WMC Campus Safety and Security

Campus Safety/Security Matters

At The University of Montana-Western, 41 on-campus, 38 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 30.19. When limited to on-campus, the rate per 1,000 students is 30.19. The criminal offenses rate per 1,000 students is 2.95 at WMC.

By violation type, 4 criminal offenses and 37 disciplinary actions are reported.

Campus Safety/Security Issues
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Reported²	Rate per 1000 Students
Arrests	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Criminal Offenses	4	4	-	-	1	-	2.95
Disciplinary Actions	37	37	-	-	37	-	27.25
VAWA³	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hate Crimes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	41	41	-	-	38	-	30.19
Rate Per 1000 Students	30.19	30.19	-	-	27.98	-	-

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 WMC

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

WMC Campuses Safety Issues by Year (main campus, on-campus only)
	Total	Arrests	Criminal Offenses	Disciplinary Actions	VAWA	Hate Crime	Fires
2021	25	0	2	23	0	0	0
2022	72 47	0 -	11 9	61 38	0 -	0 -	0 -
2023	41 -31	0 -	4 -7	37 -24	0 -	0 -	2 2

Criminal Offenses Statistics By Location and Types of Crime

At The University of Montana-Western, 4 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 2.95 regardless location and category. Limited to on-campus, crminal offenses rate per 1,000 students is 2.95 at WMC.

Criminal Offenses Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Rate per 1000 Students
Total	4	4	-	-	1	2.95
Rape	1	1	-	-	1	0.74
Aggravated Assault	3	3	-	-	-	2.21
Rate per 1000 Stuents	2.95	2.95	-	-	0.74	-

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

Disciplinary Action Statistics By Location and Violation Types

For students attending The University of Montana-Western, 37 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	37	37	-	-	37
Drug Law Violation	6	6	-	-	6
Liquor Law Violation	31	31	-	-	31

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

Residence Hall Fires
	Number Of Fires	Category	Cause	Injuries/Deaths	Damage
Mathews, University of Montana Western	1	Unintentional	Machinery/Industrial	0/0	$0-$99
Davis, University of Montana Western	1	Unintentional	Open flames	0/0	$100-$999

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How Safe and Secure The University of Montana-Western Campuses?

Campus Safety/Security Matters

Campus Safety Matters By Year at WMC

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