UA Fort Smith Campus Safety and Security

Campus Safety/Security Matters

At University of Arkansas-Fort Smith, 57 on-campus, 6 public property, 40 residence halls, and 4 on-campus fire were reported. The following table summarizes campus safety/security matters by location and types for the calendar year 2023.

The criminal and safety related action rate per 1,000 students is 11.46. When limited to on-campus, the rate per 1,000 students is 10.37. The criminal offenses rate per 1,000 students is 2.00 at UA Fort Smith.

By violation type, 12 arrests, 11 criminal offenses, and 37 disciplinary actions are reported. In addition, 3 VAWA (Violence Against Women Act) are reported at UA Fort Smith.

Campus Safety/Security Issues
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Reported²	Rate per 1000 Students
Arrests	12	7	-	5	-	-	2.18
Criminal Offenses	11	11	-	-	3	-	2.00
Disciplinary Actions	37	36	-	1	36	-	6.73
VAWA³	3	3	-	-	1	-	0.55
Hate Crimes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	63	57	-	6	40	-	11.46
Rate Per 1000 Students	11.46	10.37	-	1.09	7.28	-	-

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

² Reported by local police.

³ VAWA: Violence Against Women Act

Campus Safety Matters By Year at UA Fort Smith

The following table shows the number of incidents related to campus safety for last three years. The numbers only includes on-campus issues for UA Fort Smith main campus.

UA Fort Smith Campuses Safety Issues by Year (main campus, on-campus only)
	Total	Arrests	Criminal Offenses	Disciplinary Actions	VAWA	Hate Crime	Fires
2021	49	1	3	42	3	0	0
2022	58 9	0 -1	17 14	32 -10	9 6	0 -	1 1
2023	63 5	12 12	11 -6	37 5	3 -6	0 -	2 1

Arrests Statistics By Location and Violation Types

At University of Arkansas-Fort Smith, 12 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	12	7	-	5	-
Weapons (carrying, processing, etc.)	-	0	-	0	0
Drug Law Violation	6	4	-	2	0
Liquor Law Violation	6	3	-	3	0

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

Criminal Offenses Statistics By Location and Types of Crime

At University of Arkansas-Fort Smith, 11 criminal offenses are reported including rape, fondling, incest, statutory rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, motor vehicle theft, and arson.

The crminal offenses rate per 1,000 students is 2.00 regardless location and category. Limited to on-campus, crminal offenses rate per 1,000 students is 2.00 at UA Fort Smith.

Criminal Offenses Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Rate per 1000 Students
Total	11	11	-	-	3	2.00
Rape	2	2	-	-	1	0.36
Fondling	3	3	-	-	2	0.55
Burglary	5	5	-	-	-	0.91
Motor Vehicle Theft	1	1	-	-	-	0.18
Rate per 1000 Stuents	2.00	2.00	-	-	0.55	-

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

Disciplinary Action Statistics By Location and Violation Types

For students attending University of Arkansas-Fort Smith, 37 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	37	36	-	1	36
Drug Law Violation	15	14	-	1	14
Liquor Law Violation	22	22	-	-	22

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

Disciplinary Action Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹
Total	3	3	-	-	1
Domestic Violence	-	0	-	0	0
Dating Violence	-	0	-	0	0
Stalking	3	3	-	0	1

Residence Hall Fires
	Number Of Fires	Category	Cause	Injuries/Deaths	Damage
Sebastian Commons, Main Campus	2	Unintentional	Cooking	0/0	$0-$99
Sebastian Commons, Main Campus	2	Unintentional	Cooking	0/0	$0-$99

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How Safe and Secure University of Arkansas-Fort Smith Campuses?

Campus Safety/Security Matters

Campus Safety Matters By Year at UA Fort Smith

Arrests Statistics By Location and Violation Types

Criminal Offenses Statistics By Location and Types of Crime

Disciplinary Action Statistics By Location and Violation Types

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

Hate Crimes Statistics By Location, crime types, and bias

Fires in Residence Halls