Buena Vista University Campus Safety and Security

Campus Safety/Security Matters

At Buena Vista University, 48 on-campus, 46 residence halls, and 1 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 25.40. When limited to on-campus, the rate per 1,000 students is 25.40. The criminal offenses rate per 1,000 students is 1.06 at Buena Vista.

By violation type, 2 arrests, 2 criminal offenses, and 40 disciplinary actions are reported. In addition, 4 VAWA (Violence Against Women Act) are reported at Buena Vista.

Campus Safety/Security Issues
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Reported²	Rate per 1000 Students
Arrests	2	2	-	-	-	-	1.06
Criminal Offenses	2	2	-	-	2	-	1.06
Disciplinary Actions	40	40	-	-	40	-	21.16
VAWA³	4	4	-	-	4	-	2.12
Hate Crimes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	48	48	-	-	46	-	25.40
Rate Per 1000 Students	25.40	25.40	-	-	24.34	-	-

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 Buena Vista

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

Buena Vista Campuses Safety Issues by Year (main campus, on-campus only)
	Total	Arrests	Criminal Offenses	Disciplinary Actions	VAWA	Hate Crime	Fires
2021	87	5	7	74	1	0	1
2022	100 13	2 -3	6 -1	92 18	0 -1	0 -	0 -1
2023	48 -52	2 -	2 -4	40 -52	4 4	0 -	1 1

Arrests Statistics By Location and Violation Types

At Buena Vista 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.)	-	0	-	-	0
Drug Law Violation	2	2	-	-	0
Liquor Law Violation	-	0	-	-	0

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

Criminal Offenses Statistics By Location and Types of Crime

At Buena Vista University, 2 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 1.06 regardless location and category. Limited to on-campus, crminal offenses rate per 1,000 students is 1.06 at Buena Vista.

Criminal Offenses Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Rate per 1000 Students
Total	2	2	-	-	2	1.06
Burglary	1	1	-	-	1	0.53
Arson	1	1	-	-	1	0.53
Rate per 1000 Stuents	1.06	1.06	-	-	1.06	-

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

Disciplinary Action Statistics By Location and Violation Types

For students attending Buena Vista University, 40 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	40	40	-	-	40
Drug Law Violation	16	16	-	-	16
Liquor Law Violation	24	24	-	-	24

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

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

At Buena Vista University, 4 VAWA are reported including domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking.

Disciplinary Action Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹
Total	4	4	-	-	4
Domestic Violence	-	0	-	-	0
Dating Violence	1	1	-	-	1
Stalking	3	3	-	-	3

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

Residence Hall Fires
	Number Of Fires	Category	Cause	Injuries/Deaths	Damage
McCorkle Hall, Main Campus and GPS sites	1	Intentional	Burn marks found in hallway of piece of paper, the railing, and a door.	0/0	$1,000-$9,999

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How Safe and Secure Buena Vista University Campuses?

Campus Safety/Security Matters

Campus Safety Matters By Year at Buena Vista

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