How Safe and Secure South Dakota State University Campuses?

At South Dakota State University, 561 on-campus, 25 out-of-campus, 47 public property, and 432 residence halls campus safety/security issues are reported. By safety matters, 290 arrests, 20 criminal offenses, 303 disciplinary actions, 10 VAWA (Violence Against Women Act), and 5 hate crimes are reported.

There is a total of 11,327 students enrolled in South Dakota State and the on-campus crime ratio is 495.28 per 10,000 students.

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Campus Safety/Security Matters

At South Dakota State University, 561 on-campus, 25 out-of-campus, 47 public property, and 432 residence halls 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	290	219	25	46	118	-
Criminal Offenses	20	20	-	-	18	-
Disciplinary Actions	303	302	-	1	282	-
VAWA³	10	10	-	-	8	-
Hate Crimes	5	5	-	-	3	-
Total	628	561	25	47	432	-
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 South Dakota State University, 290 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	290	219	25	46	118
Weapons (carrying, processing, etc.)	-	0	0	0	0
Drug Law Violation	51	44	5	2	26
Liquor Law Violation	239	175	20	44	92

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

Criminal Offenses Statistics By Location and Types of Crime

At South Dakota State University, 20 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	20	20	-	-	18
Rape	7	7	-	-	7
Fondling	4	4	-	-	4
Aggravated Assault	1	1	-	-	1
Burglary	3	3	-	-	3
Motor Vehicle Theft	2	2	-	-	-
Arson	3	3	-	-	3

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

Disciplinary Action Statistics By Location and Violation Types

For students attending South Dakota State University, 303 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	303	302	-	1	282
Liquor Law Violation	303	302	-	1	282

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 South Dakota State University, 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	-	-	8
Domestic Violence	2	2	0	0	2
Dating Violence	4	4	0	0	4
Stalking	4	4	0	0	2

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

Hate Crimes Statistics By Location, crime types, and bias

For students attending South Dakota State University, 5 hate crimes are reported.

Hate Crimes Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹
Simple Assault	1	1	0	0	1
Bias Ethnicity	3	1	0	0	1
Intimidation	4	4	0	0	2
Bias Gender	6	2	0	0	1
Bias Ethnicity	6	2	0	0	1

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

Fires in Residence Halls

There is no reported fires on residence halls at South Dakota State University.

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