Southern Utah University Campus Safety and Security

Campus Safety/Security Matters

At Southern Utah University, 53 on-campus, 5 out-of-campus, 7 public property, 24 residence halls, and 11 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 4.21. When limited to on-campus, the rate per 1,000 students is 3.43. The criminal offenses rate per 1,000 students is 1.04 at Southern Utah.

By violation type, 16 arrests, 16 criminal offenses, and 17 disciplinary actions are reported. In addition, 14 VAWA (Violence Against Women Act) and 2 hate crimes are reported at Southern Utah.

Campus Safety/Security Issues
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Reported²	Rate per 1000 Students
Arrests	16	11	1	4	3	-	1.04
Criminal Offenses	16	12	2	2	3	-	1.04
Disciplinary Actions	17	17	-	-	17	-	1.10
VAWA³	14	11	2	1	1	-	0.91
Hate Crimes	2	2	-	-	-	-	0.13
Total	65	53	5	7	24	-	4.21
Rate Per 1000 Students	4.21	3.43	0.32	0.45	1.55	-	-

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 Southern Utah

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

Southern Utah Campuses Safety Issues by Year (main campus, on-campus only)
	Total	Arrests	Criminal Offenses	Disciplinary Actions	VAWA	Hate Crime	Fires
2021	59	23	5	30	1	0	1
2022	75 16	25 2	12 7	20 -10	18 17	0 -	1 -
2023	65 -10	16 -9	16 4	17 -3	14 -4	2 2	5 4

Arrests Statistics By Location and Violation Types

At Southern Utah University, 16 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	16	11	1	4	3
Weapons (carrying, processing, etc.)	-	0	0	0	0
Drug Law Violation	8	4	1	3	3
Liquor Law Violation	8	7	0	1	0

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

Criminal Offenses Statistics By Location and Types of Crime

At Southern Utah 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 1.04 regardless location and category. Limited to on-campus, crminal offenses rate per 1,000 students is 0.78 at Southern Utah.

Criminal Offenses Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Rate per 1000 Students
Total	16	12	2	2	3	1.04
Rape	3	3	-	-	2	0.19
Fondling	2	2	-	-	1	0.13
Burglary	5	5	-	-	-	0.32
Motor Vehicle Theft	4	2	1	1	-	0.26
Rate per 1000 Stuents	1.04	0.78	0.13	0.13	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 Southern Utah University, 17 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	17	17	-	-	17
Drug Law Violation	1	1	-	-	1
Liquor Law Violation	16	16	-	-	16

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

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

At Southern Utah University, 14 VAWA are reported including domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking.

Disciplinary Action Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹
Total	14	11	2	1	1
Domestic Violence	1	0	0	1	0
Dating Violence	7	5	2	0	1
Stalking	6	6	0	0	0

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

Hate Crimes Statistics
	Total	On-Campus
Larceny	1	1
Bias Sexual Orientation	1	1
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism	1	1
Bias Sexual Orientation	1	1

Fires in Residence Halls

At Southern Utah University, 11 residence hall fires are reported.

Residence Hall Fires
	Number Of Fires	Category	Cause	Injuries/Deaths	Damage
Cedar Hall South	1	Unintentional	Cooking	0/0	$100-$999
Founders Hall	3	Unintentional	Cooking	0/0	$0-$99
Founders Hall	3	Unintentional	Cooking	0/0	$0-$99
Founders Hall	3	Unintentional	Cooking	0/0	$0-$99
Cottages West	1	Unintentional	Cooking	0/0	$100-$999

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How Safe and Secure Southern Utah University Campuses?

Campus Safety/Security Matters

Campus Safety Matters By Year at Southern Utah

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