Sacred Heart University Campus Safety and Security

Campus Safety/Security Matters

At Sacred Heart University, 487 on-campus, 1 out-of-campus, and 467 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 44.28. When limited to on-campus, the rate per 1,000 students is 44.18. The criminal offenses rate per 1,000 students is 1.72 at SHU.

By violation type, 19 criminal offenses and 443 disciplinary actions are reported. In addition, 26 VAWA (Violence Against Women Act) are reported at SHU.

Campus Safety/Security Issues
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Reported²	Rate per 1000 Students
Arrests	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Criminal Offenses	19	18	1	-	11	-	1.72
Disciplinary Actions	443	443	-	-	443	-	40.19
VAWA³	26	26	-	-	13	-	2.36
Hate Crimes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	488	487	1	-	467	-	44.28
Rate Per 1000 Students	44.28	44.18	0.09	-	42.37	-	-

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 SHU

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

SHU Campuses Safety Issues by Year (main campus, on-campus only)
	Total	Arrests	Criminal Offenses	Disciplinary Actions	VAWA	Hate Crime	Fires
2021	718	0	20	684	14	0	3
2022	539 -179	0 -	14 -6	512 -172	13 -1	0 -	1 -2
2023	488 -51	0 -	19 5	443 -69	26 13	0 -	0 -1

Criminal Offenses Statistics By Location and Types of Crime

At Sacred Heart University, 19 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 1.72 regardless location and category. Limited to on-campus, crminal offenses rate per 1,000 students is 1.63 at SHU.

Criminal Offenses Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Rate per 1000 Students
Total	19	18	1	-	11	1.72
Rape	10	9	1	-	7	0.91
Fondling	3	3	-	-	2	0.27
Burglary	5	5	-	-	2	0.45
Motor Vehicle Theft	1	1	-	-	-	0.09
Rate per 1000 Stuents	1.72	1.63	0.09	-	1.00	-

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

Disciplinary Action Statistics By Location and Violation Types

For students attending Sacred Heart University, 443 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	443	443	-	-	443
Drug Law Violation	30	30	-	-	30
Liquor Law Violation	413	413	-	-	413

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

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

At Sacred Heart University, 26 VAWA are reported including domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking.

When limited to on-campus incluindg residence halls, 26 VAWA cases reported including 6 dating violence and 16 stalking. The VAWA rate per 1,000 students is 2.36 at SHU campuses.

Disciplinary Action Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹
Total	26	26	-	-	13
Domestic Violence	4	4	0	-	3
Dating Violence	6	6	0	-	6
Stalking	16	16	0	-	4

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

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How Safe and Secure Sacred Heart University Campuses?

Campus Safety/Security Matters

Campus Safety Matters By Year at SHU

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