Simmons University Campus Safety and Security

Campus Safety/Security Matters

At Simmons University, 30 on-campus, and 23 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 6.43. When limited to on-campus, the rate per 1,000 students is 6.43. The criminal offenses rate per 1,000 students is 0.00 at Simmons.

Campus Safety/Security Issues
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Reported²	Rate per 1000 Students
Arrests	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Criminal Offenses	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Disciplinary Actions	17	17	-	-	17	-	3.64
VAWA³	11	11	-	-	5	-	2.36
Hate Crimes	2	2	-	-	1	-	0.43
Total	30	30	-	-	23	-	6.43
Rate Per 1000 Students	6.43	6.43	-	-	4.93	-	-

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 Simmons

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

Simmons Campuses Safety Issues by Year (main campus, on-campus only)
	Total	Arrests	Criminal Offenses	Disciplinary Actions	VAWA	Hate Crime	Fires
2021	24	0	7	11	4	2	0
2022	34 10	0 -	10 3	11 -	13 9	0 -2	0 -
2023	30 -4	0 -	0 -10	17 6	11 -2	2 2	0 -

Disciplinary Action Statistics By Location and Violation Types

For students attending Simmons University, 17 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	17	17	-	-	17
Liquor Law Violation	17	17	-	-	17

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	11	11	-	-	5
Domestic Violence	1	1	-	-	1
Dating Violence	2	2	-	-	0
Stalking	8	8	-	-	4

Hate Crimes Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹
Intimidation	2	2	-	-	1
Bias Religion	1	1	-	-	1
Bias Ethnicity	1	1	-	-	0

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How Safe and Secure Simmons University Campuses?

Campus Safety/Security Matters

Campus Safety Matters By Year at Simmons

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