Bellarmine University Campus Safety and Security

Campus Safety/Security Matters

At Bellarmine University, 57 on-campus, and 56 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 19.75. When limited to on-campus, the rate per 1,000 students is 19.75. The criminal offenses rate per 1,000 students is 2.08 at Bellarmine.

By violation type, 6 criminal offenses and 41 disciplinary actions are reported. In addition, 10 VAWA (Violence Against Women Act) are reported at Bellarmine.

Campus Safety/Security Issues
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Reported²	Rate per 1000 Students
Arrests	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Criminal Offenses	6	6	-	-	5	-	2.08
Disciplinary Actions	41	41	-	-	41	-	14.21
VAWA³	10	10	-	-	10	-	3.47
Hate Crimes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	57	57	-	-	56	-	19.75
Rate Per 1000 Students	19.75	19.75	-	-	19.40	-	-

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 Bellarmine

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

Bellarmine Campuses Safety Issues by Year (main campus, on-campus only)
	Total	Arrests	Criminal Offenses	Disciplinary Actions	VAWA	Hate Crime	Fires
2021	68	0	4	58	6	0	0
2022	43 -25	1 1	5 1	32 -26	5 -1	0 -	0 -
2023	57 14	0 -1	6 1	41 9	10 5	0 -	0 -

Criminal Offenses Statistics By Location and Types of Crime

At Bellarmine University, 6 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 2.08 regardless location and category. Limited to on-campus, crminal offenses rate per 1,000 students is 2.08 at Bellarmine.

Criminal Offenses Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Rate per 1000 Students
Total	6	6	-	-	5	2.08
Rape	2	2	-	-	2	0.69
Fondling	1	1	-	-	1	0.35
Burglary	2	2	-	-	2	0.69
Motor Vehicle Theft	1	1	-	-	-	0.35
Rate per 1000 Stuents	2.08	2.08	-	-	1.73	-

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

Disciplinary Action Statistics By Location and Violation Types

For students attending Bellarmine University, 41 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	41	41	-	-	41
Drug Law Violation	1	1	-	-	1
Liquor Law Violation	40	40	-	-	40

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

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

At Bellarmine University, 10 VAWA are reported including domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking.

Disciplinary Action Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹
Total	10	10	-	-	10
Domestic Violence	-	0	-	-	0
Dating Violence	6	6	-	-	6
Stalking	4	4	-	-	4

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

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How Safe and Secure Bellarmine University Campuses?

Campus Safety/Security Matters

Campus Safety Matters By Year at Bellarmine

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