MSU Billings Campus Safety and Security

Campus Safety/Security Matters

At Montana State University Billings, 55 on-campus, and 50 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 13.32. When limited to on-campus, the rate per 1,000 students is 13.32. The criminal offenses rate per 1,000 students is 3.39 at MSU Billings.

By violation type, 14 criminal offenses and 39 disciplinary actions are reported. In addition, 2 VAWA (Violence Against Women Act) are reported at MSU Billings.

Campus Safety/Security Issues
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Reported²	Rate per 1000 Students
Arrests	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Criminal Offenses	14	14	-	-	11	-	3.39
Disciplinary Actions	39	39	-	-	39	-	9.45
VAWA³	2	2	-	-	-	-	0.48
Hate Crimes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	55	55	-	-	50	-	13.32
Rate Per 1000 Students	13.32	13.32	-	-	12.11	-	-

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 MSU Billings

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

MSU Billings Campuses Safety Issues by Year (main campus, on-campus only)
	Total	Arrests	Criminal Offenses	Disciplinary Actions	VAWA	Hate Crime	Fires
2021	68	0	12	54	2	0	0
2022	47 -21	4 4	9 -3	31 -23	3 1	0 -	1 1
2023	55 8	0 -4	14 5	39 8	2 -1	0 -	0 -1

Criminal Offenses Statistics By Location and Types of Crime

At Montana State University Billings, 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 3.39 regardless location and category. Limited to on-campus, crminal offenses rate per 1,000 students is 3.39 at MSU Billings.

Criminal Offenses Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Rate per 1000 Students
Total	14	14	-	-	11	3.39
Rape	3	3	-	-	3	0.73
Fondling	4	4	-	-	3	0.97
Aggravated Assault	2	2	-	-	-	0.48
Burglary	5	5	-	-	5	1.21
Rate per 1000 Stuents	3.39	3.39	-	-	2.66	-

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

Disciplinary Action Statistics By Location and Violation Types

For students attending Montana State University Billings, 39 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	39	39	-	-	39
Drug Law Violation	7	7	-	-	7
Liquor Law Violation	32	32	-	-	32

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

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

At Montana State University Billings, 2 VAWA are reported including domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking.

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

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

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How Safe and Secure Montana State University Billings Campuses?

Campus Safety/Security Matters

Campus Safety Matters By Year at MSU Billings

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