Vassar College Campus Safety and Security

Campus Safety/Security Matters

At Vassar College, 56 on-campus, 2 out-of-campus, 33 residence halls, and 4 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 23.56. When limited to on-campus, the rate per 1,000 students is 22.75. The criminal offenses rate per 1,000 students is 12.59 at Vassar.

By violation type, 31 criminal offenses and 11 disciplinary actions are reported. In addition, 14 VAWA (Violence Against Women Act) and 2 hate crimes are reported at Vassar.

Campus Safety/Security Issues
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Reported²	Rate per 1000 Students
Arrests	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Criminal Offenses	31	29	2	-	11	-	12.59
Disciplinary Actions	11	11	-	-	11	-	4.47
VAWA³	14	14	-	-	11	-	5.69
Hate Crimes	2	2	-	-	-	-	0.81
Total	58	56	2	-	33	-	23.56
Rate Per 1000 Students	23.56	22.75	0.81	-	13.40	-	-

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 Vassar

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

Vassar Campuses Safety Issues by Year (main campus, on-campus only)
	Total	Arrests	Criminal Offenses	Disciplinary Actions	VAWA	Hate Crime	Fires
2021	58	0	24	18	16	0	2
2022	25 -33	0 -	13 -11	2 -16	10 -6	0 -	1 -1
2023	58 33	0 -	31 18	11 9	14 4	2 2	4 3

Criminal Offenses Statistics By Location and Types of Crime

At Vassar College, 31 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 12.59 regardless location and category. Limited to on-campus, crminal offenses rate per 1,000 students is 11.78 at Vassar.

By crime category, Fondling was the most common with 15 cases, and Rape was the second most common with 7 cases. When restricted to campus, including residence halls, Fondling was the most common with 14 incidents, while Rape 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	31	29	2	-	11	12.59
Rape	7	6	1	-	2	2.84
Fondling	15	14	1	-	4	6.09
Burglary	4	4	-	-	4	1.62
Motor Vehicle Theft	4	4	-	-	-	1.62
Arson	1	1	-	-	1	0.41
Rate per 1000 Stuents	12.59	11.78	0.81	-	4.47	-

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

Disciplinary Action Statistics By Location and Violation Types

For students attending Vassar College, 11 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	11	11	-	-	11
Drug Law Violation	10	10	-	-	10
Liquor Law Violation	1	1	-	-	1

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	14	14	-	-	11
Domestic Violence	-	0	0	-	0
Dating Violence	7	7	0	-	6
Stalking	7	7	0	-	5

Hate Crimes Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Public Properties
Intimidation	1	1	-
Bias Race	1	1	-
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism	1	1	-
Bias Religion	1	1	-

Fires in Residence Halls

At Vassar College, 4 residence hall fires are reported.

Residence Hall Fires
	Number Of Fires	Category	Cause	Injuries/Deaths	Damage
Raymond, Main Campus	1	Unintentional	Other	0/0	$0-$99
Davison, Main Campus	1	Unintentional	Other	1/0	$0-$99
Noyes, Main Campus	1	Intentional	A person used some type of burning element (possibly a lighter) to burn letters into a cork bulletin board.	0/0	$0-$99
Terrace Apartment 40, Main Campus	1	Unintentional	Cooking	0/0	$0-$99

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How Safe and Secure Vassar College Campuses?

Campus Safety/Security Matters

Campus Safety Matters By Year at Vassar

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