Santa Clara University Campus Safety and Security

Campus Safety/Security Matters

At Santa Clara University, 768 on-campus, 3 out-of-campus, 15 public property, and 746 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 80.80. When limited to on-campus, the rate per 1,000 students is 78.95. The criminal offenses rate per 1,000 students is 1.75 at SCU.

By violation type, 13 arrests, 17 criminal offenses, and 741 disciplinary actions are reported. In addition, 15 VAWA (Violence Against Women Act) are reported at SCU.

The following table summarizes security and safety issues on SCU main campus. In addition to the main campus, 3 safety matters are reported at 1 SCU branch.

Campus Safety/Security Issues
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Reported²	Rate per 1000 Students
Arrests	13	2	-	11	-	-	1.34
Criminal Offenses	17	10	3	4	3	-	1.75
Disciplinary Actions	741	741	-	-	741	-	76.17
VAWA³	15	15	-	-	2	-	1.54
Hate Crimes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	786	768	3	15	746	-	80.80
Rate Per 1000 Students	80.80	78.95	0.31	1.54	76.69	-	-

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 SCU

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

SCU Campuses Safety Issues by Year (main campus, on-campus only)
	Total	Arrests	Criminal Offenses	Disciplinary Actions	VAWA	Hate Crime	Fires
2021	441	2	16	417	6	0	3
2022	835 394	3 1	16 -	810 393	6 -	0 -	0 -3
2023	786 -49	13 10	17 1	741 -69	15 9	0 -	0 -

Arrests Statistics By Location and Violation Types

At Santa Clara University, 13 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	13	2	-	11	-
Weapons (carrying, processing, etc.)	5	1	0	4	0
Drug Law Violation	8	1	0	7	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 Santa Clara University, 17 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 1.75 regardless location and category. Limited to on-campus, crminal offenses rate per 1,000 students is 1.03 at SCU.

Criminal Offenses Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Rate per 1000 Students
Total	17	10	3	4	3	1.75
Rape	2	2	-	-	1	0.21
Fondling	2	2	-	-	1	0.21
Burglary	5	4	1	-	1	0.51
Motor Vehicle Theft	6	2	-	4	-	0.62
Rate per 1000 Stuents	1.75	1.03	0.31	0.41	0.31	-

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

Disciplinary Action Statistics By Location and Violation Types

For students attending Santa Clara University, 741 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	741	741	-	-	741
Weapons (carrying, processing, etc.)	4	4	-	-	4
Drug Law Violation	139	139	-	-	139
Liquor Law Violation	598	598	-	-	598

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

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

At Santa Clara University, 15 VAWA are reported including domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking.

Disciplinary Action Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹
Total	15	15	-	-	2
Domestic Violence	1	1	0	0	0
Dating Violence	4	4	0	0	1
Stalking	10	10	0	0	1

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

SCU Campuses Safety Issues (on-campus only)
	Total	Arrests	Criminal Offenses	Disciplinary Actions	VAWA	Hate Crime	Fires
Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University	3	0	3	0	0	0	0

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How Safe and Secure Santa Clara University Campuses?

Campus Safety/Security Matters

Campus Safety Matters By Year at SCU

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

Safety Matters at 1 SCU Branch