MSUM Campus Safety and Security

Campus Safety/Security Matters

At Minnesota State University Moorhead, 9 on-campus, 1 public property, 7 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 2.28. When limited to on-campus, the rate per 1,000 students is 2.05. The criminal offenses rate per 1,000 students is 1.37 at MSUM.

By violation type, 1 arrests, 6 criminal offenses, and 3 disciplinary actions are reported.

Campus Safety/Security Issues
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Reported²	Rate per 1000 Students
Arrests	1	-	-	1	-	-	0.23
Criminal Offenses	6	6	-	-	4	-	1.37
Disciplinary Actions	3	3	-	-	3	-	0.68
VAWA³	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hate Crimes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	10	9	-	1	7	-	2.28
Rate Per 1000 Students	2.28	2.05	-	0.23	1.60	-	-

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

² Reported by local police.

³ VAWA: Violence Against Women Act

MSUM Campuses Safety Issues by Year (main campus, on-campus only)
	Total	Arrests	Criminal Offenses	Disciplinary Actions	VAWA	Hate Crime	Fires
2021	18	0	10	8	0	0	0
2022	29 11	2 2	3 -7	22 14	2 2	0 -	0 -
2023	10 -19	1 -1	6 3	3 -19	0 -2	0 -	1 1

Arrests Statistics By Location and Violation Types

At Minnesota State University Moorhead, 1 arrests are reported including weapons: carrying, possessing, etc., drug law violation, and liquor law violation.

Arrests Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹
Total	1	-	-	1	-
Weapons (carrying, processing, etc.)	-	0	-	0	0
Drug Law Violation	1	0	-	1	0
Liquor Law Violation	-	0	-	0	0

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

Criminal Offenses Statistics By Location and Types of Crime

At Minnesota State University Moorhead, 6 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 1.37 regardless location and category. Limited to on-campus, crminal offenses rate per 1,000 students is 1.37 at MSUM.

Criminal Offenses Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Rate per 1000 Students
Total	6	6	-	-	4	1.37
Rape	2	2	-	-	2	0.46
Fondling	2	2	-	-	2	0.46
Motor Vehicle Theft	2	2	-	-	-	0.46
Rate per 1000 Stuents	1.37	1.37	-	-	0.91	-

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

Disciplinary Action Statistics By Location and Violation Types

For students attending Minnesota State University Moorhead, 3 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	3	3	-	-	3
Liquor Law Violation	3	3	-	-	3

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

Residence Hall Fires
	Number Of Fires	Category	Cause	Injuries/Deaths	Damage
John Neumaier Hall, Main Campus	1	Unintentional	Cooking	0/0	$0-$99

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How Safe and Secure Minnesota State University Moorhead Campuses?

Campus Safety/Security Matters

Campus Safety Matters By Year at MSUM

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