South Plains College Campus Safety and Security

Campus Safety/Security Matters

At South Plains College, 92 on-campus, and 90 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 10.11. When limited to on-campus, the rate per 1,000 students is 10.11. The criminal offenses rate per 1,000 students is 0.33 at South Plains.

By violation type, 12 arrests, 3 criminal offenses, and 75 disciplinary actions are reported. In addition, 2 VAWA (Violence Against Women Act) are reported at South Plains.

The following table summarizes security and safety issues on South Plains main campus. In addition to the main campus, 14 safety matters are reported at 2 South Plains branches.

Campus Safety/Security Issues
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Reported²	Rate per 1000 Students
Arrests	12	12	-	-	12	-	1.32
Criminal Offenses	3	3	-	-	2	-	0.33
Disciplinary Actions	75	75	-	-	75	-	8.24
VAWA³	2	2	-	-	1	-	0.22
Hate Crimes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	92	92	-	-	90	-	10.11
Rate Per 1000 Students	10.11	10.11	-	-	9.89	-	-

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 Plains

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 Plains main campus.

South Plains Campuses Safety Issues by Year (main campus, on-campus only)
	Total	Arrests	Criminal Offenses	Disciplinary Actions	VAWA	Hate Crime	Fires
2021	87	28	1	57	1	0	0
2022	101 14	12 -16	4 3	82 25	3 2	0 -	0 -
2023	92 -9	12 -	3 -1	75 -7	2 -1	0 -	0 -

Arrests Statistics By Location and Violation Types

At South Plains College, 12 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	12	12	-	-	12
Weapons (carrying, processing, etc.)	-	0	-	-	0
Drug Law Violation	1	1	-	-	1
Liquor Law Violation	11	11	-	-	11

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

Criminal Offenses Statistics By Location and Types of Crime

At South Plains College, 3 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 0.33 regardless location and category. Limited to on-campus, crminal offenses rate per 1,000 students is 0.33 at South Plains.

Criminal Offenses Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Rate per 1000 Students
Total	3	3	-	-	2	0.33
Fondling	3	3	-	-	2	0.33
Rate per 1000 Stuents	0.33	0.33	-	-	0.22	-

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

Disciplinary Action Statistics By Location and Violation Types

For students attending South Plains College, 75 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	75	75	-	-	75
Weapons (carrying, processing, etc.)	1	1	-	-	1
Drug Law Violation	17	17	-	-	17
Liquor Law Violation	57	57	-	-	57

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

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

Safety Matters at 2 South Plains Branches

There are 14 more safety issues at South Plains campuses. The following table summarizes the number of incidents by campus location. It includes only on-campus incidents, excluding non-campus and public properties.

South Plains Campuses Safety Issues (on-campus only)
	Total	Arrests	Criminal Offenses	Disciplinary Actions	VAWA	Hate Crime	Fires
Lubbock Career & Technical Center	13	12	1	0	0	0	0
Lubbock Downtown Center	1	1	0	0	0	0	0

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How Safe and Secure South Plains College Campuses?

Campus Safety/Security Matters

Campus Safety Matters By Year at South Plains

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

Safety Matters at 2 South Plains Branches