Sweet Briar College Campus Safety and Security

Campus Safety/Security Matters

At Sweet Briar College, 8 on-campus, and 7 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 18.02. When limited to on-campus, the rate per 1,000 students is 18.02. The criminal offenses rate per 1,000 students is 2.25 at Sweet Briar.

By violation type, 1 criminal offenses and 5 disciplinary actions are reported. In addition, 1 VAWA (Violence Against Women Act) and 1 hate crimes are reported at Sweet Briar.

Campus Safety/Security Issues
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Reported²	Rate per 1000 Students
Arrests	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Criminal Offenses	1	1	-	-	-	-	2.25
Disciplinary Actions	5	5	-	-	5	-	11.26
VAWA³	1	1	-	-	1	-	2.25
Hate Crimes	1	1	-	-	1	-	2.25
Total	8	8	-	-	7	-	18.02
Rate Per 1000 Students	18.02	18.02	-	-	15.77	-	-

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 Sweet Briar

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

Sweet Briar Campuses Safety Issues by Year (main campus, on-campus only)
	Total	Arrests	Criminal Offenses	Disciplinary Actions	VAWA	Hate Crime	Fires
2021	15	0	6	7	2	0	0
2022	15 -	0 -	3 -3	10 3	2 -	0 -	1 1
2023	8 -7	0 -	1 -2	5 -5	1 -1	1 1	0 -1

Criminal Offenses Statistics By Location and Types of Crime

At Sweet Briar College, 1 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 2.25 regardless location and category. Limited to on-campus, crminal offenses rate per 1,000 students is 2.25 at Sweet Briar.

Criminal Offenses Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Rate per 1000 Students
Total	1	1	-	-	-	2.25
Fondling	1	1	-	-	-	2.25
Rate per 1000 Stuents	2.25	2.25	-	-	-	-

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

Disciplinary Action Statistics By Location and Violation Types

For students attending Sweet Briar College, 5 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	5	5	-	-	5
Drug Law Violation	1	1	-	-	1
Liquor Law Violation	4	4	-	-	4

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

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

Hate Crimes Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism	1	1	-	-	1
Bias Race	1	1	-	-	1

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How Safe and Secure Sweet Briar College Campuses?

Campus Safety/Security Matters

Campus Safety Matters By Year at Sweet Briar

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