA³	75	70	5	-	23	-
Hate Crimes	32	28	3	1	10	-
Total	2,643	2,593	39	43	2,236	-
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 Ohio State University-Main Campus, 169 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	169	138	7	24	23
Weapons (carrying, processing, etc.)	4	4	0	0	0
Drug Law Violation	44	31	6	7	4
Liquor Law Violation	121	103	1	17	19

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

Criminal Offenses Statistics By Location and Types of Crime

At Ohio State University-Main Campus, 173 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	173	139	19	15	66
Rape	66	61	5	-	50
Fondling	24	22	2	-	8
Robbery	16	7	2	7	-
Aggravated Assault	22	16	1	5	1
Burglary	22	19	3	-	6
Motor Vehicle Theft	21	12	6	3	-
Arson	2	2	-	-	1

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

Disciplinary Action Statistics By Location and Violation Types

For students attending Ohio State University-Main Campus, 2,194 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	2,194	2,190	2	2	2,104
Drug Law Violation	260	259	1	-	214
Liquor Law Violation	1,934	1,931	1	2	1,890

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 Ohio State University-Main Campus, 75 VAWA are reported including domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking.

Disciplinary Action Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹
Total	75	70	5	-	23
Domestic Violence	12	10	2	0	3
Dating Violence	20	18	2	0	12
Stalking	43	42	1	0	8

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

Hate Crimes Statistics By Location, crime types, and bias

For students attending Ohio State University-Main Campus, 32 hate crimes are reported.

Hate Crimes Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹
Aggravated Assault	15	14	0	1	0
Bias Race	1	0	0	1	0
Bias Nation Origin	14	14	0	0	0
Simple Assault	11	8	3	0	5
Bias Race	1	1	0	0	0
Bias Religion	1	1	0	0	0
Bias Sexual Orientation	3	0	3	0	0
Bias Gender	6	6	0	0	5
Larceny	1	1	0	0	1
Bias Religion	1	1	0	0	1
Intimidation	2	2	0	0	1
Bias Religion	1	1	0	0	0
Bias Sexual Orientation	1	1	0	0	1
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism	3	3	0	0	3
Bias Race	1	1	0	0	1
Bias Religion	1	1	0	0	1
Bias Nation Origin	1	1	0	0	1

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

Fires in Residence Halls

At Ohio State University-Main Campus, 4 residence hall fires are reported.

Residence Hall Fires
	Number Of Fires	Category	Cause	Injuries/Deaths	Damage
MORRILL TOWER, Main Campus	1	Unintentional	Open flames	0/0	$0-$99
NORTON HOUSE, Main Campus	1	Intentional	Burned flyer on the wall	0/0	$0-$99
SCOTT HOUSE, Main Campus	1	Unintentional	Electrical	0/0	$1,000-$9,999
Mendoza House, Main Campus	1	Unintentional	Cooking	0/0	$25,000-$49,999

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