Columbia College (Columbia, SC) Campus Safety and Security

Campus Safety/Security Matters

At Columbia College, 7 on-campus, 16 public property, 7 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 13.33. When limited to on-campus, the rate per 1,000 students is 4.06. The criminal offenses rate per 1,000 students is 7.54 at Columbia.

By violation type, 5 arrests and 13 criminal offenses are reported. In addition, 5 VAWA (Violence Against Women Act) are reported at Columbia.

Campus Safety/Security Issues
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Reported²	Rate per 1000 Students
Arrests	5	5	-	-	5	-	2.90
Criminal Offenses	13	2	-	11	2	-	7.54
Disciplinary Actions	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
VAWA³	5	-	-	5	-	-	2.90
Hate Crimes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	23	7	-	16	7	-	13.33
Rate Per 1000 Students	13.33	4.06	-	9.28	4.06	-	-

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

² Reported by local police.

³ VAWA: Violence Against Women Act

Columbia Campuses Safety Issues by Year (main campus, on-campus only)
	Total	Arrests	Criminal Offenses	Disciplinary Actions	VAWA	Hate Crime	Fires
2021	25	0	8	12	5	0	2
2022	20 -5	3 3	7 -1	2 -10	8 3	0 -	0 -2
2023	23 3	5 2	13 6	0 -2	5 -3	0 -	1 1

Arrests Statistics By Location and Violation Types

At Columbia College, 5 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	5	5	-	-	5
Weapons (carrying, processing, etc.)	-	0	-	0	0
Drug Law Violation	4	4	-	0	4
Liquor Law Violation	1	1	-	0	1

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

Criminal Offenses Statistics By Location and Types of Crime

At Columbia College, 13 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 7.54 regardless location and category. Limited to on-campus, crminal offenses rate per 1,000 students is 1.16 at Columbia.

Criminal Offenses Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Rate per 1000 Students
Total	13	2	-	11	2	7.54
Rape	1	1	-	-	1	0.58
Burglary	1	1	-	-	1	0.58
Rate per 1000 Stuents	7.54	1.16	-	6.38	1.16	-

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	5	-	-	5	-
Domestic Violence	3	0	-	3	0
Dating Violence	-	0	-	0	0
Stalking	2	0	-	2	0

Residence Hall Fires
	Number Of Fires	Category	Cause	Injuries/Deaths	Damage
McNair Hall	1	Unintentional	Electrical	0/0	$10,000-$24,999

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How Safe and Secure Columbia College (Columbia, SC) Campuses?

Campus Safety/Security Matters

Campus Safety Matters By Year at Columbia

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