Union College (Schenectady, NY) Campus Safety and Security

Campus Safety/Security Matters

At Union College, 131 on-campus, 2 public property, 106 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 64.41. When limited to on-campus, the rate per 1,000 students is 63.44. The criminal offenses rate per 1,000 students is 11.14 at Union.

By violation type, 23 criminal offenses and 98 disciplinary actions are reported. In addition, 8 VAWA (Violence Against Women Act) and 4 hate crimes are reported at Union.

Campus Safety/Security Issues
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Reported²	Rate per 1000 Students
Arrests	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Criminal Offenses	23	23	-	-	4	-	11.14
Disciplinary Actions	98	98	-	-	98	-	47.46
VAWA³	8	8	-	-	4	-	3.87
Hate Crimes	4	2	-	2	-	-	1.94
Total	133	131	-	2	106	-	64.41
Rate Per 1000 Students	64.41	63.44	-	0.97	51.33	-	-

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 Union

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

Union Campuses Safety Issues by Year (main campus, on-campus only)
	Total	Arrests	Criminal Offenses	Disciplinary Actions	VAWA	Hate Crime	Fires
2021	313	0	14	289	10	0	1
2022	124 -189	0 -	39 25	75 -214	10 -	0 -	1 -
2023	133 9	0 -	23 -16	98 23	8 -2	4 4	2 1

Criminal Offenses Statistics By Location and Types of Crime

At Union College, 23 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 11.14 regardless location and category. Limited to on-campus, crminal offenses rate per 1,000 students is 11.14 at Union.

By crime category, Motor Vehicle Theft was the most common with 17 cases, and Rape was the second most common with 2 cases. When restricted to campus, including residence halls, Motor Vehicle Theft was the most common with 17 incidents, while Rape was the second most common with 2 incidents.

Criminal Offenses Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Rate per 1000 Students
Total	23	23	-	-	4	11.14
Rape	2	2	-	-	2	0.97
Robbery	1	1	-	-	-	0.48
Aggravated Assault	1	1	-	-	-	0.48
Burglary	1	1	-	-	1	0.48
Motor Vehicle Theft	17	17	-	-	-	8.23
Arson	1	1	-	-	1	0.48
Rate per 1000 Stuents	11.14	11.14	-	-	1.94	-

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

Disciplinary Action Statistics By Location and Violation Types

For students attending Union College, 98 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	98	98	-	-	98
Weapons (carrying, processing, etc.)	1	1	-	-	1
Drug Law Violation	37	37	-	-	37
Liquor Law Violation	60	60	-	-	60

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

Disciplinary Action Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹
Total	8	8	-	-	4
Domestic Violence	-	0	-	0	0
Dating Violence	2	2	-	0	2
Stalking	6	6	-	0	2

Hate Crimes Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹
Intimidation	4	2	-	2	0
Bias Ethnicity	4	2	-	2	0

Residence Hall Fires
	Number Of Fires	Category	Cause	Injuries/Deaths	Damage
West College, Main Campus	1	Intentional	A lit piece of paper on fire. Extinguished immediately	0/0	$100-$999
203 Seward Place, Main Campus	1	Unintentional	Cooking	0/0	$0-$99

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How Safe and Secure Union College (Schenectady, NY) Campuses?

Campus Safety/Security Matters

Campus Safety Matters By Year at Union

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