Merrimack College Campus Safety and Security

Campus Safety/Security Matters

At Merrimack College, 450 on-campus, 448 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 76.77. When limited to on-campus, the rate per 1,000 students is 76.77. The criminal offenses rate per 1,000 students is 0.68 at Merrimack.

By violation type, 4 criminal offenses and 440 disciplinary actions are reported. In addition, 6 VAWA (Violence Against Women Act) are reported at Merrimack.

Campus Safety/Security Issues
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Reported²	Rate per 1000 Students
Arrests	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Criminal Offenses	4	4	-	-	4	-	0.68
Disciplinary Actions	440	440	-	-	440	-	75.06
VAWA³	6	6	-	-	4	-	1.02
Hate Crimes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	450	450	-	-	448	-	76.77
Rate Per 1000 Students	76.77	76.77	-	-	76.42	-	-

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 Merrimack

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

Merrimack Campuses Safety Issues by Year (main campus, on-campus only)
	Total	Arrests	Criminal Offenses	Disciplinary Actions	VAWA	Hate Crime	Fires
2021	621	4	12	596	9	0	2
2022	542 -79	1 -3	13 1	524 -72	4 -5	0 -	0 -2
2023	450 -92	0 -1	4 -9	440 -84	6 2	0 -	1 1

Criminal Offenses Statistics By Location and Types of Crime

At Merrimack College, 4 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 0.68 regardless location and category. Limited to on-campus, crminal offenses rate per 1,000 students is 0.68 at Merrimack.

Criminal Offenses Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Rate per 1000 Students
Total	4	4	-	-	4	0.68
Rape	2	2	-	-	2	0.34
Fondling	1	1	-	-	1	0.17
Aggravated Assault	1	1	-	-	1	0.17
Rate per 1000 Stuents	0.68	0.68	-	-	0.68	-

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

Disciplinary Action Statistics By Location and Violation Types

For students attending Merrimack College, 440 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	440	440	-	-	440
Liquor Law Violation	440	440	-	-	440

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	6	6	-	-	4
Domestic Violence	-	0	-	-	0
Dating Violence	6	6	-	-	4
Stalking	-	0	-	-	0

Residence Hall Fires
	Number Of Fires	Category	Cause	Injuries/Deaths	Damage
St. Thomas apartment, Main Campus	1	Unintentional	Open flames	0/0	$0-$99

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How Safe and Secure Merrimack College Campuses?

Campus Safety/Security Matters

Campus Safety Matters By Year at Merrimack

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