Mount Holyoke College Campus Safety and Security

Campus Safety/Security Matters

At Mount Holyoke College, 41 on-campus, 1 public property, and 39 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 18.46. When limited to on-campus, the rate per 1,000 students is 18.02. The criminal offenses rate per 1,000 students is 3.08 at MHC.

By violation type, 7 criminal offenses and 35 disciplinary actions are reported.

Campus Safety/Security Issues
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Reported²	Rate per 1000 Students
Arrests	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Criminal Offenses	7	7	-	-	5	-	3.08
Disciplinary Actions	35	34	-	1	34	-	15.38
VAWA³	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hate Crimes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	42	41	-	1	39	-	18.46
Rate Per 1000 Students	18.46	18.02	-	0.44	17.14	-	-

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 MHC

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

MHC Campuses Safety Issues by Year (main campus, on-campus only)
	Total	Arrests	Criminal Offenses	Disciplinary Actions	VAWA	Hate Crime	Fires
2021	16	1	1	10	1	3	4
2022	28 12	0 -1	1 -	25 15	2 1	0 -3	1 -3
2023	42 14	0 -	7 6	35 10	0 -2	0 -	0 -1

Criminal Offenses Statistics By Location and Types of Crime

At Mount Holyoke College, 7 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 3.08 regardless location and category. Limited to on-campus, crminal offenses rate per 1,000 students is 3.08 at MHC.

Criminal Offenses Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Rate per 1000 Students
Total	7	7	-	-	5	3.08
Rape	6	6	-	-	5	2.64
Fondling	1	1	-	-	-	0.44
Rate per 1000 Stuents	3.08	3.08	-	-	2.20	-

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

Disciplinary Action Statistics By Location and Violation Types

For students attending Mount Holyoke College, 35 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	35	34	-	1	34
Drug Law Violation	13	12	-	1	12
Liquor Law Violation	22	22	-	-	22

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

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How Safe and Secure Mount Holyoke College Campuses?

Campus Safety/Security Matters

Campus Safety Matters By Year at MHC

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