Morningside University Campus Safety and Security

Campus Safety/Security Matters

At Morningside University, 93 on-campus, 3 out-of-campus, 1 public property, and 91 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 47.18. When limited to on-campus, the rate per 1,000 students is 45.23. The criminal offenses rate per 1,000 students is 3.40 at Morningside.

By violation type, 3 arrests, 7 criminal offenses, and 87 disciplinary actions are reported.

Campus Safety/Security Issues
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Reported²	Rate per 1000 Students
Arrests	3	-	3	-	-	-	1.46
Criminal Offenses	7	6	-	1	4	-	3.40
Disciplinary Actions	87	87	-	-	87	-	42.32
VAWA³	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hate Crimes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	97	93	3	1	91	-	47.18
Rate Per 1000 Students	47.18	45.23	1.46	0.49	44.26	-	-

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 Morningside

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

Morningside Campuses Safety Issues by Year (main campus, on-campus only)
	Total	Arrests	Criminal Offenses	Disciplinary Actions	VAWA	Hate Crime	Fires
2021	42	0	1	39	0	2	0
2022	35 -7	0 -	1 -	34 -5	0 -	0 -2	0 -
2023	97 62	3 3	7 6	87 53	0 -	0 -	0 -

Arrests Statistics By Location and Violation Types

At Morningside University, 3 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	3	-	3	-	-
Weapons (carrying, processing, etc.)	-	0	0	0	0
Drug Law Violation	3	0	3	0	0
Liquor Law Violation	-	0	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 Morningside University, 7 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 3.40 regardless location and category. Limited to on-campus, crminal offenses rate per 1,000 students is 2.92 at Morningside.

Criminal Offenses Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Rate per 1000 Students
Total	7	6	-	1	4	3.40
Rape	1	1	-	-	1	0.49
Burglary	4	4	-	-	3	1.95
Motor Vehicle Theft	2	1	-	1	-	0.97
Rate per 1000 Stuents	3.40	2.92	-	0.49	1.95	-

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

Disciplinary Action Statistics By Location and Violation Types

For students attending Morningside University, 87 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	87	87	-	-	87
Drug Law Violation	22	22	-	-	22
Liquor Law Violation	65	65	-	-	65

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

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How Safe and Secure Morningside University Campuses?

Campus Safety/Security Matters

Campus Safety Matters By Year at Morningside

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