Penn State Altoona Campus Safety and Security

Campus Safety/Security Matters

At Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona, 134 on-campus, 1 public property, and 111 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 56.94. When limited to on-campus, the rate per 1,000 students is 56.52. The criminal offenses rate per 1,000 students is 4.22 at Penn State Altoona.

By violation type, 34 arrests, 10 criminal offenses, and 81 disciplinary actions are reported. In addition, 10 VAWA (Violence Against Women Act) are reported at Penn State Altoona.

Campus Safety/Security Issues
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Reported²	Rate per 1000 Students
Arrests	34	33	-	1	19	-	14.34
Criminal Offenses	10	10	-	-	5	-	4.22
Disciplinary Actions	81	81	-	-	81	-	34.16
VAWA³	10	10	-	-	6	-	4.22
Hate Crimes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	135	134	-	1	111	-	56.94
Rate Per 1000 Students	56.94	56.52	-	0.42	46.82	-	-

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 Penn State Altoona

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

Penn State Altoona Campuses Safety Issues by Year (main campus, on-campus only)
	Total	Arrests	Criminal Offenses	Disciplinary Actions	VAWA	Hate Crime	Fires
2021	73	12	7	49	5	0	1
2022	89 16	15 3	7 -	63 14	4 -1	0 -	0 -1
2023	135 46	34 19	10 3	81 18	10 6	0 -	0 -

Arrests Statistics By Location and Violation Types

At Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona, 34 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	34	33	-	1	19
Weapons (carrying, processing, etc.)	-	0	-	0	0
Drug Law Violation	10	9	-	1	6
Liquor Law Violation	24	24	-	0	13

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

Criminal Offenses Statistics By Location and Types of Crime

At Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona, 10 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 4.22 regardless location and category. Limited to on-campus, crminal offenses rate per 1,000 students is 4.22 at Penn State Altoona.

Criminal Offenses Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Rate per 1000 Students
Total	10	10	-	-	5	4.22
Rape	5	5	-	-	3	2.11
Fondling	1	1	-	-	-	0.42
Burglary	2	2	-	-	2	0.84
Motor Vehicle Theft	2	2	-	-	-	0.84
Rate per 1000 Stuents	4.22	4.22	-	-	2.11	-

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

Disciplinary Action Statistics By Location and Violation Types

For students attending Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona, 81 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	81	81	-	-	81
Drug Law Violation	11	11	-	-	11
Liquor Law Violation	70	70	-	-	70

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

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

At Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona, 10 VAWA are reported including domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking.

Disciplinary Action Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹
Total	10	10	-	-	6
Domestic Violence	-	0	-	0	0
Dating Violence	5	5	-	0	3
Stalking	5	5	-	0	3

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

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How Safe and Secure Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona Campuses?

Campus Safety/Security Matters

Campus Safety Matters By Year at Penn State Altoona

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