How Safe and Secure Sam Houston State University Campuses?

At Sam Houston State University, 75 on-campus, 33 public property, 47 residence halls, and 1 on-campus fire campus safety/security issues are reported. By safety matters, 73 arrests, 18 criminal offenses, 5 disciplinary actions, and 12 VAWA (Violence Against Women Act) are reported.

There is a total of 21,480 students enrolled in Sam Houston State and the on-campus crime ratio is 34.92 per 10,000 students.

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Campus Safety/Security Matters

At Sam Houston State University, 75 on-campus, 33 public property, 47 residence halls, and 1 on-campus fire 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	73	41	-	32	30	-
Criminal Offenses	18	17	-	1	7	-
Disciplinary Actions	5	5	-	-	5	-
VAWA³	12	12	-	-	5	-
Hate Crimes	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	108	75	-	33	47	-
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 Sam Houston State University, 73 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	73	41	-	32	30
Weapons (carrying, processing, etc.)	3	1	-	2	0
Drug Law Violation	58	30	-	28	23
Liquor Law Violation	12	10	-	2	7

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

Criminal Offenses Statistics By Location and Types of Crime

At Sam Houston State University, 18 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	18	17	-	1	7
Rape	7	7	-	-	4
Robbery	2	2	-	-	1
Aggravated Assault	2	1	-	1	-
Burglary	3	3	-	-	2
Motor Vehicle Theft	4	4	-	-	-

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

Disciplinary Action Statistics By Location and Violation Types

For students attending Sam Houston State University, 5 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	5	5	-	-	5
Drug Law Violation	5	5	-	-	5

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 Sam Houston State University, 12 VAWA are reported including domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking.

Disciplinary Action Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹
Total	12	12	-	-	5
Domestic Violence	3	3	-	0	3
Dating Violence	4	4	-	0	2
Stalking	5	5	-	0	0

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

Hate Crimes Statistics By Location, crime types, and bias

There is no reported hate crimes at Sam Houston State University.

Fires in Residence Halls

At Sam Houston State University, 1 residence hall fires are reported.

Residence Hall Fires
	Number Of Fires	Category	Cause	Injuries/Deaths	Damage
Bearkat Village Apartments, Main Campus	1	Unintentional	Hazardous product	0/0	$100-$999

How Safe and Secure Sam Houston State University Campuses?

Campus Safety/Security Matters

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

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