WTAMU Campus Safety and Security

Campus Safety/Security Matters

At West Texas A & M University, 206 on-campus, 2 out-of-campus, 27 public property, and 175 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 25.98. When limited to on-campus, the rate per 1,000 students is 22.78. The criminal offenses rate per 1,000 students is 1.77 at WTAMU.

By violation type, 104 arrests, 16 criminal offenses, and 95 disciplinary actions are reported. In addition, 20 VAWA (Violence Against Women Act) are reported at WTAMU.

The following table summarizes security and safety issues on WTAMU main campus. In addition to the main campus, 7 safety matters are reported at 2 WTAMU branches.

Campus Safety/Security Issues
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Reported²	Rate per 1000 Students
Arrests	104	88	-	16	69	-	11.50
Criminal Offenses	16	13	1	2	8	-	1.77
Disciplinary Actions	95	87	1	7	87	-	10.50
VAWA³	20	18	-	2	11	-	2.21
Hate Crimes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	235	206	2	27	175	-	25.98
Rate Per 1000 Students	25.98	22.78	0.22	2.99	19.35	-	-

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 WTAMU

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

WTAMU Campuses Safety Issues by Year (main campus, on-campus only)
	Total	Arrests	Criminal Offenses	Disciplinary Actions	VAWA	Hate Crime	Fires
2021	144	58	14	50	22	0	0
2022	157 13	74 16	21 7	50 -	12 -10	0 -	1 1
2023	235 78	104 30	16 -5	95 45	20 8	0 -	0 -1

Arrests Statistics By Location and Violation Types

At West Texas A & M University, 104 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	104	88	-	16	69
Weapons (carrying, processing, etc.)	-	0	0	0	0
Drug Law Violation	33	22	0	11	8
Liquor Law Violation	71	66	0	5	61

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

Criminal Offenses Statistics By Location and Types of Crime

At West Texas A & M University, 16 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 1.77 regardless location and category. Limited to on-campus, crminal offenses rate per 1,000 students is 1.44 at WTAMU.

Criminal Offenses Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Rate per 1000 Students
Total	16	13	1	2	8	1.77
Rape	1	1	-	-	1	0.11
Fondling	6	6	-	-	3	0.66
Robbery	1	1	-	-	-	0.11
Aggravated Assault	4	2	1	1	2	0.44
Burglary	3	3	-	-	2	0.33
Rate per 1000 Stuents	1.77	1.44	0.11	0.22	0.88	-

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

Disciplinary Action Statistics By Location and Violation Types

For students attending West Texas A & M University, 95 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	95	87	1	7	87
Drug Law Violation	13	10	-	3	10
Liquor Law Violation	82	77	1	4	77

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

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

At West Texas A & M University, 20 VAWA are reported including domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking.

Disciplinary Action Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹
Total	20	18	-	2	11
Domestic Violence	10	8	0	2	6
Dating Violence	1	1	0	0	1
Stalking	9	9	0	0	4

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

Safety Matters at 2 WTAMU Branches

There are 7 more safety issues at WTAMU campuses. The following table summarizes the number of incidents by campus location. It includes only on-campus incidents, excluding non-campus and public properties.

WTAMU Campuses Safety Issues (on-campus only)
	Total	Arrests	Criminal Offenses	Disciplinary Actions	VAWA	Hate Crime	Fires
RELLIS Academic Alliance Campus (WTAMU)	5	1	0	0	4	0	0
Harrington Academic Hall WTAMU Amarillo Center	2	0	0	0	2	0	0

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How Safe and Secure West Texas A & M University Campuses?

Campus Safety/Security Matters

Campus Safety Matters By Year at WTAMU

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 WTAMU Branches