Whittier College Campus Safety and Security

Campus Safety/Security Matters

At Whittier College, 64 on-campus, 4 public property, 57 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 85.53. When limited to on-campus, the rate per 1,000 students is 80.50. The criminal offenses rate per 1,000 students is 22.64 at Whittier.

By violation type, 1 arrests, 18 criminal offenses, and 49 disciplinary actions are reported.

Campus Safety/Security Issues
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Reported²	Rate per 1000 Students
Arrests	1	-	-	1	-	-	1.26
Criminal Offenses	18	15	-	3	8	-	22.64
Disciplinary Actions	49	49	-	-	49	-	61.64
VAWA³	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hate Crimes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	68	64	-	4	57	-	85.53
Rate Per 1000 Students	85.53	80.50	-	5.03	71.70	-	-

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

² Reported by local police.

³ VAWA: Violence Against Women Act

Whittier Campuses Safety Issues by Year (main campus, on-campus only)
	Total	Arrests	Criminal Offenses	Disciplinary Actions	VAWA	Hate Crime	Fires
2021	23	0	5	18	0	0	0
2022	19 -4	1 1	8 3	10 -8	0 -	0 -	0 -
2023	68 49	1 -	18 10	49 39	0 -	0 -	2 2

Arrests Statistics By Location and Violation Types

At Whittier College, 1 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	1	-	-	1	-
Weapons (carrying, processing, etc.)	1	0	-	1	0
Drug Law Violation	-	0	-	0	0
Liquor Law Violation	-	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 Whittier College, 18 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 22.64 regardless location and category. Limited to on-campus, crminal offenses rate per 1,000 students is 18.87 at Whittier.

Criminal Offenses Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Rate per 1000 Students
Total	18	15	-	3	8	22.64
Rape	3	2	-	1	2	3.77
Fondling	3	3	-	-	3	3.77
Aggravated Assault	2	1	-	1	-	2.52
Burglary	4	4	-	-	1	5.03
Motor Vehicle Theft	4	3	-	1	-	5.03
Arson	2	2	-	-	2	2.52
Rate per 1000 Stuents	22.64	18.87	-	3.77	10.06	-

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

Disciplinary Action Statistics By Location and Violation Types

For students attending Whittier College, 49 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	49	49	-	-	49
Weapons (carrying, processing, etc.)	1	1	-	-	1
Drug Law Violation	18	18	-	-	18
Liquor Law Violation	30	30	-	-	30

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

Residence Hall Fires
	Number Of Fires	Category	Cause	Injuries/Deaths	Damage
Stauffer Hall, Main Campus	2	Undetermined		0/0	$100-$999
Stauffer Hall, Main Campus	2	Undetermined		0/0	$100-$999

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How Safe and Secure Whittier College Campuses?

Campus Safety/Security Matters

Campus Safety Matters By Year at Whittier

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