WNCC Campus Safety and Security

Campus Safety/Security Matters

At Western Nebraska Community College, 56 on-campus, 1 out-of-campus, 55 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 36.33. When limited to on-campus, the rate per 1,000 students is 35.69. The criminal offenses rate per 1,000 students is 0.00 at WNCC.

By violation type, 2 arrests and 55 disciplinary actions are reported.

Campus Safety/Security Issues
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Reported²	Rate per 1000 Students
Arrests	2	1	1	-	-	-	1.27
Criminal Offenses	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Disciplinary Actions	55	55	-	-	55	-	35.05
VAWA³	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hate Crimes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	57	56	1	-	55	-	36.33
Rate Per 1000 Students	36.33	35.69	0.64	-	35.05	-	-

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 WNCC

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

WNCC Campuses Safety Issues by Year (main campus, on-campus only)
	Total	Arrests	Criminal Offenses	Disciplinary Actions	VAWA	Hate Crime	Fires
2021	3	1	0	2	0	0	2
2022	15 12	4 3	1 1	10 8	0 -	0 -	1 -1
2023	57 42	2 -2	0 -1	55 45	0 -	0 -	1 -

Arrests Statistics By Location and Violation Types

At Western Nebraska Community College, 2 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	2	1	1	-	-
Weapons (carrying, processing, etc.)	1	1	0	-	0
Drug Law Violation	-	0	0	-	0
Liquor Law Violation	1	0	1	-	0

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

Disciplinary Action Statistics By Location and Violation Types

For students attending Western Nebraska Community College, 55 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	55	55	-	-	55
Drug Law Violation	1	1	-	-	1
Liquor Law Violation	54	54	-	-	54

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

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

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How Safe and Secure Western Nebraska Community College Campuses?

Campus Safety/Security Matters

Campus Safety Matters By Year at WNCC

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