Murray State University Campus Safety and Security

Campus Safety/Security Matters

At Murray State University, 50 on-campus, 2 out-of-campus, 4 public property, 43 residence halls, and 2 on-campus fire 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 5.59. When limited to on-campus, the rate per 1,000 students is 4.99. The criminal offenses rate per 1,000 students is 1.70 at Murray State.

By violation type, 5 arrests, 17 criminal offenses, and 30 disciplinary actions are reported. In addition, 4 VAWA (Violence Against Women Act) are reported at Murray State.

Campus Safety/Security Issues
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Reported²	Rate per 1000 Students
Arrests	5	2	1	2	2	-	0.50
Criminal Offenses	17	15	1	1	10	-	1.70
Disciplinary Actions	30	29	-	1	29	-	2.99
VAWA³	4	4	-	-	2	-	0.40
Hate Crimes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	56	50	2	4	43	-	5.59
Rate Per 1000 Students	5.59	4.99	0.20	0.40	4.29	-	-

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 Murray 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 Murray State main campus.

Murray State Campuses Safety Issues by Year (main campus, on-campus only)
	Total	Arrests	Criminal Offenses	Disciplinary Actions	VAWA	Hate Crime	Fires
2021	65	10	20	21	14	0	2
2022	44 -21	4 -6	15 -5	18 -3	7 -7	0 -	0 -2
2023	56 12	5 1	17 2	30 12	4 -3	0 -	2 2

Arrests Statistics By Location and Violation Types

At Murray State University, 5 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	5	2	1	2	2
Weapons (carrying, processing, etc.)	-	0	0	0	0
Drug Law Violation	5	2	1	2	2
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 Murray State University, 17 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 1.70 regardless location and category. Limited to on-campus, crminal offenses rate per 1,000 students is 1.50 at Murray State.

Criminal Offenses Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Rate per 1000 Students
Total	17	15	1	1	10	1.70
Rape	7	6	1	-	6	0.70
Fondling	3	3	-	-	3	0.30
Aggravated Assault	2	1	-	1	-	0.20
Burglary	2	2	-	-	1	0.20
Motor Vehicle Theft	3	3	-	-	-	0.30
Rate per 1000 Stuents	1.70	1.50	0.10	0.10	1.00	-

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

Disciplinary Action Statistics By Location and Violation Types

For students attending Murray State University, 30 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	30	29	-	1	29
Weapons (carrying, processing, etc.)	1	1	-	-	1
Drug Law Violation	7	7	-	-	7
Liquor Law Violation	22	21	-	1	21

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

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

Residence Hall Fires
	Number Of Fires	Category	Cause	Injuries/Deaths	Damage
HC Franklin Hall, Main Campus	1	Unintentional	Cooking	0/0	$0-$99
JH Richmond Hall, Main Campus	1	Unintentional	Cooking	0/0	$0-$99

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How Safe and Secure Murray State University Campuses?

Campus Safety/Security Matters

Campus Safety Matters By Year at Murray 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