NOVA Campus Safety and Security

Campus Safety/Security Matters

At Northern Virginia Community College, 15 on-campus, and 1 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 0.27. When limited to on-campus, the rate per 1,000 students is 0.27. The criminal offenses rate per 1,000 students is 0.04 at NOVA.

By violation type, 8 arrests, 2 criminal offenses, and 1 disciplinary actions are reported. In addition, 4 VAWA (Violence Against Women Act) are reported at NOVA.

The following table summarizes security and safety issues on NOVA main campus. In addition to the main campus, 21 safety matters are reported at 4 NOVA branches.

Campus Safety/Security Issues
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Reported²	Rate per 1000 Students
Arrests	8	8	-	-	-	-	0.14
Criminal Offenses	2	2	-	-	-	-	0.04
Disciplinary Actions	1	1	-	-	1	-	0.02
VAWA³	4	4	-	-	-	-	0.07
Hate Crimes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	15	15	-	-	1	-	0.27
Rate Per 1000 Students	0.27	0.27	-	-	0.02	-	-

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

² Reported by local police.

³ VAWA: Violence Against Women Act

NOVA Campuses Safety Issues by Year (main campus, on-campus only)
	Total	Arrests	Criminal Offenses	Disciplinary Actions	VAWA	Hate Crime	Fires
2021	4	0	0	3	1	0	0
2022	11 7	0 -	1 1	0 -3	7 6	3 3	0 -
2023	15 4	8 8	2 1	1 1	4 -3	0 -3	0 -

Arrests Statistics By Location and Violation Types

At Northern Virginia Community College, 8 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	8	8	-	-	-
Weapons (carrying, processing, etc.)	-	0	-	-	0
Drug Law Violation	4	4	-	-	0
Liquor Law Violation	4	4	-	-	0

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

Criminal Offenses Statistics By Location and Types of Crime

At Northern Virginia Community College, 2 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 0.04 regardless location and category. Limited to on-campus, crminal offenses rate per 1,000 students is 0.04 at NOVA.

Criminal Offenses Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Rate per 1000 Students
Total	2	2	-	-	-	0.04
Fondling	1	1	-	-	-	0.02
Motor Vehicle Theft	1	1	-	-	-	0.02
Rate per 1000 Stuents	0.04	0.04	-	-	-	-

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

Disciplinary Action Statistics By Location and Violation Types

For students attending Northern Virginia Community College, 1 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	1	1	-	-	1
Drug Law Violation	1	1	-	-	1

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

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

At Northern Virginia Community College, 4 VAWA are reported including domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking.

Disciplinary Action Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹
Total	4	4	-	-	-
Domestic Violence	-	0	-	-	0
Dating Violence	1	1	-	-	0
Stalking	3	3	-	-	0

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

Safety Matters at 4 NOVA Branches

There are 21 more safety issues at NOVA campuses. The following table summarizes the number of incidents by campus location. It includes only on-campus incidents, excluding non-campus and public properties.

NOVA Campuses Safety Issues (on-campus only)
	Total	Arrests	Criminal Offenses	VAWA	Hate Crime
Alexandria Campus	8	0	2	5	1
Loudoun Campus	10	0	3	5	2
Manassas Campus	2	1	1	0	0
ELI/ Fairfax	1	0	1	0	0

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How Safe and Secure Northern Virginia Community College Campuses?

Campus Safety/Security Matters

Campus Safety Matters By Year at NOVA

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 4 NOVA Branches