5,798 Campus Safety and Securlty Related Incidents Occured at California College Campuses

For the calendar year 2023, a total of 17,714 incidents related to campus safety and securty occured at California colleges. It includes criminal offenses, arrests, diciplinary actions, VAWA (Violence Against Women Act), and hate crimes.

By subject, there were 7,414 criminal offenses, 1,685 arrests, 6,652 disciplinary actions, 1,799 VAWA, and 164 hate crimes at California colleges.

When limited to on-campus, there were 14,373 incidents reported. By incident type, 5,798 criminal offenses, 1,188 arrests, 5,804 disciplinary actions, 1,444 VAWA, and 139 hate crimes. In adddition, there were 138 fires reporeted at California colleges.

Campus Safety and Security Matters Summary at California Colleges
TotalOn-CampusNon-CampusPublic PropertiesResidence Halls1Reported2Rate per 1000 Students
Arrests1,6851,18812737064-0.45
Criminal Offenses7,4145,798639977946-2.00
Disciplinary Actions6,6525,804813355,804-1.79
VAWA31,7991,444254101625-0.48
Hate Crimes16413916918-0.04
Total17,71414,3731,8491,4927,457-4.77
Rate Per 1000 Students4.773.870.500.402.01--
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 California Colleges

The following table summarizes and compares the the number of incidents related to campus safety between colleges in California. 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 California Colleges
StateEnrollmentTotal IncidentsRate per 1000 StudentsArrestsCriminal OffensesDisciplinary ActionsVAWAHate Crimes
Charter College - Charter College - Oxnard- 2-11000
Arizona State University Campus Immersion - ASU in California- 10-19000
Academy of Art University6,320 325.060151610
College of Alameda5,833 20.3400002
Allan Hancock College11,104 211.89912000
Berkeley School of Theology126 431.7504000
American Career College-Los Angeles2,066 00.0000000
American River College29,908 80.2743010
Antelope Valley Community College District12,937 20.1502000
Art Center College of Design2,382 20.8401010
Art Center College of Design - South Campus- 1-00010
Associated Technical College-Los Angeles159 00.0000000
Azusa Pacific University6,487 8312.793284480
Azusa Pacific University - San Diego Regional Campus- 1-01000
Azusa Pacific University - High Desert Regional Campus- 1-01000
Azusa Pacific University - Murrieta Regional Campus- 1-01000
Bakersfield College30,410 381.25037001
Bethesda University271 00.0000000
Biola University5,296 326.04092210
Butte College10,211 111.0851410
California Institute of Integral Studies2,047 10.4900010
Cabrillo College9,274 20.2202000
Cabrillo College - Watsonville Center- 7-43000
California Baptist University11,407 706.14085480
California Baptist University - California Baptist University - Online and Professional Studies- 70-085480
California College of the Arts1,333 64.5003210
University of California College of the Law-San Francisco1,216 00.0000000
California Institute of Technology2,463 18273.89032134160
California Lutheran University3,413 154.3900690
California Lutheran University - Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary- 0-00000
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo22,485 1958.67131002746
Alliant International University-San Diego - Alliant International University - Fresno- 1-00001
California State University-Bakersfield9,787 121.2327030
California State University-Stanislaus9,841 656.613153890
California State University-Stanislaus - CSU Stanislaus - Stockton- 1-01000
California State University-San Bernardino18,925 502.641131440
California State University-San Bernardino - Palm Desert Satellite Campus- 1-00010
California State Polytechnic University-Pomona26,848 752.792581320
California State University-Chico14,523 583.9926143150
California State University-Dominguez Hills15,181 614.0242411220
California State University-Fresno23,986 1064.426800182
California State University-Fullerton41,962 1152.74163928302
California State University-East Bay13,333 282.10021241
California State University-Long Beach40,278 741.8414381642
California State University-Los Angeles25,080 702.7934012150
California State University-Northridge37,760 701.85142514170
California State University-Sacramento31,172 1605.1358630381
University of California-Berkeley45,699 83818.347365610927
University of California-Davis39,707 3729.37192953514
University of California-Davis - UC Davis Medical Center- 73-13410172
University of California-Irvine36,582 51113.9713193240623
University of California-Irvine - UCI Medical Center- 61-3419062
University of California-Los Angeles46,678 89319.1377492266526
University of California-Riverside26,426 45717.2948241141252
University of California-San Diego42,376 1,07225.3074556402391
University of California-San Francisco3,126 5617.914400120
University of California-San Francisco - Mission Bay- 95-6650240
University of California-San Francisco - Mount Zion- 9-07011
University of California-San Francisco - UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital - Oakland- 21-016050
University of California-San Francisco - UCSF Fresno- 1-00010
University of California-Santa Barbara26,068 31211.973713272647
University of California-Santa Cruz19,764 46423.48257352521
Haven University95 110.5310000
California Hair Design Academy125 00.0000000
California Institute of the Arts1,353 10.7400010
California State University Maritime Academy805 85105.59218110
