FIT Campus Safety and Security

Campus Safety/Security Matters

At Fashion Institute of Technology, 154 on-campus, 47 public property, and 151 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 24.49. When limited to on-campus, the rate per 1,000 students is 18.77. The criminal offenses rate per 1,000 students is 4.51 at FIT.

By violation type, 5 arrests, 37 criminal offenses, and 141 disciplinary actions are reported. In addition, 17 VAWA (Violence Against Women Act) and 1 hate crimes are reported at FIT.

Campus Safety/Security Issues
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Reported²	Rate per 1000 Students
Arrests	5	-	-	5	-	-	0.61
Criminal Offenses	37	6	-	31	3	-	4.51
Disciplinary Actions	141	141	-	-	141	-	17.18
VAWA³	17	7	-	10	7	-	2.07
Hate Crimes	1	-	-	1	-	-	0.12
Total	201	154	-	47	151	-	24.49
Rate Per 1000 Students	24.49	18.77	-	5.73	18.40	-	-

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 FIT

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

FIT Campuses Safety Issues by Year (main campus, on-campus only)
	Total	Arrests	Criminal Offenses	Disciplinary Actions	VAWA	Hate Crime	Fires
2021	152	0	9	141	2	0	0
2022	109 -43	0 -	7 -2	96 -45	6 4	0 -	0 -
2023	201 92	5 5	37 30	141 45	17 11	1 1	0 -

Arrests Statistics By Location and Violation Types

At Fashion Institute of Technology, 5 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	5	-	-	5	-
Weapons (carrying, processing, etc.)	3	0	-	3	0
Drug Law Violation	2	0	-	2	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 Fashion Institute of Technology, 37 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 4.51 regardless location and category. Limited to on-campus, crminal offenses rate per 1,000 students is 0.73 at FIT.

Criminal Offenses Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Rate per 1000 Students
Total	37	6	-	31	3	4.51
Rape	4	2	-	2	2	0.49
Fondling	7	1	-	6	1	0.85
Aggravated Assault	10	2	-	8	-	1.22
Motor Vehicle Theft	7	1	-	6	-	0.85
Rate per 1000 Stuents	4.51	0.73	-	3.78	0.37	-

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

Disciplinary Action Statistics By Location and Violation Types

For students attending Fashion Institute of Technology, 141 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	141	141	-	-	141
Weapons (carrying, processing, etc.)	1	1	-	-	1
Drug Law Violation	14	14	-	-	14
Liquor Law Violation	126	126	-	-	126

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

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

At Fashion Institute of Technology, 17 VAWA are reported including domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking.

Disciplinary Action Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹
Total	17	7	-	10	7
Domestic Violence	10	0	-	10	0
Dating Violence	2	2	-	0	2
Stalking	5	5	-	0	5

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

Hate Crimes Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹
Simple Assault	1	0	-	1	0
Bias Nation Origin	1	0	-	1	0

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How Safe and Secure Fashion Institute of Technology Campuses?

Campus Safety/Security Matters

Campus Safety Matters By Year at FIT

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