EIU Campus Safety and Security

Campus Safety/Security Matters

At Eastern Illinois University, 129 on-campus, 2 public property, 107 residence halls, and 11 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 15.40. When limited to on-campus, the rate per 1,000 students is 15.17. The criminal offenses rate per 1,000 students is 3.64 at EIU.

By violation type, 2 arrests, 31 criminal offenses, and 79 disciplinary actions are reported. In addition, 19 VAWA (Violence Against Women Act) are reported at EIU.

Campus Safety/Security Issues
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Reported²	Rate per 1000 Students
Arrests	2	-	-	2	-	-	0.24
Criminal Offenses	31	31	-	-	18	-	3.64
Disciplinary Actions	79	79	-	-	79	-	9.29
VAWA³	19	19	-	-	10	-	2.23
Hate Crimes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	131	129	-	2	107	-	15.40
Rate Per 1000 Students	15.40	15.17	-	0.24	12.58	-	-

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 EIU

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

EIU Campuses Safety Issues by Year (main campus, on-campus only)
	Total	Arrests	Criminal Offenses	Disciplinary Actions	VAWA	Hate Crime	Fires
2021	104	1	11	89	3	0	8
2022	141 37	9 8	15 4	103 14	14 11	0 -	18 10
2023	131 -10	2 -7	31 16	79 -24	19 5	0 -	5 -13

Arrests Statistics By Location and Violation Types

At Eastern Illinois University, 2 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	2	-	-	2	-
Weapons (carrying, processing, etc.)	1	0	-	1	0
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 Eastern Illinois University, 31 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 3.64 regardless location and category. Limited to on-campus, crminal offenses rate per 1,000 students is 3.64 at EIU.

Criminal Offenses Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Rate per 1000 Students
Total	31	31	-	-	18	3.64
Rape	9	9	-	-	8	1.06
Fondling	5	5	-	-	5	0.59
Robbery	1	1	-	-	-	0.12
Aggravated Assault	3	3	-	-	2	0.35
Burglary	3	3	-	-	3	0.35
Motor Vehicle Theft	10	10	-	-	-	1.18
Rate per 1000 Stuents	3.64	3.64	-	-	2.12	-

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

Disciplinary Action Statistics By Location and Violation Types

For students attending Eastern Illinois University, 79 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	79	79	-	-	79
Weapons (carrying, processing, etc.)	1	1	-	-	1
Drug Law Violation	42	42	-	-	42
Liquor Law Violation	36	36	-	-	36

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

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

At Eastern Illinois University, 19 VAWA are reported including domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking.

Disciplinary Action Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹
Total	19	19	-	-	10
Domestic Violence	6	6	-	0	5
Dating Violence	3	3	-	0	2
Stalking	10	10	-	0	3

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

Fires in Residence Halls

At Eastern Illinois University, 11 residence hall fires are reported.

Residence Hall Fires
	Number Of Fires	Category	Cause	Injuries/Deaths	Damage
Stevenson Tower, Main Campus	1	Unintentional	Cooking	0/0	$0-$99
Andrews Hall, Main Campus	1	Unintentional	Cooking	0/0	$0-$99
Greek Court, Main Campus	3	Unintentional	Cooking	0/0	$0-$99
Greek Court, Main Campus	3	Unintentional	Cooking	0/0	$0-$99
Greek Court, Main Campus	3	Unintentional	Cooking	0/0	$0-$99

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How Safe and Secure Eastern Illinois University Campuses?

Campus Safety/Security Matters

Campus Safety Matters By Year at EIU

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