CSUN Campus Safety and Security

Campus Safety/Security Matters

At California State University-Northridge, 70 on-campus, 1 out-of-campus, 2 public property, 31 residence halls, and 3 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 1.91. When limited to on-campus, the rate per 1,000 students is 1.83. The criminal offenses rate per 1,000 students is 0.73 at CSUN.

By violation type, 14 arrests, 28 criminal offenses, and 14 disciplinary actions are reported. In addition, 17 VAWA (Violence Against Women Act) are reported at CSUN.

Campus Safety/Security Issues
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Reported²	Rate per 1000 Students
Arrests	14	14	-	-	-	-	0.37
Criminal Offenses	28	25	1	2	6	-	0.73
Disciplinary Actions	14	14	-	-	14	-	0.37
VAWA³	17	17	-	-	11	-	0.44
Hate Crimes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	73	70	1	2	31	-	1.91
Rate Per 1000 Students	1.91	1.83	0.03	0.05	0.81	-	-

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

² Reported by local police.

³ VAWA: Violence Against Women Act

CSUN Campuses Safety Issues by Year (main campus, on-campus only)
	Total	Arrests	Criminal Offenses	Disciplinary Actions	VAWA	Hate Crime	Fires
2021	63	18	31	7	7	0	45
2022	57 -6	14 -4	25 -6	12 5	5 -2	1 1	3 -42
2023	73 16	14 -	28 3	14 2	17 12	0 -1	3 -

Arrests Statistics By Location and Violation Types

At California State University-Northridge, 14 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	14	14	-	-	-
Weapons (carrying, processing, etc.)	2	2	0	0	0
Drug Law Violation	12	12	0	0	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 California State University-Northridge, 28 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 0.73 regardless location and category. Limited to on-campus, crminal offenses rate per 1,000 students is 0.65 at CSUN.

Criminal Offenses Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Rate per 1000 Students
Total	28	25	1	2	6	0.73
Rape	3	3	-	-	3	0.08
Fondling	3	3	-	-	-	0.08
Burglary	6	6	-	-	1	0.16
Motor Vehicle Theft	10	8	-	2	-	0.26
Arson	5	5	-	-	2	0.13
Rate per 1000 Stuents	0.73	0.65	0.03	0.05	0.16	-

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

Disciplinary Action Statistics By Location and Violation Types

For students attending California State University-Northridge, 14 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	14	14	-	-	14
Drug Law Violation	3	3	-	-	3
Liquor Law Violation	11	11	-	-	11

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 State University-Northridge, 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	17	-	-	11
Domestic Violence	14	14	0	0	11
Dating Violence	-	0	0	0	0
Stalking	3	3	0	0	0

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

Fires in Residence Halls

At California State University-Northridge, 3 residence hall fires are reported.

Residence Hall Fires
	Number Of Fires	Category	Cause	Injuries/Deaths	Damage
UPA-20 Ironwood Hall, California State University, Northridge	1	Undetermined		0/0	$100-$999
UPA-10 Valley Oak Hall, California State University, Northridge	1	Unintentional	Electrical	0/0	$1,000-$9,999
UPA-6 Pacific Willow Hall, California State University, Northridge	1	Intentional	cigarette smoking	0/0	$100-$999

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How Safe and Secure California State University-Northridge Campuses?

Campus Safety/Security Matters

Campus Safety Matters By Year at CSUN

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