Pitt State Campus Safety and Security

Campus Safety/Security Matters

At Pittsburg State University, 32 on-campus, 6 out-of-campus, 9 public property, and 14 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 8.17. When limited to on-campus, the rate per 1,000 students is 5.56. The criminal offenses rate per 1,000 students is 2.61 at Pitt State.

By violation type, 23 arrests and 15 criminal offenses are reported. In addition, 9 VAWA (Violence Against Women Act) are reported at Pitt State.

Campus Safety/Security Issues
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Reported²	Rate per 1000 Students
Arrests	23	16	-	7	9	-	4.00
Criminal Offenses	15	9	4	2	3	-	2.61
Disciplinary Actions	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
VAWA³	9	7	2	-	2	-	1.56
Hate Crimes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	47	32	6	9	14	-	8.17
Rate Per 1000 Students	8.17	5.56	1.04	1.56	2.43	-	-

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 Pitt State

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

Pitt State Campuses Safety Issues by Year (main campus, on-campus only)
	Total	Arrests	Criminal Offenses	Disciplinary Actions	VAWA	Hate Crime	Fires
2021	47	40	6	0	1	0	1
2022	44 -3	31 -9	12 6	0 -	1 -	0 -	0 -1
2023	47 3	23 -8	15 3	0 -	9 8	0 -	0 -

Arrests Statistics By Location and Violation Types

At Pittsburg State University, 23 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	23	16	-	7	9
Weapons (carrying, processing, etc.)	2	1	0	1	0
Drug Law Violation	6	5	0	1	4
Liquor Law Violation	15	10	0	5	5

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

Criminal Offenses Statistics By Location and Types of Crime

At Pittsburg State University, 15 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 2.61 regardless location and category. Limited to on-campus, crminal offenses rate per 1,000 students is 1.56 at Pitt State.

Criminal Offenses Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Rate per 1000 Students
Total	15	9	4	2	3	2.61
Rape	4	3	1	-	2	0.70
Aggravated Assault	6	2	2	2	-	1.04
Burglary	1	1	-	-	1	0.17
Motor Vehicle Theft	4	3	1	-	-	0.70
Rate per 1000 Stuents	2.61	1.56	0.70	0.35	0.52	-

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

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

At Pittsburg State University, 9 VAWA are reported including domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking.

Disciplinary Action Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹
Total	9	7	2	-	2
Domestic Violence	1	1	0	0	1
Dating Violence	3	2	1	0	1
Stalking	5	4	1	0	0

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

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How Safe and Secure Pittsburg State University Campuses?

Campus Safety/Security Matters

Campus Safety Matters By Year at Pitt State

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