SUNY New Paltz Campus Safety and Security

Campus Safety/Security Matters

At State University of New York at New Paltz, 73 on-campus, 9 public property, 65 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 10.38. When limited to on-campus, the rate per 1,000 students is 9.24. The criminal offenses rate per 1,000 students is 2.79 at SUNY New Paltz.

By violation type, 1 arrests, 22 criminal offenses, and 44 disciplinary actions are reported. In addition, 15 VAWA (Violence Against Women Act) are reported at SUNY New Paltz.

Campus Safety/Security Issues
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Reported²	Rate per 1000 Students
Arrests	1	-	-	1	-	-	0.13
Criminal Offenses	22	15	-	7	12	-	2.79
Disciplinary Actions	44	44	-	-	44	-	5.57
VAWA³	15	14	-	1	9	-	1.90
Hate Crimes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	82	73	-	9	65	-	10.38
Rate Per 1000 Students	10.38	9.24	-	1.14	8.23	-	-

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 SUNY New Paltz

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

SUNY New Paltz Campuses Safety Issues by Year (main campus, on-campus only)
	Total	Arrests	Criminal Offenses	Disciplinary Actions	VAWA	Hate Crime	Fires
2021	44	1	7	33	3	0	1
2022	24 -20	0 -1	12 5	12 -21	0 -3	0 -	3 2
2023	82 58	1 1	22 10	44 32	15 15	0 -	2 -1

Arrests Statistics By Location and Violation Types

At State University of New York at New Paltz, 1 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	1	-	-	1	-
Weapons (carrying, processing, etc.)	1	0	-	1	0
Drug Law Violation	-	0	-	0	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 State University of New York at New Paltz, 22 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 2.79 regardless location and category. Limited to on-campus, crminal offenses rate per 1,000 students is 1.90 at SUNY New Paltz.

By crime category, Rape was the most common with 12 cases, and Fondling was the second most common with 6 cases. When restricted to campus, including residence halls, Rape was the most common with 8 incidents, while Fondling was the second most common with 6 incidents.

Criminal Offenses Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Rate per 1000 Students
Total	22	15	-	7	12	2.79
Rape	12	8	-	4	7	1.52
Fondling	6	6	-	-	5	0.76
Aggravated Assault	2	1	-	1	-	0.25
Rate per 1000 Stuents	2.79	1.90	-	0.89	1.52	-

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

Disciplinary Action Statistics By Location and Violation Types

For students attending State University of New York at New Paltz, 44 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	44	44	-	-	44
Weapons (carrying, processing, etc.)	1	1	-	-	1
Drug Law Violation	1	1	-	-	1
Liquor Law Violation	42	42	-	-	42

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

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

At State University of New York at New Paltz, 15 VAWA are reported including domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking.

Disciplinary Action Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹
Total	15	14	-	1	9
Domestic Violence	4	3	-	1	3
Dating Violence	5	5	-	0	5
Stalking	6	6	-	0	1

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

Residence Hall Fires
	Number Of Fires	Category	Cause	Injuries/Deaths	Damage
Bliss hall, State University of New York, College at New Paltz	1	Unintentional	Cooking	0/0	$0-$99
Capen hall , State University of New York, College at New Paltz	1	Unintentional	Cooking	0/0	$1,000-$9,999

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How Safe and Secure State University of New York at New Paltz Campuses?

Campus Safety/Security Matters

Campus Safety Matters By Year at SUNY New Paltz

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