NDSU Campus Safety and Security

Campus Safety/Security Matters

At North Dakota State University-Main Campus, 138 on-campus, 5 out-of-campus, 9 public property, 112 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 12.72. When limited to on-campus, the rate per 1,000 students is 11.55. The criminal offenses rate per 1,000 students is 1.67 at NDSU.

By violation type, 44 arrests, 20 criminal offenses, and 87 disciplinary actions are reported. In addition, 1 VAWA (Violence Against Women Act) are reported at NDSU.

Campus Safety/Security Issues
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Reported²	Rate per 1000 Students
Arrests	44	35	-	9	15	-	3.68
Criminal Offenses	20	15	5	-	9	-	1.67
Disciplinary Actions	87	87	-	-	87	-	7.28
VAWA³	1	1	-	-	1	-	0.08
Hate Crimes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	152	138	5	9	112	-	12.72
Rate Per 1000 Students	12.72	11.55	0.42	0.75	9.37	-	-

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 NDSU

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

NDSU Campuses Safety Issues by Year (main campus, on-campus only)
	Total	Arrests	Criminal Offenses	Disciplinary Actions	VAWA	Hate Crime	Fires
2021	246	49	23	173	1	0	2
2022	191 -55	69 20	18 -5	101 -72	3 2	0 -	0 -2
2023	152 -39	44 -25	20 2	87 -14	1 -2	0 -	2 2

Arrests Statistics By Location and Violation Types

At North Dakota State University-Main Campus, 44 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	44	35	-	9	15
Weapons (carrying, processing, etc.)	-	0	0	0	0
Drug Law Violation	12	5	0	7	1
Liquor Law Violation	32	30	0	2	14

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

Criminal Offenses Statistics By Location and Types of Crime

At North Dakota State University-Main Campus, 20 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 1.67 regardless location and category. Limited to on-campus, crminal offenses rate per 1,000 students is 1.26 at NDSU.

Criminal Offenses Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Rate per 1000 Students
Total	20	15	5	-	9	1.67
Rape	9	9	-	-	8	0.75
Aggravated Assault	1	1	-	-	-	0.08
Burglary	2	1	1	-	1	0.17
Motor Vehicle Theft	8	4	4	-	-	0.67
Rate per 1000 Stuents	1.67	1.26	0.42	-	0.75	-

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

Disciplinary Action Statistics By Location and Violation Types

For students attending North Dakota State University-Main Campus, 87 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	87	87	-	-	87
Liquor Law Violation	87	87	-	-	87

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

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

At North Dakota State University-Main Campus, 1 VAWA are reported including domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking.

Disciplinary Action Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹
Total	1	1	-	-	1
Domestic Violence	1	1	0	0	1
Dating Violence	-	0	0	0	0
Stalking	-	0	0	0	0

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

Residence Hall Fires
	Number Of Fires	Category	Cause	Injuries/Deaths	Damage
University Village 105-116, Main Campus	1	Unintentional	Cooking	0/0	$1,000-$9,999
University Village 190-195, Main Campus	1	Unintentional	Smoking materials	0/0	$1,000-$9,999

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How Safe and Secure North Dakota State University-Main Campus Campuses?

Campus Safety/Security Matters

Campus Safety Matters By Year at NDSU

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