VFCC Campus Safety and Security

Campus Safety/Security Matters

At University of Valley Forge, 17 on-campus, 16 residence halls, and 1 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 28.86. When limited to on-campus, the rate per 1,000 students is 28.86. The criminal offenses rate per 1,000 students is 1.70 at VFCC.

By violation type, 1 criminal offenses and 15 disciplinary actions are reported. In addition, 1 hate crimes are reported at VFCC.

Campus Safety/Security Issues
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Reported²	Rate per 1000 Students
Arrests	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Criminal Offenses	1	1	-	-	1	-	1.70
Disciplinary Actions	15	15	-	-	15	-	25.47
VAWA³	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hate Crimes	1	1	-	-	-	-	1.70
Total	17	17	-	-	16	-	28.86
Rate Per 1000 Students	28.86	28.86	-	-	27.16	-	-

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 VFCC

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

VFCC Campuses Safety Issues by Year (main campus, on-campus only)
	Total	Arrests	Criminal Offenses	Disciplinary Actions	VAWA	Hate Crime	Fires
2021	7	0	2	4	1	0	1
2022	23 16	0 -	4 2	14 10	5 4	0 -	0 -1
2023	17 -6	0 -	1 -3	15 1	0 -5	1 1	1 1

Criminal Offenses Statistics By Location and Types of Crime

At University of Valley Forge, 1 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 1.70 regardless location and category. Limited to on-campus, crminal offenses rate per 1,000 students is 1.70 at VFCC.

Criminal Offenses Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Rate per 1000 Students
Total	1	1	-	-	1	1.70
Burglary	1	1	-	-	1	1.70
Rate per 1000 Stuents	1.70	1.70	-	-	1.70	-

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

Disciplinary Action Statistics By Location and Violation Types

For students attending University of Valley Forge, 15 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	15	15	-	-	15
Drug Law Violation	11	11	-	-	11
Liquor Law Violation	4	4	-	-	4

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

Hate Crimes Statistics By Location, crime types, and bias

For students attending University of Valley Forge, 1 hate crimes are reported.

Hate Crimes Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism	1	1	-	-	0
Bias Religion	1	1	-	-	0

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

Fires in Residence Halls

At University of Valley Forge, 1 residence hall fires are reported.

Residence Hall Fires
	Number Of Fires	Category	Cause	Injuries/Deaths	Damage
Building 32, Main Campus	1	Unintentional	Electrical	0/0	$100-$999

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How Safe and Secure University of Valley Forge Campuses?

Campus Safety/Security Matters

Campus Safety Matters By Year at VFCC

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