Cornell College Campus Safety and Security

Campus Safety/Security Matters

At Cornell College, 39 on-campus, and 33 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 35.65. When limited to on-campus, the rate per 1,000 students is 35.65. The criminal offenses rate per 1,000 students is 4.57 at Cornell.

By violation type, 2 arrests, 5 criminal offenses, and 29 disciplinary actions are reported. In addition, 3 VAWA (Violence Against Women Act) are reported at Cornell.

Campus Safety/Security Issues
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Reported²	Rate per 1000 Students
Arrests	2	2	-	-	2	-	1.83
Criminal Offenses	5	5	-	-	2	-	4.57
Disciplinary Actions	29	29	-	-	29	-	26.51
VAWA³	3	3	-	-	-	-	2.74
Hate Crimes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	39	39	-	-	33	-	35.65
Rate Per 1000 Students	35.65	35.65	-	-	30.16	-	-

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 Cornell

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

Cornell Campuses Safety Issues by Year (main campus, on-campus only)
	Total	Arrests	Criminal Offenses	Disciplinary Actions	VAWA	Hate Crime	Fires
2021	36	5	8	23	0	0	0
2022	47 11	3 -2	7 -1	35 12	2 2	0 -	0 -
2023	39 -8	2 -1	5 -2	29 -6	3 1	0 -	0 -

Arrests Statistics By Location and Violation Types

At Cornell College, 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	-	-	2
Weapons (carrying, processing, etc.)	-	0	-	-	0
Drug Law Violation	2	2	-	-	2
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 Cornell College, 5 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 4.57 regardless location and category. Limited to on-campus, crminal offenses rate per 1,000 students is 4.57 at Cornell.

Criminal Offenses Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Rate per 1000 Students
Total	5	5	-	-	2	4.57
Rape	4	4	-	-	2	3.66
Fondling	1	1	-	-	-	0.91
Rate per 1000 Stuents	4.57	4.57	-	-	1.83	-

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

Disciplinary Action Statistics By Location and Violation Types

For students attending Cornell College, 29 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	29	29	-	-	29
Drug Law Violation	18	18	-	-	18
Liquor Law Violation	11	11	-	-	11

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

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

At Cornell College, 3 VAWA are reported including domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking.

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

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

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How Safe and Secure Cornell College Campuses?

Campus Safety/Security Matters

Campus Safety Matters By Year at Cornell

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