Old Dominion University Campus Safety and Security

Campus Safety/Security Matters

At Old Dominion University, 352 on-campus, 1 out-of-campus, 51 public property, 311 residence halls, and 8 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 17.02. When limited to on-campus, the rate per 1,000 students is 14.83. The criminal offenses rate per 1,000 students is 1.98 at ODU.

By violation type, 27 arrests, 47 criminal offenses, and 303 disciplinary actions are reported. In addition, 27 VAWA (Violence Against Women Act) are reported at ODU.

Campus Safety/Security Issues
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Reported²	Rate per 1000 Students
Arrests	27	18	-	9	6	-	1.14
Criminal Offenses	47	40	-	7	18	-	1.98
Disciplinary Actions	303	272	-	31	272	-	12.76
VAWA³	27	22	1	4	15	-	1.14
Hate Crimes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	404	352	1	51	311	-	17.02
Rate Per 1000 Students	17.02	14.83	0.04	2.15	13.10	-	-

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 ODU

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

ODU Campuses Safety Issues by Year (main campus, on-campus only)
	Total	Arrests	Criminal Offenses	Disciplinary Actions	VAWA	Hate Crime	Fires
2021	151	20	43	54	33	1	1
2022	410 259	31 11	54 11	290 236	34 1	1 -	1 -
2023	404 -6	27 -4	47 -7	303 13	27 -7	0 -1	6 5

Arrests Statistics By Location and Violation Types

At Old Dominion University, 27 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	27	18	-	9	6
Weapons (carrying, processing, etc.)	7	7	0	0	3
Drug Law Violation	12	9	0	3	3
Liquor Law Violation	8	2	0	6	0

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

Criminal Offenses Statistics By Location and Types of Crime

At Old Dominion University, 47 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 1.98 regardless location and category. Limited to on-campus, crminal offenses rate per 1,000 students is 1.68 at ODU.

By crime category, Aggravated Assault was the most common with 16 cases, and Burglary was the second most common with 11 cases. When restricted to campus, including residence halls, Burglary was the most common with 11 incidents, while Aggravated Assault 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	47	40	-	7	18	1.98
Rape	7	7	-	-	7	0.29
Fondling	3	3	-	-	3	0.13
Statutory Rape	1	1	-	-	1	0.04
Aggravated Assault	16	10	-	6	6	0.67
Burglary	11	11	-	-	1	0.46
Motor Vehicle Theft	7	7	-	-	-	0.29
Arson	1	1	-	-	-	0.04
Rate per 1000 Stuents	1.98	1.68	-	0.29	0.76	-

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

Disciplinary Action Statistics By Location and Violation Types

For students attending Old Dominion University, 303 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	303	272	-	31	272
Drug Law Violation	224	203	-	21	203
Liquor Law Violation	79	69	-	10	69

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

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

At Old Dominion University, 27 VAWA are reported including domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking.

When limited to on-campus incluindg residence halls, 22 VAWA cases reported including 14 dating violence and 6 stalking. The VAWA rate per 1,000 students is 0.93 at ODU campuses.

Disciplinary Action Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹
Total	27	22	1	4	15
Domestic Violence	4	2	0	2	0
Dating Violence	16	14	1	1	11
Stalking	7	6	0	1	4

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

Fires in Residence Halls

At Old Dominion University, 8 residence hall fires are reported.

Residence Hall Fires
	Number Of Fires	Category	Cause	Injuries/Deaths	Damage
Rogers Hall	1	Unintentional	Open flames	0/0	$100-$999
Whitehurst Hall	2	Unintentional	Open flames	0/0	$100-$999
Whitehurst Hall	2	Unintentional	Open flames	0/0	$100-$999
Barry III House	1	Unintentional	Cooking	0/0	$100-$999
Hampton House	1	Unintentional	Cooking	0/0	$100-$999
Smithfield House	1	Unintentional	Cooking	0/0	$100-$999

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How Safe and Secure Old Dominion University Campuses?

Campus Safety/Security Matters

Campus Safety Matters By Year at ODU

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