UWG Campus Safety and Security

Campus Safety/Security Matters

At University of West Georgia, 26 on-campus, 1 public property, and 9 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 1.88. When limited to on-campus, the rate per 1,000 students is 1.81. The criminal offenses rate per 1,000 students is 0.00 at UWG.

By violation type, 13 arrests and 5 disciplinary actions are reported. In addition, 9 VAWA (Violence Against Women Act) are reported at UWG.

Campus Safety/Security Issues
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Reported²	Rate per 1000 Students
Arrests	13	12	-	1	-	-	0.91
Criminal Offenses	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Disciplinary Actions	5	5	-	-	5	-	0.35
VAWA³	9	9	-	-	4	-	0.63
Hate Crimes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	27	26	-	1	9	-	1.88
Rate Per 1000 Students	1.88	1.81	-	0.07	0.63	-	-

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 UWG

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

UWG Campuses Safety Issues by Year (main campus, on-campus only)
	Total	Arrests	Criminal Offenses	Disciplinary Actions	VAWA	Hate Crime	Fires
2021	75	21	17	26	11	0	3
2022	40 -35	11 -10	4 -13	11 -15	14 3	0 -	0 -3
2023	27 -13	13 2	0 -4	5 -6	9 -5	0 -	0 -

Arrests Statistics By Location and Violation Types

At University of West Georgia, 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	12	-	1	-
Weapons (carrying, processing, etc.)	-	0	-	0	0
Drug Law Violation	12	11	-	1	0
Liquor Law Violation	1	1	-	0	0

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

Disciplinary Action Statistics By Location and Violation Types

For students attending University of West Georgia, 5 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	5	5	-	-	5
Drug Law Violation	5	5	-	-	5

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	9	9	-	-	4
Domestic Violence	2	2	-	0	2
Dating Violence	-	0	-	0	0
Stalking	7	7	-	0	2

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How Safe and Secure University of West Georgia Campuses?

Campus Safety/Security Matters

Campus Safety Matters By Year at UWG

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