Austin Peay State Campus Safety and Security

Campus Safety/Security Matters

At Austin Peay State University, 53 on-campus, 8 out-of-campus, 7 public property, and 40 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 6.51. When limited to on-campus, the rate per 1,000 students is 5.08. The criminal offenses rate per 1,000 students is 0.96 at Austin Peay State.

By violation type, 17 arrests, 10 criminal offenses, and 25 disciplinary actions are reported. In addition, 16 VAWA (Violence Against Women Act) are reported at Austin Peay State.

Campus Safety/Security Issues
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Reported²	Rate per 1000 Students
Arrests	17	12	-	5	12	-	1.63
Criminal Offenses	10	7	3	-	-	-	0.96
Disciplinary Actions	25	23	-	2	23	-	2.39
VAWA³	16	11	5	-	5	-	1.53
Hate Crimes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	68	53	8	7	40	-	6.51
Rate Per 1000 Students	6.51	5.08	0.77	0.67	3.83	-	-

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 Austin Peay 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 Austin Peay State main campus.

Austin Peay State Campuses Safety Issues by Year (main campus, on-campus only)
	Total	Arrests	Criminal Offenses	Disciplinary Actions	VAWA	Hate Crime	Fires
2021	88	24	17	37	10	0	0
2022	117 29	10 -14	17 -	83 46	6 -4	1 1	1 1
2023	68 -49	17 7	10 -7	25 -58	16 10	0 -1	0 -1

Arrests Statistics By Location and Violation Types

At Austin Peay State University, 17 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	17	12	-	5	12
Weapons (carrying, processing, etc.)	3	3	0	0	3
Drug Law Violation	9	4	0	5	4
Liquor Law Violation	5	5	0	0	5

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

Criminal Offenses Statistics By Location and Types of Crime

At Austin Peay State University, 10 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 0.96 regardless location and category. Limited to on-campus, crminal offenses rate per 1,000 students is 0.67 at Austin Peay State.

Criminal Offenses Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Rate per 1000 Students
Total	10	7	3	-	-	0.96
Rape	4	2	2	-	-	0.38
Fondling	3	2	1	-	-	0.29
Burglary	2	2	-	-	-	0.19
Motor Vehicle Theft	1	1	-	-	-	0.10
Rate per 1000 Stuents	0.96	0.67	0.29	-	-	-

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

Disciplinary Action Statistics By Location and Violation Types

For students attending Austin Peay State University, 25 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	25	23	-	2	23
Drug Law Violation	14	12	-	2	12
Liquor Law Violation	11	11	-	-	11

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

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

At Austin Peay State University, 16 VAWA are reported including domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking.

Disciplinary Action Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹
Total	16	11	5	-	5
Domestic Violence	8	5	3	0	5
Dating Violence	5	3	2	0	0
Stalking	3	3	0	0	0

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

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How Safe and Secure Austin Peay State University Campuses?

Campus Safety/Security Matters

Campus Safety Matters By Year at Austin Peay 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