Bates College Campus Safety and Security

Campus Safety/Security Matters

At Bates College, 99 on-campus, 1 out-of-campus, 14 public property, and 92 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 64.77. When limited to on-campus, the rate per 1,000 students is 56.25. The criminal offenses rate per 1,000 students is 10.23 at Bates.

By violation type, 10 arrests, 18 criminal offenses, and 81 disciplinary actions are reported. In addition, 5 VAWA (Violence Against Women Act) are reported at Bates.

Campus Safety/Security Issues
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Reported²	Rate per 1000 Students
Arrests	10	-	-	10	-	-	5.68
Criminal Offenses	18	17	-	1	12	-	10.23
Disciplinary Actions	81	77	1	3	77	-	46.02
VAWA³	5	5	-	-	3	-	2.84
Hate Crimes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	114	99	1	14	92	-	64.77
Rate Per 1000 Students	64.77	56.25	0.57	7.95	52.27	-	-

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 Bates

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

Bates Campuses Safety Issues by Year (main campus, on-campus only)
	Total	Arrests	Criminal Offenses	Disciplinary Actions	VAWA	Hate Crime	Fires
2021	213	7	21	184	1	0	3
2022	137 -76	13 6	33 12	89 -95	2 1	0 -	0 -3
2023	114 -23	10 -3	18 -15	81 -8	5 3	0 -	0 -

Arrests Statistics By Location and Violation Types

At Bates College, 10 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	10	-	-	10	-
Weapons (carrying, processing, etc.)	-	0	0	0	0
Drug Law Violation	-	0	0	0	0
Liquor Law Violation	10	0	0	10	0

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

Criminal Offenses Statistics By Location and Types of Crime

At Bates College, 18 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 10.23 regardless location and category. Limited to on-campus, crminal offenses rate per 1,000 students is 9.66 at Bates.

Criminal Offenses Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Rate per 1000 Students
Total	18	17	-	1	12	10.23
Rape	6	6	-	-	5	3.41
Fondling	6	6	-	-	4	3.41
Burglary	3	3	-	-	3	1.70
Motor Vehicle Theft	3	2	-	1	-	1.70
Rate per 1000 Stuents	10.23	9.66	-	0.57	6.82	-

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

Disciplinary Action Statistics By Location and Violation Types

For students attending Bates College, 81 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	81	77	1	3	77
Drug Law Violation	18	18	-	-	18
Liquor Law Violation	62	59	1	2	59

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

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

At Bates College, 5 VAWA are reported including domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking.

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

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

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How Safe and Secure Bates College Campuses?

Campus Safety/Security Matters

Campus Safety Matters By Year at Bates

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