RIT Campus Safety and Security

Campus Safety/Security Matters

At Rochester Institute of Technology, 165 on-campus, 3 out-of-campus, 150 residence halls, and 8 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 9.83. When limited to on-campus, the rate per 1,000 students is 9.65. The criminal offenses rate per 1,000 students is 1.75 at RIT.

By violation type, 30 criminal offenses and 109 disciplinary actions are reported. In addition, 29 VAWA (Violence Against Women Act) are reported at RIT.

Campus Safety/Security Issues
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Reported²	Rate per 1000 Students
Arrests	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Criminal Offenses	30	28	2	-	23	-	1.75
Disciplinary Actions	109	108	1	-	108	-	6.38
VAWA³	29	29	-	-	19	-	1.70
Hate Crimes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	168	165	3	-	150	-	9.83
Rate Per 1000 Students	9.83	9.65	0.18	-	8.77	-	-

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 RIT

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

RIT Campuses Safety Issues by Year (main campus, on-campus only)
	Total	Arrests	Criminal Offenses	Disciplinary Actions	VAWA	Hate Crime	Fires
2021	159	0	23	118	18	0	6
2022	163 4	0 -	32 9	120 2	11 -7	0 -	7 1
2023	168 5	0 -	30 -2	109 -11	29 18	0 -	6 -1

Criminal Offenses Statistics By Location and Types of Crime

At Rochester Institute of Technology, 30 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 1.75 regardless location and category. Limited to on-campus, crminal offenses rate per 1,000 students is 1.64 at RIT.

By crime category, Rape was the most common with 11 cases, and Fondling was the second most common with 11 cases. When restricted to campus, including residence halls, Rape was the most common with 11 incidents, while Fondling was the second most common with 10 incidents.

Criminal Offenses Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Rate per 1000 Students
Total	30	28	2	-	23	1.75
Rape	11	11	-	-	11	0.64
Fondling	11	10	1	-	9	0.64
Aggravated Assault	1	1	-	-	1	0.06
Burglary	1	1	-	-	1	0.06
Motor Vehicle Theft	5	4	1	-	-	0.29
Arson	1	1	-	-	1	0.06
Rate per 1000 Stuents	1.75	1.64	0.12	-	1.35	-

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

Disciplinary Action Statistics By Location and Violation Types

For students attending Rochester Institute of Technology, 109 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	109	108	1	-	108
Weapons (carrying, processing, etc.)	1	1	-	-	1
Drug Law Violation	38	37	1	-	37
Liquor Law Violation	70	70	-	-	70

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

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

At Rochester Institute of Technology, 29 VAWA are reported including domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking.

When limited to on-campus incluindg residence halls, 29 VAWA cases reported including 20 dating violence and 9 stalking. The VAWA rate per 1,000 students is 1.70 at RIT campuses.

Disciplinary Action Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹
Total	29	29	-	-	19
Domestic Violence	-	0	0	-	0
Dating Violence	20	20	0	-	16
Stalking	9	9	0	-	3

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

Fires in Residence Halls

At Rochester Institute of Technology, 8 residence hall fires are reported.

Residence Hall Fires
	Number Of Fires	Category	Cause	Injuries/Deaths	Damage
University Commons, Main Campus	2	Unintentional	Heating equipment	0/0	$0-$99
University Commons, Main Campus	2	Unintentional	Cooking	0/0	$0-$99
Colby Hall, Main Campus	1	Unintentional	Electrical	0/0	$1,000-$9,999
Ellingson Hall, Main Campus	1	Unintentional	Machinery/Industrial	0/0	$0-$99
Peterson Hall, Main Campus	1	Intentional	A student intentionally set a piece of paper on fire on a door.	0/0	$0-$99
Global Village, Main Campus	1	Unintentional	Cooking	0/0	$0-$99

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How Safe and Secure Rochester Institute of Technology Campuses?

Campus Safety/Security Matters

Campus Safety Matters By Year at RIT

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