Caltech Campus Safety and Security

Campus Safety/Security Matters

At California Institute of Technology, 182 on-campus, 2 public property, and 148 residence halls 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 75.72. When limited to on-campus, the rate per 1,000 students is 74.90. The criminal offenses rate per 1,000 students is 13.58 at Caltech.

By violation type, 33 criminal offenses and 134 disciplinary actions are reported. In addition, 17 VAWA (Violence Against Women Act) are reported at Caltech.

Campus Safety/Security Issues
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Reported²	Rate per 1000 Students
Arrests	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Criminal Offenses	33	32	-	1	9	-	13.58
Disciplinary Actions	134	134	-	-	134	-	55.14
VAWA³	17	16	-	1	5	-	7.00
Hate Crimes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	184	182	-	2	148	-	75.72
Rate Per 1000 Students	75.72	74.90	-	0.82	60.91	-	-

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 Caltech

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

Caltech Campuses Safety Issues by Year (main campus, on-campus only)
	Total	Arrests	Criminal Offenses	Disciplinary Actions	VAWA	Hate Crime	Fires
2021	50	1	13	27	9	0	0
2022	217 167	0 -1	41 28	157 130	19 10	0 -	3 3
2023	184 -33	0 -	33 -8	134 -23	17 -2	0 -	0 -3

Criminal Offenses Statistics By Location and Types of Crime

At California Institute of Technology, 33 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 13.58 regardless location and category. Limited to on-campus, crminal offenses rate per 1,000 students is 13.17 at Caltech.

By crime category, Motor Vehicle Theft was the most common with 15 cases, and Fondling was the second most common with 7 cases. When restricted to campus, including residence halls, Motor Vehicle Theft was the most common with 14 incidents, while Fondling was the second most common with 7 incidents.

Criminal Offenses Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Rate per 1000 Students
Total	33	32	-	1	9	13.58
Rape	3	3	-	-	2	1.23
Fondling	7	7	-	-	3	2.88
Aggravated Assault	1	1	-	-	-	0.41
Burglary	7	7	-	-	1	2.88
Motor Vehicle Theft	15	14	-	1	3	6.17
Rate per 1000 Stuents	13.58	13.17	-	0.41	3.70	-

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

Disciplinary Action Statistics By Location and Violation Types

For students attending California Institute of Technology, 134 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	134	134	-	-	134
Drug Law Violation	5	5	-	-	5
Liquor Law Violation	129	129	-	-	129

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

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

At California Institute of Technology, 17 VAWA are reported including domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking.

Disciplinary Action Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹
Total	17	16	-	1	5
Domestic Violence	1	1	-	0	0
Dating Violence	2	2	-	0	2
Stalking	14	13	-	1	3

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

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How Safe and Secure California Institute of Technology Campuses?

Campus Safety/Security Matters

Campus Safety Matters By Year at Caltech

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