How Safe and Secure Northern Illinois University Campuses?

At Northern Illinois University, 478 on-campus, 43 out-of-campus, 46 public property, 366 residence halls, and 4 on-campus fire campus safety/security issues are reported. By safety matters, 79 arrests, 53 criminal offenses, 392 disciplinary actions, and 43 VAWA (Violence Against Women Act) are reported.

There is a total of 15,649 students enrolled in Northern Illinois and the on-campus crime ratio is 305.45 per 10,000 students.

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Campus Safety/Security Matters

At Northern Illinois University, 478 on-campus, 43 out-of-campus, 46 public property, 366 residence halls, and 4 on-campus fire were reported. The following table summarizes campus safety/security matters by location and types.

Campus Safety/Security Issues
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Reported²
Arrests	79	33	11	35	11	-
Criminal Offenses	53	28	24	1	23	-
Disciplinary Actions	392	377	7	8	301	-
VAWA³	43	40	1	2	31	-
Hate Crimes	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	567	478	43	46	366	-
¹ The counts on Residence Halls are included in on-campus statistics.
² Reported by local police
³ VAWA: Violence Against Women Act

Arrests Statistics By Location and Violation Types

For students attending Northern Illinois University, 79 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	79	33	11	35	11
Weapons (carrying, processing, etc.)	2	2	0	0	1
Drug Law Violation	51	14	7	30	6
Liquor Law Violation	26	17	4	5	4

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

Criminal Offenses Statistics By Location and Types of Crime

At Northern Illinois University, 53 criminal offenses are reported including rape, fondling, incest, statutory rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, motor vehicle theft, and arson.

Criminal Offenses Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹
Total	53	28	24	1	23
Rape	16	7	9	-	7
Fondling	3	2	1	-	2
Robbery	3	2	1	-	-
Aggravated Assault	11	6	4	1	4
Burglary	17	9	8	-	9
Motor Vehicle Theft	1	1	-	-	-
Arson	2	1	1	-	1

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

Disciplinary Action Statistics By Location and Violation Types

For students attending Northern Illinois University, 392 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	392	377	7	8	301
Weapons (carrying, processing, etc.)	4	4	-	-	4
Drug Law Violation	218	207	4	7	190
Liquor Law Violation	170	166	3	1	107

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

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

For students attending Northern Illinois University, 43 VAWA are reported including domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking.

Disciplinary Action Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹
Total	43	40	1	2	31
Domestic Violence	3	1	0	2	1
Dating Violence	31	30	1	0	25
Stalking	9	9	0	0	5

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

Hate Crimes Statistics By Location, crime types, and bias

There is no reported hate crimes at Northern Illinois University.

Fires in Residence Halls

At Northern Illinois University, 4 residence hall fires are reported.

Residence Hall Fires
	Number Of Fires	Category	Cause	Injuries/Deaths	Damage
Grant Towers North, Main Campus	1	Unintentional	Cooking	0/0	$0-$99
Neptune Complex, Main Campus	1	Intentional	Subject burned her own property	0/0	$0-$99
Northern View 3, Main Campus	1	Unintentional	Cooking	0/0	$25,000-$49,999
Northern View 6, Main Campus	1	Unintentional	Open flames	0/0	$0-$99

How Safe and Secure Northern Illinois University Campuses?

Campus Safety/Security Matters

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

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