Missouri State University-Springfield Campus Safety and Security

Campus Safety/Security Matters

At Missouri State University-Springfield, 85 on-campus, 5 out-of-campus, 7 public property, 64 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 3.98. When limited to on-campus, the rate per 1,000 students is 3.49. The criminal offenses rate per 1,000 students is 1.11 at Missouri State University-Springfield.

By violation type, 12 arrests, 27 criminal offenses, and 51 disciplinary actions are reported. In addition, 7 VAWA (Violence Against Women Act) are reported at Missouri State University-Springfield.

Campus Safety/Security Issues
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Reported²	Rate per 1000 Students
Arrests	12	6	-	6	4	-	0.49
Criminal Offenses	27	22	5	-	3	-	1.11
Disciplinary Actions	51	51	-	-	51	-	2.09
VAWA³	7	6	-	1	6	-	0.29
Hate Crimes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	97	85	5	7	64	-	3.98
Rate Per 1000 Students	3.98	3.49	0.21	0.29	2.63	-	-

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 Missouri State University-Springfield

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

Missouri State University-Springfield Campuses Safety Issues by Year (main campus, on-campus only)
	Total	Arrests	Criminal Offenses	Disciplinary Actions	VAWA	Hate Crime	Fires
2021	263	25	30	204	4	0	0
2022	145 -118	12 -13	23 -7	106 -98	4 -	0 -	0 -
2023	97 -48	12 -	27 4	51 -55	7 3	0 -	2 2

Arrests Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹
Total	12	6	-	6	4
Weapons (carrying, processing, etc.)	1	1	0	0	0
Drug Law Violation	7	4	0	3	3
Liquor Law Violation	4	1	0	3	1

Criminal Offenses Statistics By Location and Types of Crime

At Missouri State University-Springfield, 27 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 1.11 regardless location and category. Limited to on-campus, crminal offenses rate per 1,000 students is 0.90 at Missouri State University-Springfield.

By crime category, Motor Vehicle Theft was the most common with 18 cases, and Burglary was the second most common with 4 cases. When restricted to campus, including residence halls, Motor Vehicle Theft was the most common with 17 incidents, while Rape was the second most common with 1 incidents.

Criminal Offenses Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Rate per 1000 Students
Total	27	22	5	-	3	1.11
Rape	2	1	1	-	1	0.08
Fondling	1	1	-	-	1	0.04
Aggravated Assault	1	1	-	-	-	0.04
Burglary	4	1	3	-	-	0.16
Motor Vehicle Theft	18	17	1	-	-	0.74
Arson	1	1	-	-	1	0.04
Rate per 1000 Stuents	1.11	0.90	0.21	-	0.12	-

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

Disciplinary Action Statistics By Location and Violation Types

For students attending Missouri State University-Springfield, 51 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	51	51	-	-	51
Drug Law Violation	7	7	-	-	7
Liquor Law Violation	44	44	-	-	44

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	7	6	-	1	6
Domestic Violence	1	1	0	0	1
Dating Violence	5	4	0	1	4
Stalking	1	1	0	0	1

Residence Hall Fires
	Number Of Fires	Category	Cause	Injuries/Deaths	Damage
Blair-Shannon, Springfield Campus	1	Unintentional	Cooking	0/0	$0-$99
Sunvilla Tower, Springfield Campus	1	Intentional	Individual lit paper on fire and threw it on the floor.	0/0	$0-$99

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How Safe and Secure Missouri State University-Springfield Campuses?

Campus Safety/Security Matters

Campus Safety Matters By Year at Missouri State University-Springfield

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