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Campus Safety/Security Matters

At Abilene Christian University, 43 on-campus, 4 public property, 33 residence halls, and 2 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 9.01. When limited to on-campus, the rate per 1,000 students is 8.24. The criminal offenses rate per 1,000 students is 1.53 at Abilene Christian.

By violation type, 4 arrests, 8 criminal offenses, and 32 disciplinary actions are reported. In addition, 3 VAWA (Violence Against Women Act) are reported at Abilene Christian.

Campus Safety/Security Issues
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Reported²	Rate per 1000 Students
Arrests	4	3	-	1	3	-	0.77
Criminal Offenses	8	8	-	-	1	-	1.53
Disciplinary Actions	32	29	-	3	29	-	6.13
VAWA³	3	3	-	-	-	-	0.57
Hate Crimes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	47	43	-	4	33	-	9.01
Rate Per 1000 Students	9.01	8.24	-	0.77	6.32	-	-

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 Abilene Christian

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

Abilene Christian Campuses Safety Issues by Year (main campus, on-campus only)
	Total	Arrests	Criminal Offenses	Disciplinary Actions	VAWA	Hate Crime	Fires
2021	43	21	11	6	5	0	2
2022	32 -11	13 -8	8 -3	4 -2	7 2	0 -	3 1
2023	47 15	4 -9	8 -	32 28	3 -4	0 -	2 -1

Arrests Statistics By Location and Violation Types

At Abilene Christian University, 4 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	4	3	-	1	3
Weapons (carrying, processing, etc.)	-	0	-	0	0
Drug Law Violation	1	0	-	1	0
Liquor Law Violation	3	3	-	0	3

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

Criminal Offenses Statistics By Location and Types of Crime

At Abilene Christian University, 8 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 1.53 regardless location and category. Limited to on-campus, crminal offenses rate per 1,000 students is 1.53 at Abilene Christian.

Criminal Offenses Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Rate per 1000 Students
Total	8	8	-	-	1	1.53
Fondling	1	1	-	-	-	0.19
Incest	1	1	-	-	-	0.19
Statutory Rape	1	1	-	-	-	0.19
Aggravated Assault	1	1	-	-	1	0.19
Burglary	2	2	-	-	-	0.38
Motor Vehicle Theft	2	2	-	-	-	0.38
Rate per 1000 Stuents	1.53	1.53	-	-	0.19	-

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

Disciplinary Action Statistics By Location and Violation Types

For students attending Abilene Christian University, 32 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	32	29	-	3	29
Weapons (carrying, processing, etc.)	1	1	-	-	1
Drug Law Violation	5	5	-	-	5
Liquor Law Violation	26	23	-	3	23

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

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

At Abilene Christian University, 3 VAWA are reported including domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking.

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

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

Hate Crimes Statistics By Location, crime types, and bias

There are no reported hate crimes at Abilene Christian University.

Fires in Residence Halls

At Abilene Christian University, 2 residence hall fires are reported.

Residence Hall Fires
	Number Of Fires	Category	Cause	Injuries/Deaths	Damage
University Park Bldg 8, ACU-Abilene	1	Unintentional	Cooking	0/0	$0-$99
Bullock Hall , ACU-Abilene	1	Unintentional	Cooking	0/0	$0-$99

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