Duke University Campus Safety and Security

Campus Safety/Security Matters

At Duke University, 345 on-campus, 31 out-of-campus, 9 public property, and 232 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 22.00. When limited to on-campus, the rate per 1,000 students is 19.72. The criminal offenses rate per 1,000 students is 4.86 at Duke.

By violation type, 16 arrests, 85 criminal offenses, and 212 disciplinary actions are reported. In addition, 72 VAWA (Violence Against Women Act) are reported at Duke.

Campus Safety/Security Issues
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Reported²	Rate per 1000 Students
Arrests	16	8	5	3	-	-	0.91
Criminal Offenses	85	72	11	2	4	-	4.86
Disciplinary Actions	212	210	-	2	210	-	12.11
VAWA³	72	55	15	2	18	-	4.11
Hate Crimes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	385	345	31	9	232	-	22.00
Rate Per 1000 Students	22.00	19.72	1.77	0.51	13.26	-	-

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 Duke

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

Duke Campuses Safety Issues by Year (main campus, on-campus only)
	Total	Arrests	Criminal Offenses	Disciplinary Actions	VAWA	Hate Crime	Fires
2021	460	10	52	334	64	0	4
2022	425 -35	20 10	107 55	227 -107	71 7	0 -	2 -2
2023	385 -40	16 -4	85 -22	212 -15	72 1	0 -	0 -2

Arrests Statistics By Location and Violation Types

At Duke University, 16 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	16	8	5	3	-
Weapons (carrying, processing, etc.)	3	2	1	0	0
Drug Law Violation	8	2	4	2	0
Liquor Law Violation	5	4	0	1	0

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

Criminal Offenses Statistics By Location and Types of Crime

At Duke University, 85 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 4.86 regardless location and category. Limited to on-campus, crminal offenses rate per 1,000 students is 4.11 at Duke.

By crime category, Motor Vehicle Theft was the most common with 39 cases, and Burglary was the second most common with 25 cases. When restricted to campus, including residence halls, Motor Vehicle Theft was the most common with 36 incidents, while Burglary was the second most common with 23 incidents.

Criminal Offenses Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Rate per 1000 Students
Total	85	72	11	2	4	4.86
Rape	6	3	3	-	3	0.34
Fondling	7	5	1	1	-	0.40
Robbery	2	1	1	-	-	0.11
Aggravated Assault	6	4	1	1	-	0.34
Burglary	25	23	2	-	1	1.43
Motor Vehicle Theft	39	36	3	-	-	2.23
Rate per 1000 Stuents	4.86	4.11	0.63	0.11	0.23	-

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

Disciplinary Action Statistics By Location and Violation Types

For students attending Duke University, 212 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	212	210	-	2	210
Weapons (carrying, processing, etc.)	1	1	-	-	1
Drug Law Violation	29	29	-	-	29
Liquor Law Violation	182	180	-	2	180

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

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

At Duke University, 72 VAWA are reported including domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking.

When limited to on-campus incluindg residence halls, 55 VAWA cases reported including 0 dating violence and 42 stalking. The VAWA rate per 1,000 students is 3.14 at Duke campuses.

Disciplinary Action Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹
Total	72	55	15	2	18
Domestic Violence	22	13	7	2	3
Dating Violence	-	0	0	0	0
Stalking	50	42	8	0	15

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

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How Safe and Secure Duke University Campuses?

Campus Safety/Security Matters

Campus Safety Matters By Year at Duke

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