How Safe and Secure Iowa State University Campuses?

At Iowa State University, 719 on-campus, 29 out-of-campus, 60 public property, 486 residence halls, and 11 on-campus fire campus safety/security issues are reported. By safety matters, 368 arrests, 54 criminal offenses, 322 disciplinary actions, 54 VAWA (Violence Against Women Act), and 5 hate crimes are reported.

There is a total of 29,969 students enrolled in ISU and the on-campus crime ratio is 239.91 per 10,000 students.

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Campus Safety/Security Matters

At Iowa State University, 719 on-campus, 29 out-of-campus, 60 public property, 486 residence halls, and 11 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	368	303	5	60	108	-
Criminal Offenses	54	39	15	-	26	-
Disciplinary Actions	322	320	2	-	320	-
VAWA³	54	47	7	-	26	-
Hate Crimes	5	5	-	-	3	-
Total	803	719	29	60	486	-
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 Iowa State University, 368 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	368	303	5	60	108
Weapons (carrying, processing, etc.)	3	2	0	1	0
Drug Law Violation	152	128	2	22	87
Liquor Law Violation	213	173	3	37	21

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

Criminal Offenses Statistics By Location and Types of Crime

At Iowa State University, 54 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	54	39	15	-	26
Rape	25	17	8	-	15
Fondling	1	1	-	-	1
Aggravated Assault	6	6	-	-	2
Burglary	15	10	5	-	6
Motor Vehicle Theft	4	3	1	-	-
Arson	2	2	-	-	2

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

Disciplinary Action Statistics By Location and Violation Types

For students attending Iowa State University, 322 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	322	320	2	-	320
Liquor Law Violation	320	320	-	-	320

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 Iowa State University, 54 VAWA are reported including domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking.

Disciplinary Action Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹
Total	54	47	7	-	26
Domestic Violence	7	4	3	0	2
Dating Violence	6	4	2	0	4
Stalking	41	39	2	0	20

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

Hate Crimes Statistics By Location, crime types, and bias

For students attending Iowa State University, 5 hate crimes are reported.

Hate Crimes Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹
Arson	1	1	0	0	1
Bias Race	3	1	0	0	1
Intimidation	4	4	0	0	2
Bias Race	3	1	0	0	1
Bias Religion	3	1	0	0	1
Bias Gender	3	1	0	0	0
Bias Nation Origin	3	1	0	0	0

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

Fires in Residence Halls

At Iowa State University, 11 residence hall fires are reported.

Residence Hall Fires
	Number Of Fires	Category	Cause	Injuries/Deaths	Damage
Buchanan Hall	1	Intentional	An individual set fire to a photo on hallway wall	0/0	$0-$99
Larch Hall	1	Intentional	An individual set fire to a piece of paper on a bulletin board	0/0	$0-$99
Schilletter Village	3	Unintentional	Cooking	0/0	$100-$999
Schilletter Village	3	Unintentional	Cooking	0/0	$0-$99
Schilletter Village	3	Unintentional	Cooking	0/0	$100-$999

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