UW - La Crosse Campus Safety and Security

Campus Safety/Security Matters

At University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, 439 on-campus, 9 public property, and 433 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 42.89. When limited to on-campus, the rate per 1,000 students is 42.03. The criminal offenses rate per 1,000 students is 0.86 at UW - La Crosse.

By violation type, 4 arrests, 9 criminal offenses, and 429 disciplinary actions are reported. In addition, 6 VAWA (Violence Against Women Act) are reported at UW - La Crosse.

Campus Safety/Security Issues
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Reported²	Rate per 1000 Students
Arrests	4	3	-	1	3	-	0.38
Criminal Offenses	9	9	-	-	7	-	0.86
Disciplinary Actions	429	421	-	8	421	-	41.07
VAWA³	6	6	-	-	2	-	0.57
Hate Crimes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	448	439	-	9	433	-	42.89
Rate Per 1000 Students	42.89	42.03	-	0.86	41.45	-	-

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 UW - La Crosse

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

UW - La Crosse Campuses Safety Issues by Year (main campus, on-campus only)
	Total	Arrests	Criminal Offenses	Disciplinary Actions	VAWA	Hate Crime	Fires
2021	530	2	8	506	14	0	3
2022	457 -73	1 -1	12 4	436 -70	8 -6	0 -	0 -3
2023	448 -9	4 3	9 -3	429 -7	6 -2	0 -	0 -

Arrests Statistics By Location and Violation Types

At University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, 4 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	4	3	-	1	3
Weapons (carrying, processing, etc.)	-	0	-	0	0
Drug Law Violation	4	3	-	1	3
Liquor Law Violation	-	0	-	0	0

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

Criminal Offenses Statistics By Location and Types of Crime

At University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, 9 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 0.86 regardless location and category. Limited to on-campus, crminal offenses rate per 1,000 students is 0.86 at UW - La Crosse.

Criminal Offenses Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Rate per 1000 Students
Total	9	9	-	-	7	0.86
Rape	1	1	-	-	1	0.10
Fondling	5	5	-	-	5	0.48
Aggravated Assault	1	1	-	-	-	0.10
Burglary	1	1	-	-	1	0.10
Arson	1	1	-	-	-	0.10
Rate per 1000 Stuents	0.86	0.86	-	-	0.67	-

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

Disciplinary Action Statistics By Location and Violation Types

For students attending University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, 429 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	429	421	-	8	421
Drug Law Violation	97	96	-	1	96
Liquor Law Violation	332	325	-	7	325

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	6	6	-	-	2
Domestic Violence	-	0	-	0	0
Dating Violence	-	0	-	0	0
Stalking	6	6	-	0	2

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How Safe and Secure University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Campuses?

Campus Safety/Security Matters

Campus Safety Matters By Year at UW - La Crosse

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