Worcester State Campus Safety and Security

Campus Safety/Security Matters

At Worcester State University, 125 on-campus, and 122 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 21.76. When limited to on-campus, the rate per 1,000 students is 21.76. The criminal offenses rate per 1,000 students is 2.26 at Worcester State.

By violation type, 13 criminal offenses and 109 disciplinary actions are reported. In addition, 3 VAWA (Violence Against Women Act) are reported at Worcester State.

Campus Safety/Security Issues
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Reported²	Rate per 1000 Students
Arrests	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Criminal Offenses	13	13	-	-	12	-	2.26
Disciplinary Actions	109	109	-	-	109	-	18.97
VAWA³	3	3	-	-	1	-	0.52
Hate Crimes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	125	125	-	-	122	-	21.76
Rate Per 1000 Students	21.76	21.76	-	-	21.24	-	-

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 Worcester 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 Worcester State main campus.

Worcester State Campuses Safety Issues by Year (main campus, on-campus only)
	Total	Arrests	Criminal Offenses	Disciplinary Actions	VAWA	Hate Crime	Fires
2021	163	0	15	145	3	0	0
2022	128 -35	0 -	13 -2	110 -35	5 2	0 -	1 1
2023	125 -3	0 -	13 -	109 -1	3 -2	0 -	0 -1

Criminal Offenses Statistics By Location and Types of Crime

At Worcester State University, 13 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 2.26 regardless location and category. Limited to on-campus, crminal offenses rate per 1,000 students is 2.26 at Worcester State.

Criminal Offenses Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Rate per 1000 Students
Total	13	13	-	-	12	2.26
Murder/Non-negligent manslaughter	1	1	-	-	-	0.17
Rape	6	6	-	-	6	1.04
Fondling	5	5	-	-	5	0.87
Burglary	1	1	-	-	1	0.17
Rate per 1000 Stuents	2.26	2.26	-	-	2.09	-

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

Disciplinary Action Statistics By Location and Violation Types

For students attending Worcester State University, 109 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	109	109	-	-	109
Weapons (carrying, processing, etc.)	1	1	-	-	1
Drug Law Violation	26	26	-	-	26
Liquor Law Violation	82	82	-	-	82

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

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

At Worcester 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	-	-	1
Domestic Violence	-	0	-	-	0
Dating Violence	1	1	-	-	1
Stalking	2	2	-	-	0

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

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How Safe and Secure Worcester State University Campuses?

Campus Safety/Security Matters

Campus Safety Matters By Year at Worcester 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