EWU Campus Safety and Security

Campus Safety/Security Matters

At Eastern Washington University, 137 on-campus, 2 out-of-campus, 5 public property, 115 residence halls, and 1 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 13.72. When limited to on-campus, the rate per 1,000 students is 13.06. The criminal offenses rate per 1,000 students is 1.91 at EWU.

By violation type, 8 arrests, 20 criminal offenses, and 100 disciplinary actions are reported. In addition, 13 VAWA (Violence Against Women Act) and 3 hate crimes are reported at EWU.

Campus Safety/Security Issues
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Reported²	Rate per 1000 Students
Arrests	8	6	-	2	5	-	0.76
Criminal Offenses	20	17	2	1	2	-	1.91
Disciplinary Actions	100	100	-	-	100	-	9.53
VAWA³	13	12	-	1	7	-	1.24
Hate Crimes	3	2	-	1	1	-	0.29
Total	144	137	2	5	115	-	13.72
Rate Per 1000 Students	13.72	13.06	0.19	0.48	10.96	-	-

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 EWU

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

EWU Campuses Safety Issues by Year (main campus, on-campus only)
	Total	Arrests	Criminal Offenses	Disciplinary Actions	VAWA	Hate Crime	Fires
2021	66	9	16	29	12	0	1
2022	145 79	9 -	30 14	82 53	24 12	0 -	0 -1
2023	144 -1	8 -1	20 -10	100 18	13 -11	3 3	1 1

Arrests Statistics By Location and Violation Types

At Eastern Washington University, 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	6	-	2	5
Weapons (carrying, processing, etc.)	-	0	0	0	0
Drug Law Violation	2	1	0	1	1
Liquor Law Violation	6	5	0	1	4

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

Criminal Offenses Statistics By Location and Types of Crime

At Eastern Washington University, 20 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 1.91 regardless location and category. Limited to on-campus, crminal offenses rate per 1,000 students is 1.62 at EWU.

Criminal Offenses Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Rate per 1000 Students
Total	20	17	2	1	2	1.91
Rape	2	1	1	-	-	0.19
Fondling	5	3	1	1	1	0.48
Aggravated Assault	1	1	-	-	-	0.10
Burglary	10	10	-	-	1	0.95
Motor Vehicle Theft	2	2	-	-	-	0.19
Rate per 1000 Stuents	1.91	1.62	0.19	0.10	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 Eastern Washington University, 100 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	100	100	-	-	100
Drug Law Violation	35	35	-	-	35
Liquor Law Violation	65	65	-	-	65

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

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

At Eastern Washington University, 13 VAWA are reported including domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking.

Disciplinary Action Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹
Total	13	12	-	1	7
Domestic Violence	7	7	0	0	5
Dating Violence	1	1	0	0	0
Stalking	5	4	0	1	2

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

Hate Crimes Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism	3	2	1	1
Bias Race	2	1	1	0
Bias Gender Identity	1	1	0	1

Residence Hall Fires
	Number Of Fires	Category	Cause	Injuries/Deaths	Damage
Student Family Housing, EWU Main Campus	1	Unintentional	Cooking	0/0	$100-$999

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How Safe and Secure Eastern Washington University Campuses?

Campus Safety/Security Matters

Campus Safety Matters By Year at EWU

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