Colby College Campus Safety and Security

Campus Safety/Security Matters

At Colby College, 127 on-campus, 3 out-of-campus, 127 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 53.90. When limited to on-campus, the rate per 1,000 students is 52.65. The criminal offenses rate per 1,000 students is 4.98 at Colby.

By violation type, 12 criminal offenses and 112 disciplinary actions are reported. In addition, 6 VAWA (Violence Against Women Act) are reported at Colby.

Campus Safety/Security Issues
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Reported²	Rate per 1000 Students
Arrests	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Criminal Offenses	12	12	-	-	12	-	4.98
Disciplinary Actions	112	109	3	-	109	-	46.43
VAWA³	6	6	-	-	6	-	2.49
Hate Crimes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	130	127	3	-	127	-	53.90
Rate Per 1000 Students	53.90	52.65	1.24	-	52.65	-	-

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 Colby

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

Colby Campuses Safety Issues by Year (main campus, on-campus only)
	Total	Arrests	Criminal Offenses	Disciplinary Actions	VAWA	Hate Crime	Fires
2021	111	0	18	92	1	0	4
2022	95 -16	0 -	11 -7	83 -9	1 -	0 -	0 -4
2023	130 35	0 -	12 1	112 29	6 5	0 -	2 2

Criminal Offenses Statistics By Location and Types of Crime

At Colby College, 12 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 4.98 regardless location and category. Limited to on-campus, crminal offenses rate per 1,000 students is 4.98 at Colby.

Criminal Offenses Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Rate per 1000 Students
Total	12	12	-	-	12	4.98
Rape	9	9	-	-	9	3.73
Fondling	3	3	-	-	3	1.24
Rate per 1000 Stuents	4.98	4.98	-	-	4.98	-

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

Disciplinary Action Statistics By Location and Violation Types

For students attending Colby College, 112 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	112	109	3	-	109
Drug Law Violation	27	27	-	-	27
Liquor Law Violation	85	82	3	-	82

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

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

At Colby College, 6 VAWA are reported including domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking.

Disciplinary Action Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹
Total	6	6	-	-	6
Domestic Violence	-	0	0	-	0
Dating Violence	4	4	0	-	4
Stalking	2	2	0	-	2

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

Residence Hall Fires
	Number Of Fires	Category	Cause	Injuries/Deaths	Damage
Alfond Commons, Main Campus	1	Unintentional	Smoking materials	0/0	$1,000-$9,999
Goddard-Hodgkins Hall, Main Campus	1	Unintentional	Machinery/Industrial	0/0	$100-$999

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How Safe and Secure Colby College Campuses?

Campus Safety/Security Matters

Campus Safety Matters By Year at Colby

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