UMass Amherst Campus Safety and Security

Campus Safety/Security Matters

At University of Massachusetts-Amherst, 283 on-campus, 10 out-of-campus, 19 public property, 176 residence halls, and 11 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 9.83. When limited to on-campus, the rate per 1,000 students is 8.92. The criminal offenses rate per 1,000 students is 1.67 at UMass Amherst.

By violation type, 96 arrests, 53 criminal offenses, and 151 disciplinary actions are reported. In addition, 11 VAWA (Violence Against Women Act) and 1 hate crimes are reported at UMass Amherst.

Campus Safety/Security Issues
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Reported²	Rate per 1000 Students
Arrests	96	76	1	19	-	-	3.03
Criminal Offenses	53	46	7	-	21	-	1.67
Disciplinary Actions	151	149	2	-	149	-	4.76
VAWA³	11	11	-	-	6	-	0.35
Hate Crimes	1	1	-	-	-	-	0.03
Total	312	283	10	19	176	-	9.83
Rate Per 1000 Students	9.83	8.92	0.32	0.60	5.55	-	-

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 UMass Amherst

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

UMass Amherst Campuses Safety Issues by Year (main campus, on-campus only)
	Total	Arrests	Criminal Offenses	Disciplinary Actions	VAWA	Hate Crime	Fires
2021	399	116	47	228	7	1	3
2022	230 -169	87 -29	46 -1	92 -136	4 -3	1 -	4 1
2023	312 82	96 9	53 7	151 59	11 7	1 -	5 1

Arrests Statistics By Location and Violation Types

At University of Massachusetts-Amherst, 96 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	96	76	1	19	-
Weapons (carrying, processing, etc.)	-	0	0	0	0
Drug Law Violation	3	3	0	0	0
Liquor Law Violation	93	73	1	19	0

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

Criminal Offenses Statistics By Location and Types of Crime

At University of Massachusetts-Amherst, 53 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 1.67 regardless location and category. Limited to on-campus, crminal offenses rate per 1,000 students is 1.45 at UMass Amherst.

By crime category, Motor Vehicle Theft was the most common with 16 cases, and Rape was the second most common with 15 cases. When restricted to campus, including residence halls, Motor Vehicle Theft was the most common with 16 incidents, while Rape was the second most common with 11 incidents.

Criminal Offenses Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Rate per 1000 Students
Total	53	46	7	-	21	1.67
Rape	15	11	4	-	10	0.47
Fondling	7	6	1	-	4	0.22
Robbery	1	1	-	-	-	0.03
Aggravated Assault	7	6	1	-	3	0.22
Burglary	6	5	1	-	2	0.19
Motor Vehicle Theft	16	16	-	-	1	0.50
Arson	1	1	-	-	1	0.03
Rate per 1000 Stuents	1.67	1.45	0.22	-	0.66	-

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

Disciplinary Action Statistics By Location and Violation Types

For students attending University of Massachusetts-Amherst, 151 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	151	149	2	-	149
Liquor Law Violation	151	149	2	-	149

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

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

At University of Massachusetts-Amherst, 11 VAWA are reported including domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking.

Disciplinary Action Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹
Total	11	11	-	-	6
Domestic Violence	10	10	0	0	5
Dating Violence	-	0	0	0	0
Stalking	1	1	0	0	1

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

Hate Crimes Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹
Simple Assault	1	1	0	0	0
Bias Nation Origin	1	1	0	0	0

Fires in Residence Halls

At University of Massachusetts-Amherst, 11 residence hall fires are reported.

Residence Hall Fires
	Number Of Fires	Category	Cause	Injuries/Deaths	Damage
Patterson Hall, Main Campus	1	Intentional	piece of paper on door, burned on corner	0/0	$0-$99
Pierpont Hall, Main Campus	1	Unintentional	Electrical	0/0	$100-$999
University Village Apartments, Main Campus	3	Unintentional	Electrical	0/0	$0-$99
University Village Apartments, Main Campus	3	Unintentional	Cooking	0/0	$100-$999
University Village Apartments, Main Campus	3	Unintentional	Cooking	1/0	$100-$999

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How Safe and Secure University of Massachusetts-Amherst Campuses?

Campus Safety/Security Matters

Campus Safety Matters By Year at UMass Amherst

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