Columbia College Chicago Campus Safety and Security

Campus Safety/Security Matters

At Columbia College Chicago, 219 on-campus, 25 public property, 206 residence halls, and 5 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 43.81. When limited to on-campus, the rate per 1,000 students is 39.32. The criminal offenses rate per 1,000 students is 6.10 at Columbia College Chicago.

By violation type, 4 arrests, 34 criminal offenses, and 187 disciplinary actions are reported. In addition, 19 VAWA (Violence Against Women Act) are reported at Columbia College Chicago.

Campus Safety/Security Issues
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Reported²	Rate per 1000 Students
Arrests	4	1	-	3	1	-	0.72
Criminal Offenses	34	16	-	18	9	-	6.10
Disciplinary Actions	187	187	-	-	187	-	33.57
VAWA³	19	15	-	4	9	-	3.41
Hate Crimes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	244	219	-	25	206	-	43.81
Rate Per 1000 Students	43.81	39.32	-	4.49	36.98	-	-

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 Columbia College Chicago

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

Columbia College Chicago Campuses Safety Issues by Year (main campus, on-campus only)
	Total	Arrests	Criminal Offenses	Disciplinary Actions	VAWA	Hate Crime	Fires
2021	160	3	38	107	12	0	0
2022	229 69	0 -3	46 8	167 60	15 3	1 1	1 1
2023	244 15	4 4	34 -12	187 20	19 4	0 -1	3 2

Arrests Statistics By Location and Violation Types

At Columbia College Chicago, 4 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	4	1	-	3	1
Weapons (carrying, processing, etc.)	3	1	-	2	1
Drug Law Violation	1	0	-	1	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 Columbia College Chicago, 34 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 6.10 regardless location and category. Limited to on-campus, crminal offenses rate per 1,000 students is 2.87 at Columbia College Chicago.

Criminal Offenses Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Rate per 1000 Students
Total	34	16	-	18	9	6.10
Rape	9	9	-	-	5	1.62
Fondling	6	5	-	1	3	1.08
Aggravated Assault	6	1	-	5	1	1.08
Burglary	1	1	-	-	-	0.18
Rate per 1000 Stuents	6.10	2.87	-	3.23	1.62	-

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

Disciplinary Action Statistics By Location and Violation Types

For students attending Columbia College Chicago, 187 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	187	187	-	-	187
Drug Law Violation	44	44	-	-	44
Liquor Law Violation	143	143	-	-	143

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	19	15	-	4	9
Domestic Violence	1	1	-	0	1
Dating Violence	9	5	-	4	5
Stalking	9	9	-	0	3

Residence Hall Fires
	Number Of Fires	Category	Cause	Injuries/Deaths	Damage
30 East Balbo	1	Unintentional	Cooking	0/0	$10,000-$24,999
University Center	2	Unintentional	Other	0/0	$0-$99
University Center	2	Unintentional	Other	0/0	$100,000-$249,999

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How Safe and Secure Columbia College Chicago Campuses?

Campus Safety/Security Matters

Campus Safety Matters By Year at Columbia College Chicago

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