TCU Campus Safety and Security

Campus Safety/Security Matters

At Texas Christian University, 362 on-campus, 5 public property, and 338 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 28.37. When limited to on-campus, the rate per 1,000 students is 27.98. The criminal offenses rate per 1,000 students is 2.94 at TCU.

By violation type, 5 arrests, 38 criminal offenses, and 315 disciplinary actions are reported. In addition, 9 VAWA (Violence Against Women Act) are reported at TCU.

Campus Safety/Security Issues
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Reported²	Rate per 1000 Students
Arrests	5	3	-	2	-	-	0.39
Criminal Offenses	38	37	-	1	18	-	2.94
Disciplinary Actions	315	313	-	2	313	-	24.35
VAWA³	9	9	-	-	7	-	0.70
Hate Crimes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	367	362	-	5	338	-	28.37
Rate Per 1000 Students	28.37	27.98	-	0.39	26.12	-	-

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 TCU

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

TCU Campuses Safety Issues by Year (main campus, on-campus only)
	Total	Arrests	Criminal Offenses	Disciplinary Actions	VAWA	Hate Crime	Fires
2021	967	3	39	888	36	1	2
2022	502 -465	0 -3	25 -14	466 -422	11 -25	0 -1	0 -2
2023	367 -135	5 5	38 13	315 -151	9 -2	0 -	0 -

Arrests Statistics By Location and Violation Types

At Texas Christian University, 5 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	5	3	-	2	-
Weapons (carrying, processing, etc.)	1	1	-	0	0
Drug Law Violation	3	1	-	2	0
Liquor Law Violation	1	1	-	0	0

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

Criminal Offenses Statistics By Location and Types of Crime

At Texas Christian University, 38 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 2.94 regardless location and category. Limited to on-campus, crminal offenses rate per 1,000 students is 2.86 at TCU.

By crime category, Motor Vehicle Theft was the most common with 15 cases, and Rape was the second most common with 11 cases. When restricted to campus, including residence halls, Motor Vehicle Theft was the most common with 15 incidents, while Rape was the second most common with 10 incidents.

Criminal Offenses Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Rate per 1000 Students
Total	38	37	-	1	18	2.94
Rape	11	10	-	1	10	0.85
Fondling	6	6	-	-	5	0.46
Burglary	6	6	-	-	3	0.46
Motor Vehicle Theft	15	15	-	-	-	1.16
Rate per 1000 Stuents	2.94	2.86	-	0.08	1.39	-

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

Disciplinary Action Statistics By Location and Violation Types

For students attending Texas Christian University, 315 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	315	313	-	2	313
Weapons (carrying, processing, etc.)	1	1	-	-	1
Drug Law Violation	27	26	-	1	26
Liquor Law Violation	287	286	-	1	286

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

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

At Texas Christian University, 9 VAWA are reported including domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking.

Disciplinary Action Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹
Total	9	9	-	-	7
Domestic Violence	6	6	-	0	5
Dating Violence	-	0	-	0	0
Stalking	3	3	-	0	2

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

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How Safe and Secure Texas Christian University Campuses?

Campus Safety/Security Matters

Campus Safety Matters By Year at TCU

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