Golden West College Campus Safety and Security

Campus Safety/Security Matters

At Golden West College, 54 on-campus, 205 out-of-campus, and 15 public property 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 25.56. When limited to on-campus, the rate per 1,000 students is 5.04. The criminal offenses rate per 1,000 students is 4.48 at Golden West.

By violation type, 17 arrests, 48 criminal offenses, and 159 disciplinary actions are reported. In addition, 49 VAWA (Violence Against Women Act) and 1 hate crimes are reported at Golden West.

Campus Safety/Security Issues
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Reported²	Rate per 1000 Students
Arrests	17	2	1	14	-	-	1.59
Criminal Offenses	48	34	14	-	-	-	4.48
Disciplinary Actions	159	-	159	-	-	-	14.83
VAWA³	49	18	30	1	-	-	4.57
Hate Crimes	1	-	1	-	-	-	0.09
Total	274	54	205	15	-	-	25.56
Rate Per 1000 Students	25.56	5.04	19.12	1.40	-	-	-

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 Golden West

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

Golden West Campuses Safety Issues by Year (main campus, on-campus only)
	Total	Arrests	Criminal Offenses	Disciplinary Actions	VAWA	Hate Crime	Fires
2021	14	1	10	0	2	1	0
2022	204 190	4 3	40 30	133 133	26 24	1 -	0 -
2023	274 70	17 13	48 8	159 26	49 23	1 -	0 -

Arrests Statistics By Location and Violation Types

At Golden West College, 17 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	17	2	1	14	-
Weapons (carrying, processing, etc.)	2	1	0	1	-
Drug Law Violation	13	1	1	11	-
Liquor Law Violation	2	0	0	2	-

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

Criminal Offenses Statistics By Location and Types of Crime

At Golden West College, 48 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 4.48 regardless location and category. Limited to on-campus, crminal offenses rate per 1,000 students is 3.17 at Golden West.

By crime category, Burglary was the most common with 11 cases, and Aggravated Assault was the second most common with 10 cases. When restricted to campus, including residence halls, Motor Vehicle Theft was the most common with 9 incidents, while Arson was the second most common with 9 incidents.

Criminal Offenses Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Rate per 1000 Students
Total	48	34	14	-	-	4.48
Rape	7	1	6	-	-	0.65
Fondling	1	1	-	-	-	0.09
Robbery	1	1	-	-	-	0.09
Aggravated Assault	10	5	5	-	-	0.93
Burglary	11	8	3	-	-	1.03
Motor Vehicle Theft	9	9	-	-	-	0.84
Arson	9	9	-	-	-	0.84
Rate per 1000 Stuents	4.48	3.17	1.31	-	-	-

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	159	-	159	-	-

Disciplinary Action Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹
Total	49	18	30	1	-
Domestic Violence	14	3	10	1	-
Dating Violence	-	0	0	0	-
Stalking	35	15	20	0	-

Hate Crimes Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹
Intimidation	1	0	1	0	-
Bias Nation Origin	1	0	1	0	-

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How Safe and Secure Golden West College Campuses?

Campus Safety/Security Matters

Campus Safety Matters By Year at Golden West

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