Westfield State Campus Safety and Security

Campus Safety/Security Matters

At Westfield State University, 115 on-campus, 110 residence halls, and 2 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 25.07. When limited to on-campus, the rate per 1,000 students is 25.07. The criminal offenses rate per 1,000 students is 3.05 at Westfield State.

By violation type, 14 criminal offenses and 98 disciplinary actions are reported. In addition, 3 VAWA (Violence Against Women Act) are reported at Westfield State.

Campus Safety/Security Issues
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Reported²	Rate per 1000 Students
Arrests	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Criminal Offenses	14	14	-	-	9	-	3.05
Disciplinary Actions	98	98	-	-	98	-	21.36
VAWA³	3	3	-	-	3	-	0.65
Hate Crimes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	115	115	-	-	110	-	25.07
Rate Per 1000 Students	25.07	25.07	-	-	23.98	-	-

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 Westfield State

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

Westfield State Campuses Safety Issues by Year (main campus, on-campus only)
	Total	Arrests	Criminal Offenses	Disciplinary Actions	VAWA	Hate Crime	Fires
2021	91	5	10	70	2	4	1
2022	100 9	1 -4	11 1	80 10	8 6	0 -4	2 1
2023	115 15	0 -1	14 3	98 18	3 -5	0 -	2 -

Criminal Offenses Statistics By Location and Types of Crime

At Westfield State University, 14 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 3.05 regardless location and category. Limited to on-campus, crminal offenses rate per 1,000 students is 3.05 at Westfield State.

Criminal Offenses Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Rate per 1000 Students
Total	14	14	-	-	9	3.05
Rape	7	7	-	-	7	1.53
Aggravated Assault	1	1	-	-	1	0.22
Burglary	1	1	-	-	1	0.22
Motor Vehicle Theft	5	5	-	-	-	1.09
Rate per 1000 Stuents	3.05	3.05	-	-	1.96	-

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

Disciplinary Action Statistics By Location and Violation Types

For students attending Westfield State University, 98 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	98	98	-	-	98
Weapons (carrying, processing, etc.)	6	6	-	-	6
Drug Law Violation	19	19	-	-	19
Liquor Law Violation	73	73	-	-	73

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

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

At Westfield State University, 3 VAWA are reported including domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking.

Disciplinary Action Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹
Total	3	3	-	-	3
Domestic Violence	2	2	-	-	2
Dating Violence	-	0	-	-	0
Stalking	1	1	-	-	1

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

Residence Hall Fires
	Number Of Fires	Category	Cause	Injuries/Deaths	Damage
Courtney, Main Campus	1	Unintentional	Machinery/Industrial	0/0	$100-$999
Davis, Main Campus	1	Unintentional	Cooking	0/0	$100-$999

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How Safe and Secure Westfield State University Campuses?

Campus Safety/Security Matters

Campus Safety Matters By Year at Westfield State

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