Clark University Campus Safety and Security

Campus Safety/Security Matters

At Clark University, 100 on-campus, 1 public property, and 94 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 25.73. When limited to on-campus, the rate per 1,000 students is 25.48. The criminal offenses rate per 1,000 students is 2.55 at Clark.

By violation type, 10 criminal offenses and 88 disciplinary actions are reported. In addition, 2 VAWA (Violence Against Women Act) and 1 hate crimes are reported at Clark.

Campus Safety/Security Issues
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Reported²	Rate per 1000 Students
Arrests	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Criminal Offenses	10	9	-	1	5	-	2.55
Disciplinary Actions	88	88	-	-	88	-	22.42
VAWA³	2	2	-	-	1	-	0.51
Hate Crimes	1	1	-	-	-	-	0.25
Total	101	100	-	1	94	-	25.73
Rate Per 1000 Students	25.73	25.48	-	0.25	23.95	-	-

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 Clark

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

Clark Campuses Safety Issues by Year (main campus, on-campus only)
	Total	Arrests	Criminal Offenses	Disciplinary Actions	VAWA	Hate Crime	Fires
2021	179	0	24	154	1	0	0
2022	108 -71	1 1	15 -9	90 -64	2 1	0 -	0 -
2023	101 -7	0 -1	10 -5	88 -2	2 -	1 1	0 -

Criminal Offenses Statistics By Location and Types of Crime

At Clark University, 10 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 2.55 regardless location and category. Limited to on-campus, crminal offenses rate per 1,000 students is 2.29 at Clark.

Criminal Offenses Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Rate per 1000 Students
Total	10	9	-	1	5	2.55
Rape	3	3	-	-	3	0.76
Fondling	2	2	-	-	2	0.51
Aggravated Assault	1	1	-	-	-	0.25
Burglary	3	3	-	-	-	0.76
Rate per 1000 Stuents	2.55	2.29	-	0.25	1.27	-

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

Disciplinary Action Statistics By Location and Violation Types

For students attending Clark University, 88 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	88	88	-	-	88
Drug Law Violation	10	10	-	-	10
Liquor Law Violation	78	78	-	-	78

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	2	2	-	-	1
Domestic Violence	-	0	-	0	0
Dating Violence	1	1	-	0	1
Stalking	1	1	-	0	0

Hate Crimes Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism	1	1	-	0	0
Bias Ethnicity	1	1	-	0	0

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How Safe and Secure Clark University Campuses?

Campus Safety/Security Matters

Campus Safety Matters By Year at Clark

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