How Safe and Secure College of Charleston Campuses?

At College of Charleston, 338 on-campus, 1 out-of-campus, 37 public property, 321 residence halls, and 1 on-campus fire campus safety/security issues are reported. By safety matters, 142 arrests, 17 criminal offenses, 211 disciplinary actions, and 6 VAWA (Violence Against Women Act) are reported.

There is a total of 10,885 students enrolled in C of Charleston and the on-campus crime ratio is 310.52 per 10,000 students.

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Campus Safety/Security Matters

At College of Charleston, 338 on-campus, 1 out-of-campus, 37 public property, 321 residence halls, and 1 on-campus fire were reported. The following table summarizes campus safety/security matters by location and types.

Campus Safety/Security Issues
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Reported²
Arrests	142	110	-	32	100	-
Criminal Offenses	17	12	1	4	9	-
Disciplinary Actions	211	211	-	-	209	-
VAWA³	6	5	-	1	3	-
Hate Crimes	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	376	338	1	37	321	-
¹ The counts on Residence Halls are included in on-campus statistics.
² Reported by local police
³ VAWA: Violence Against Women Act

Arrests Statistics By Location and Violation Types

For students attending College of Charleston, 142 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	142	110	-	32	100
Weapons (carrying, processing, etc.)	1	0	0	1	0
Drug Law Violation	60	34	0	26	29
Liquor Law Violation	81	76	0	5	71

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

Criminal Offenses Statistics By Location and Types of Crime

At College of Charleston, 17 criminal offenses are reported including rape, fondling, incest, statutory rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, motor vehicle theft, and arson.

Criminal Offenses Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹
Total	17	12	1	4	9
Rape	9	9	-	-	9
Motor Vehicle Theft	5	2	-	3	-
Arson	1	1	-	-	-

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

Disciplinary Action Statistics By Location and Violation Types

For students attending College of Charleston, 211 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	211	211	-	-	209
Weapons (carrying, processing, etc.)	3	3	-	-	3
Drug Law Violation	64	64	-	-	63
Liquor Law Violation	144	144	-	-	143

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

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

For students attending College of Charleston, 6 VAWA are reported including domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking.

Disciplinary Action Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹
Total	6	5	-	1	3
Domestic Violence	2	1	0	1	1
Dating Violence	2	2	0	0	2
Stalking	2	2	0	0	0

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

Hate Crimes Statistics By Location, crime types, and bias

There is no reported hate crimes at College of Charleston.

Fires in Residence Halls

At College of Charleston, 1 residence hall fires are reported.

Residence Hall Fires
	Number Of Fires	Category	Cause	Injuries/Deaths	Damage
Joe E. Berry Residence Hall, Charleston Campus	1	Unintentional	Electrical	0/0	$100-$999

How Safe and Secure College of Charleston Campuses?

Campus Safety/Security Matters

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

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