Florida Gulf Coast Campus Safety and Security

Campus Safety/Security Matters

At Florida Gulf Coast University, 215 on-campus, 9 out-of-campus, and 211 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 13.48. When limited to on-campus, the rate per 1,000 students is 12.94. The criminal offenses rate per 1,000 students is 0.78 at Florida Gulf Coast.

By violation type, 2 arrests, 13 criminal offenses, and 207 disciplinary actions are reported. In addition, 2 VAWA (Violence Against Women Act) are reported at Florida Gulf Coast.

Campus Safety/Security Issues
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Reported²	Rate per 1000 Students
Arrests	2	2	-	-	-	-	0.12
Criminal Offenses	13	8	5	-	6	-	0.78
Disciplinary Actions	207	203	4	-	203	-	12.46
VAWA³	2	2	-	-	2	-	0.12
Hate Crimes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	224	215	9	-	211	-	13.48
Rate Per 1000 Students	13.48	12.94	0.54	-	12.70	-	-

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 Florida Gulf Coast

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

Florida Gulf Coast Campuses Safety Issues by Year (main campus, on-campus only)
	Total	Arrests	Criminal Offenses	Disciplinary Actions	VAWA	Hate Crime	Fires
2021	519	21	18	475	5	0	0
2022	371 -148	9 -12	14 -4	346 -129	2 -3	0 -	0 -
2023	224 -147	2 -7	13 -1	207 -139	2 -	0 -	0 -

Arrests Statistics By Location and Violation Types

At Florida Gulf Coast University, 2 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	2	2	-	-	-
Weapons (carrying, processing, etc.)	1	1	0	-	0
Drug Law Violation	1	1	0	-	0
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 Florida Gulf Coast University, 13 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 0.78 regardless location and category. Limited to on-campus, crminal offenses rate per 1,000 students is 0.48 at Florida Gulf Coast.

Criminal Offenses Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Rate per 1000 Students
Total	13	8	5	-	6	0.78
Rape	4	4	-	-	4	0.24
Fondling	2	2	-	-	2	0.12
Aggravated Assault	1	1	-	-	-	0.06
Burglary	4	1	3	-	-	0.24
Rate per 1000 Stuents	0.78	0.48	0.30	-	0.36	-

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

Disciplinary Action Statistics By Location and Violation Types

For students attending Florida Gulf Coast University, 207 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	207	203	4	-	203
Weapons (carrying, processing, etc.)	8	8	-	-	8
Drug Law Violation	65	63	2	-	63
Liquor Law Violation	134	132	2	-	132

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

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How Safe and Secure Florida Gulf Coast University Campuses?

Campus Safety/Security Matters

Campus Safety Matters By Year at Florida Gulf Coast

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