Bridgewater State Campus Safety and Security

Campus Safety/Security Matters

At Bridgewater State University, 244 on-campus, 229 residence halls, and 1 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 25.08. When limited to on-campus, the rate per 1,000 students is 25.08. The criminal offenses rate per 1,000 students is 1.75 at Bridgewater State.

By violation type, 3 arrests, 17 criminal offenses, and 200 disciplinary actions are reported. In addition, 19 VAWA (Violence Against Women Act) and 5 hate crimes are reported at Bridgewater State.

Campus Safety/Security Issues
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Reported²	Rate per 1000 Students
Arrests	3	3	-	-	1	-	0.31
Criminal Offenses	17	17	-	-	11	-	1.75
Disciplinary Actions	200	200	-	-	200	-	20.56
VAWA³	19	19	-	-	12	-	1.95
Hate Crimes	5	5	-	-	5	-	0.51
Total	244	244	-	-	229	-	25.08
Rate Per 1000 Students	25.08	25.08	-	-	23.54	-	-

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 Bridgewater 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 Bridgewater State main campus.

Bridgewater State Campuses Safety Issues by Year (main campus, on-campus only)
	Total	Arrests	Criminal Offenses	Disciplinary Actions	VAWA	Hate Crime	Fires
2021	188	2	17	159	9	1	1
2022	252 64	4 2	23 6	204 45	19 10	2 1	2 1
2023	244 -8	3 -1	17 -6	200 -4	19 -	5 3	1 -1

Arrests Statistics By Location and Violation Types

At Bridgewater State University, 3 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	3	3	-	-	1
Weapons (carrying, processing, etc.)	-	0	-	-	0
Drug Law Violation	1	1	-	-	1
Liquor Law Violation	2	2	-	-	0

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

Criminal Offenses Statistics By Location and Types of Crime

At Bridgewater 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 1.75 regardless location and category. Limited to on-campus, crminal offenses rate per 1,000 students is 1.75 at Bridgewater State.

Criminal Offenses Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Rate per 1000 Students
Total	17	17	-	-	11	1.75
Rape	7	7	-	-	5	0.72
Fondling	5	5	-	-	3	0.51
Aggravated Assault	2	2	-	-	2	0.21
Burglary	2	2	-	-	1	0.21
Motor Vehicle Theft	1	1	-	-	-	0.10
Rate per 1000 Stuents	1.75	1.75	-	-	1.13	-

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

Disciplinary Action Statistics By Location and Violation Types

For students attending Bridgewater State University, 200 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	200	200	-	-	200
Liquor Law Violation	200	200	-	-	200

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

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

At Bridgewater State University, 19 VAWA are reported including domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking.

Disciplinary Action Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹
Total	19	19	-	-	12
Domestic Violence	8	8	-	-	7
Dating Violence	4	4	-	-	4
Stalking	7	7	-	-	1

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

Hate Crimes Statistics By Location, crime types, and bias

For students attending Bridgewater State University, 5 hate crimes are reported.

Hate Crimes Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹
Simple Assault	1	1	-	-	1
Bias Sexual Orientation	1	1	-	-	1
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism	4	4	-	-	4
Bias Race	1	1	-	-	1
Bias Sexual Orientation	2	2	-	-	2
Bias Gender	1	1	-	-	1

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

Residence Hall Fires
	Number Of Fires	Category	Cause	Injuries/Deaths	Damage
SHEA HALL, Main Campus	1	Unintentional	Machinery/Industrial	0/0	$0-$99

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How Safe and Secure Bridgewater State University Campuses?

Campus Safety/Security Matters

Campus Safety Matters By Year at Bridgewater 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