519 Campus Safety and Securlty Related Incidents Occured at Alabama College Campuses

For the calendar year 2023, a total of 3,030 incidents related to campus safety and securty occured at Alabama colleges. It includes criminal offenses, arrests, diciplinary actions, VAWA (Violence Against Women Act), and hate crimes.

By subject, there were 580 criminal offenses, 332 arrests, 1,814 disciplinary actions, 295 VAWA, and 9 hate crimes at Alabama colleges.

When limited to on-campus, there were 2,783 incidents reported. By incident type, 519 criminal offenses, 210 arrests, 1,782 disciplinary actions, 263 VAWA, and 9 hate crimes. In adddition, there were 10 fires reporeted at Alabama colleges.

Campus Safety and Security Matters Summary at Alabama Colleges
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Reported²	Rate per 1000 Students
Arrests	332	210	13	109	63	-	1.04
Criminal Offenses	580	519	27	34	252	-	1.82
Disciplinary Actions	1,814	1,782	7	25	1,782	-	5.68
VAWA³	295	263	22	10	105	-	0.92
Hate Crimes	9	9	-	-	3	-	0.03
Total	3,030	2,783	69	178	2,205	-	9.49
Rate Per 1000 Students	9.49	8.72	0.22	0.56	6.91	-	-

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 and Security Matters for Alabama Colleges

The following table summarizes and compares the the number of incidents related to campus safety between colleges in Alabama. It includes only on-campus incidents rather than non-campus and public properties.

Last Update: April 22, 2025 | Data source: CSS (Campus Safety and Security), OPE

On-campus Criminal Offenses and Safety Matters at Alabama Colleges
State	Enrollment	Total Incidents	Rate per 1000 Students	Arrests	Criminal Offenses	Disciplinary Actions	VAWA	Hate Crimes
Alabama A & M University	6,614	114	17.24	11	33	52	18	0
University of Alabama at Birmingham	21,160	198	9.36	31	82	61	24	0
University of Alabama in Huntsville	8,743	62	7.09	2	17	31	11	1
Alabama State University	3,870	77	19.90	17	43	9	8	0
The University of Alabama	39,622	1,022	25.79	41	87	869	23	2
Central Alabama Community College	1,910	2	1.05	1	1	0	0	0
Auburn University at Montgomery	5,189	33	6.36	4	10	10	9	0
Auburn University	33,015	579	17.54	45	98	347	86	3
Enterprise State Community College	2,248	6	2.67	0	2	0	4	0
Enterprise State Community College - Alabama Aviation Center - Ozark	-	1	-	1	0	0	0	0
Coastal Alabama Community College	6,791	20	2.95	1	4	14	0	1
Coastal Alabama Community College - Coastal Alabama Community College - Brewton Campus	-	5	-	3	0	0	2	0
Coastal Alabama Community College - Coastal Alabama Community College - Atmore Campus	-	0	-	0	0	0	0	0
Coastal Alabama Community College - Coastal Alabama Community College - Monroeville Campus	-	1	-	0	1	0	0	0
Faulkner University	2,933	22	7.50	3	0	19	0	0
Gadsden State Community College	4,728	1	0.21	0	1	0	0	0
George C Wallace Community College-Dothan - Sparks Campus	-	0	-	0	0	0	0	0
George C Wallace State Community College-Hanceville	6,023	2	0.33	0	1	1	0	0
Huntingdon College	869	7	8.06	2	3	2	0	0
Heritage Christian University	158	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0
Jacksonville State University	9,672	101	10.44	4	19	58	20	0
Jefferson State Community College	8,839	1	0.11	0	0	0	1	0
Jefferson State Community College - St. Clair Campus	-	1	-	0	0	0	1	0
Jefferson State Community College - Chilton Campus	-	0	-	0	0	0	0	0
John C Calhoun State Community College	8,736	1	0.11	0	0	0	1	0
Lawson State Community College	3,153	14	4.44	0	6	5	3	0
Lawson State Community College - Bessemer Campus	-	3	-	0	2	0	1	0
University of West Alabama	6,194	4	0.65	0	2	1	1	0
Lurleen B Wallace Community College	2,130	2	0.94	0	2	0	0	0
Marion Military Institute	308	35	113.64	0	3	32	0	0
Miles College	1,151	17	14.77	0	11	5	1	0
University of Mobile	1,911	6	3.14	0	0	6	0	0
University of Montevallo	2,942	30	10.20	0	1	28	0	1
Northwest Shoals Community College	4,136	1	0.24	0	1	0	0	0
University of North Alabama	10,059	125	12.43	14	19	81	11	0
University of North Alabama - East Campus	-	1	-	0	1	0	0	0
Oakwood University	1,319	25	18.95	7	10	5	3	0
Bishop State Community College - SouthWest Campus	-	0	-	0	0	0	0	0
Samford University	5,791	70	12.09	2	2	65	0	1
University of South Alabama	13,768	52	3.78	4	21	9	18	0
Spring Hill College	977	51	52.20	0	13	25	13	0
Stillman College	779	9	11.55	0	9	0	0	0
Talladega College	837	7	8.36	0	5	1	1	0
H Councill Trenholm State Community College - Patterson Campus	-	0	-	0	0	0	0	0
Troy University	13,923	42	3.02	17	6	19	0	0
Tuskegee University	2,846	22	7.73	0	2	19	1	0
United States Sports Academy	272	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0
Bevill State Community College - Sumiton Campus	-	1	-	0	1	0	0	0
Bevill State Community College - Fayette Campus	-	6	-	0	0	6	0	0
Southern Union State Community College	4,673	3	0.64	0	0	2	1	0
Ross Medical Education Center-Huntsville	109	1	9.17	0	0	0	1	0
Total	319,286	2,783	8.72	210	519	1,782	263	9

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