Cleveland State Campus Safety and Security

Campus Safety/Security Matters

At Cleveland State University, 137 on-campus, 71 public property, and 79 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 14.78. When limited to on-campus, the rate per 1,000 students is 9.73. The criminal offenses rate per 1,000 students is 8.53 at Cleveland State.

By violation type, 10 arrests, 120 criminal offenses, and 67 disciplinary actions are reported. In addition, 9 VAWA (Violence Against Women Act) and 2 hate crimes are reported at Cleveland State.

Campus Safety/Security Issues
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Reported²	Rate per 1000 Students
Arrests	10	4	-	6	1	-	0.71
Criminal Offenses	120	57	-	63	8	-	8.53
Disciplinary Actions	67	67	-	-	67	-	4.76
VAWA³	9	7	-	2	3	-	0.64
Hate Crimes	2	2	-	-	-	-	0.14
Total	208	137	-	71	79	-	14.78
Rate Per 1000 Students	14.78	9.73	-	5.04	5.61	-	-

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 Cleveland State

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

Cleveland State Campuses Safety Issues by Year (main campus, on-campus only)
	Total	Arrests	Criminal Offenses	Disciplinary Actions	VAWA	Hate Crime	Fires
2021	80	3	13	55	9	0	0
2022	145 65	14 11	74 61	44 -11	13 4	0 -	0 -
2023	208 63	10 -4	120 46	67 23	9 -4	2 2	0 -

Arrests Statistics By Location and Violation Types

At Cleveland State University, 10 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	10	4	-	6	1
Weapons (carrying, processing, etc.)	4	1	-	3	1
Drug Law Violation	4	2	-	2	0
Liquor Law Violation	2	1	-	1	0

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

Criminal Offenses Statistics By Location and Types of Crime

At Cleveland State University, 120 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 8.53 regardless location and category. Limited to on-campus, crminal offenses rate per 1,000 students is 4.05 at Cleveland State.

By crime category, Motor Vehicle Theft was the most common with 52 cases, and Robbery was the second most common with 21 cases. When restricted to campus, including residence halls, Motor Vehicle Theft was the most common with 29 incidents, while Burglary was the second most common with 15 incidents.

Criminal Offenses Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Rate per 1000 Students
Total	120	57	-	63	8	8.53
Rape	7	4	-	3	2	0.50
Fondling	7	5	-	2	1	0.50
Robbery	21	2	-	19	-	1.49
Aggravated Assault	17	2	-	15	1	1.21
Burglary	15	15	-	-	3	1.07
Motor Vehicle Theft	52	29	-	23	1	3.69
Rate per 1000 Stuents	8.53	4.05	-	4.48	0.57	-

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

Disciplinary Action Statistics By Location and Violation Types

For students attending Cleveland State University, 67 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	67	67	-	-	67
Weapons (carrying, processing, etc.)	6	6	-	-	6
Drug Law Violation	35	35	-	-	35
Liquor Law Violation	26	26	-	-	26

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	9	7	-	2	3
Domestic Violence	2	0	-	2	0
Dating Violence	3	3	-	0	3
Stalking	4	4	-	0	0

Hate Crimes Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus
Larceny	1	1	-
Bias Ethnicity	1	1	-
Intimidation	1	1	-
Bias Ethnicity	1	1	-

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How Safe and Secure Cleveland State University Campuses?

Campus Safety/Security Matters

Campus Safety Matters By Year at Cleveland State

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