How Safe and Secure Virginia Commonwealth University Campuses?

At Virginia Commonwealth University, 473 on-campus, 5 out-of-campus, 724 public property, and 383 residence halls campus safety/security issues are reported. By safety matters, 924 arrests, 71 criminal offenses, 162 disciplinary actions, 39 VAWA (Violence Against Women Act), and 3 hate crimes are reported. There is a total of 28,082 students enrolled in VCU and the on-campus crime ratio is 168.44 per 10,000 students.

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Campus Safety/Security Matters

At Virginia Commonwealth University, 473 on-campus, 5 out-of-campus, 724 public property, and 383 residence halls 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	924	260	4	660	206	-
Criminal Offenses	71	35	-	36	24	-
Disciplinary Actions	162	149	1	12	143	-
VAWA³	39	27	-	12	10	-
Hate Crimes	3	1	-	2	-	-
Total	1,199	473	5	724	383	-
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 Virginia Commonwealth University, 924 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	924	260	4	660	206
Weapons (carrying, processing, etc.)	47	5	0	42	0
Drug Law Violation	394	92	0	302	65
Liquor Law Violation	483	163	4	316	141

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

Criminal Offenses Statistics By Location and Types of Crime

At Virginia Commonwealth University, 71 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	71	35	-	36	24
Rape	15	15	-	-	13
Fondling	6	3	-	3	1
Robbery	5	1	-	4	-
Aggravated Assault	18	3	-	15	2
Burglary	13	13	-	-	8

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

Disciplinary Action Statistics By Location and Violation Types

For students attending Virginia Commonwealth University, 162 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	162	149	1	12	143
Drug Law Violation	54	52	-	2	50
Liquor Law Violation	108	97	1	10	93

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 Virginia Commonwealth University, 39 VAWA are reported including domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking.

Disciplinary Action Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹
Total	39	27	-	12	10
Domestic Violence	6	0	0	6	0
Dating Violence	15	11	0	4	7
Stalking	18	16	0	2	3

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

Hate Crimes Statistics By Location, crime types, and bias

For students attending Virginia Commonwealth University, 3 hate crimes are reported.

Hate Crimes Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹
Simple Assault	3	1	0	2	0
Bias Race	1	0	0	1	0
Bias Religion	1	1	0	0	0
Bias Sexual Orientation	1	0	0	1	0

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

Fires in Residence Halls

There is no reported fires on residence halls at Virginia Commonwealth University.

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