South Dakota State Campus Safety and Security

Campus Safety/Security Matters

At South Dakota State University, 311 on-campus, 14 out-of-campus, 89 public property, and 195 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 34.34. When limited to on-campus, the rate per 1,000 students is 25.80. The criminal offenses rate per 1,000 students is 1.58 at South Dakota State.

By violation type, 296 arrests, 19 criminal offenses, and 93 disciplinary actions are reported. In addition, 6 VAWA (Violence Against Women Act) are reported at South Dakota State.

Campus Safety/Security Issues
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Reported²	Rate per 1000 Students
Arrests	296	194	13	89	85	-	24.55
Criminal Offenses	19	18	1	-	14	-	1.58
Disciplinary Actions	93	93	-	-	93	-	7.71
VAWA³	6	6	-	-	3	-	0.50
Hate Crimes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	414	311	14	89	195	-	34.34
Rate Per 1000 Students	34.34	25.80	1.16	7.38	16.17	-	-

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 South Dakota State

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

South Dakota State Campuses Safety Issues by Year (main campus, on-campus only)
	Total	Arrests	Criminal Offenses	Disciplinary Actions	VAWA	Hate Crime	Fires
2021	583	368	19	180	16	0	0
2022	356 -227	243 -125	14 -5	81 -99	18 2	0 -	3 3
2023	414 58	296 53	19 5	93 12	6 -12	0 -	0 -3

Arrests Statistics By Location and Violation Types

At South Dakota State University, 296 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	296	194	13	89	85
Weapons (carrying, processing, etc.)	1	0	0	1	0
Drug Law Violation	51	30	6	15	18
Liquor Law Violation	244	164	7	73	67

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, 19 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 1.58 regardless location and category. Limited to on-campus, crminal offenses rate per 1,000 students is 1.49 at South Dakota State.

Criminal Offenses Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Rate per 1000 Students
Total	19	18	1	-	14	1.58
Rape	4	4	-	-	4	0.33
Fondling	8	8	-	-	8	0.66
Burglary	2	2	-	-	2	0.17
Motor Vehicle Theft	4	4	-	-	-	0.33
Rate per 1000 Stuents	1.58	1.49	0.08	-	1.16	-

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, 93 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	93	93	-	-	93
Drug Law Violation	1	1	-	-	1
Liquor Law Violation	92	92	-	-	92

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

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

At South Dakota State University, 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	6	-	-	3
Domestic Violence	-	0	0	0	0
Dating Violence	2	2	0	0	2
Stalking	4	4	0	0	1

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

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How Safe and Secure South Dakota State University Campuses?

Campus Safety/Security Matters

Campus Safety Matters By Year at South Dakota State

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