Purdue Campus Safety and Security

Campus Safety/Security Matters

At Purdue University-Main Campus, 1,046 on-campus, 36 out-of-campus, 50 public property, 891 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 19.30. When limited to on-campus, the rate per 1,000 students is 17.83. The criminal offenses rate per 1,000 students is 1.93 at Purdue.

By violation type, 294 arrests, 113 criminal offenses, and 712 disciplinary actions are reported. In addition, 13 VAWA (Violence Against Women Act) are reported at Purdue.

The following table summarizes security and safety issues on Purdue main campus. In addition to the main campus, 25 safety matters are reported at 1 Purdue branch.

Campus Safety/Security Issues
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Reported²	Rate per 1000 Students
Arrests	294	226	19	49	160	-	5.01
Criminal Offenses	113	98	15	-	18	-	1.93
Disciplinary Actions	712	711	1	-	711	-	12.14
VAWA³	13	11	1	1	2	-	0.22
Hate Crimes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	1,132	1,046	36	50	891	-	19.30
Rate Per 1000 Students	19.30	17.83	0.61	0.85	15.19	-	-

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

² Reported by local police.

³ VAWA: Violence Against Women Act

Purdue Campuses Safety Issues by Year (main campus, on-campus only)
	Total	Arrests	Criminal Offenses	Disciplinary Actions	VAWA	Hate Crime	Fires
2021	1,173	253	83	817	20	0	7
2022	1,110 -63	240 -13	110 27	737 -80	20 -	3 3	0 -7
2023	1,132 22	294 54	113 3	712 -25	13 -7	0 -3	6 6

Arrests Statistics By Location and Violation Types

At Purdue University-Main Campus, 294 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	294	226	19	49	160
Weapons (carrying, processing, etc.)	2	1	0	1	0
Drug Law Violation	109	67	4	38	38
Liquor Law Violation	183	158	15	10	122

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

Criminal Offenses Statistics By Location and Types of Crime

At Purdue University-Main Campus, 113 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 1.93 regardless location and category. Limited to on-campus, crminal offenses rate per 1,000 students is 1.67 at Purdue.

By crime category, Motor Vehicle Theft was the most common with 72 cases, and Rape was the second most common with 15 cases. When restricted to campus, including residence halls, Motor Vehicle Theft was the most common with 72 incidents, while Rape 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	113	98	15	-	18	1.93
Rape	15	10	5	-	8	0.26
Fondling	10	5	5	-	3	0.17
Robbery	1	1	-	-	1	0.02
Burglary	9	8	1	-	3	0.15
Motor Vehicle Theft	72	72	-	-	1	1.23
Arson	3	2	1	-	2	0.05
Rate per 1000 Stuents	1.93	1.67	0.26	-	0.31	-

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

Disciplinary Action Statistics By Location and Violation Types

For students attending Purdue University-Main Campus, 712 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	712	711	1	-	711
Drug Law Violation	41	41	-	-	41
Liquor Law Violation	671	670	1	-	670

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	13	11	1	1	2
Domestic Violence	5	3	1	1	0
Dating Violence	4	4	0	0	1
Stalking	4	4	0	0	1

Fires in Residence Halls

At Purdue University-Main Campus, 8 residence hall fires are reported.

Residence Hall Fires
	Number Of Fires	Category	Cause	Injuries/Deaths	Damage
Earhart Hall, Main Campus	2	Unintentional	Electrical	0/0	$1,000-$9,999
Earhart Hall, Main Campus	2	Unintentional	Other	0/0	$100-$999
Wiley Hall, Main Campus	1	Intentional	An unknown person lit papers posted on a wall causing damage to the trim and floor.	0/0	$0-$99
Hilltop Apt. 21, Main Campus	1	Unintentional	Cooking	0/0	$100-$999
Hilltop Apt. 32, Main Campus	1	Unintentional	Cooking	0/0	$0-$99
Aspire Apts. C, Main Campus	1	Intentional	Student lit Lysol soaked shoestring on fire which in turn caused dresser drawer to burn.	0/0	$100-$999

Purdue Campuses Safety Issues (on-campus only)
	Total	Arrests	Criminal Offenses	Disciplinary Actions	VAWA	Hate Crime	Fires
Vincennes Campus	25	11	2	12	0	0	0

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How Safe and Secure Purdue University-Main Campus Campuses?

Campus Safety/Security Matters

Campus Safety Matters By Year at Purdue

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 1 Purdue Branch