California State University Maritime Academy - The Training Ship Golden Bear- 10-001000
California Western School of Law625 00.0000000
College of the Canyons17,439 70.4014110
Casa Loma College-Los Angeles581 00.0000000
CET-San Jose175 00.0000000
CET-Colton191 15.2401000
Cerritos College21,046 30.1403000
Cerro Coso Community College - East Kern- 1-00010
Chabot College12,218 362.95129330
Chaffey College20,632 20.1000002
Chaffey College - Fontana Campus- 3-03000
Chapman University9,961 676.736213163
Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Science763 22.6211000
Concordia University-Irvine3,481 92.5900720
Citrus College9,915 40.4022000
City College of San Francisco17,808 181.01610020
City College of San Francisco - Chinatown/ North Beach Campus- 0-00000
City College of San Francisco - Downtown Campus- 0-00000
City College of San Francisco - Evans Campus- 0-00000
City College of San Francisco - John Adams Campus- 0-00000
City College of San Francisco - Mission Campus- 0-00000
Claremont Graduate University1,763 21.1302000
Claremont McKenna College1,384 4230.35036411
Coastline Community College - Garden Grove Campus- 0-00000
Coastline Community College - Westminster (Le-Jao) Center- 1-01000
Coastline Community College - Newport Beach Campus- 0-00000
Coba Academy100 110.0001000
Western University of Health Sciences3,625 113.03011000
Columbia College2,594 10.3901000
Compton College4,765 265.46321002
Contra Costa College5,997 91.5018000
Cosumnes River College14,980 120.8038100
Crafton Hills College6,097 10.1610000
Cuyamaca College8,437 10.1210000
Cypress College13,992 332.36721410
De Anza College16,990 90.5345000
College of the Desert10,764 20.1902000
College of the Desert - Western Valley Center- 0-00000
Diablo Valley College16,424 120.7337002
Dominican University of California2,026 52.4705000
East Los Angeles College30,321 230.76219002
El Camino Community College District21,599 351.622230100
Evergreen Valley College8,989 20.2202000
FIDM-Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising1,366 00.0000000
Feather River Community College District1,758 10.5701000
Federico Beauty Institute245 28.1602000
Five Branches University289 00.0000000
Five Branches University - San Jose Campus- 0-00000
Foothill College12,931 10.0801000
Franciscan School of Theology69 39565.22031431
Fresno City College25,285 431.701923010
Fresno Pacific University2,921 93.0807020
Fuller Theological Seminary1,935 63.1003030
Fullerton College18,569 90.4814121
Gemological Institute of America-Carlsbad308 00.0000000
Glendale Community College11,176 00.0000000
Glendale Community College - Garfield Campus- 1-00010
Golden West College10,433 545.182340180
Graduate Theological Union178 00.0000000
Grossmont College13,591 30.2202010
Salon Success Academy-Riverside173 15.7801000
Harvey Mudd College949 66.3206000
California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt6,156 12920.9662282181
California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt - California State Polytechnic University - Humbolt - Telonicher Marine Laboratory.- 1-01000
Imperial Valley College8,111 30.3701011
Irvine Valley College11,994 110.9221170
Bellus Academy-El Cajon205 00.0000000
American Jewish University209 838.2808000
Reedley College8,174 60.7306000
Life Pacific University504 35.9500300
University of La Verne5,596 203.57061130
University of La Verne - College of the Canyons Regional Campus (Santa Clarita Campus)- 2-11000
Laguna College of Art and Design807 11.2410000
Lake Tahoe Community College3,376 10.3001000
Laney College10,211 50.4905000
Lassen Community College1,783 73.9300700
Latin American Bible Institute78 112.8201000
Life Chiropractic College West613 58.1605000
La Sierra University1,611 63.7203210
La Sierra University - La Sierra University-Corona Campus of Criminal Justice- 1-01000
Loma Linda University4,202 296.90321041
Long Beach City College24,425 50.2004100
Long Beach City College - Trade Tech and Community Learning Campus- 2-01010
Los Angeles Harbor College8,898 111.2419001
Los Angeles Pierce College16,186 80.4907010
Los Angeles Southwest College5,267 81.5223012
Los Angeles Trade Technical College12,655 181.42018000
Los Angeles Valley College15,733 171.08015002
The Master's University and Seminary2,799 10.3600100
Los Angeles City College14,076 140.99210011
Los Angeles Mission College10,425 60.5805010
Los Medanos College8,230 313.77922000
Loyola Marymount University10,256 12311.9913178130
Loyola Marymount University - Loyola Law School- 1-01000
Lu Ross Academy277 00.0000000
Lyle's College of Beauty96 00.0000000
Lytles Redwood Empire Beauty College114 00.0000000
College of Marin4,673 51.0703110
College of Marin - Indian Valley Campus- 1-01000
Mendocino College - Lakeport Center- 1-01000
Menlo College840 7589.29017022
Merced College11,835 10.0801000
Merritt College6,716 50.7412020
MiraCosta College11,707 60.5103030
Mission College6,669 91.3543020
Modesto Junior College17,152 20.1202000
Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey503 00.0000000
Monterey Peninsula College7,351 30.4121000
Monterey Peninsula College - Education Center at Marina- 0-00000
Moorpark College14,091 30.2102010
Mt San Antonio College28,742 100.3509010
Mount Saint Mary's University2,308 135.6301750
Mount Saint Mary's University - Doheny- 12-06510
Mount Saint Mary's University - Hollywood Studio- 2-02000
Mt San Jacinto Community College District17,215 100.5863010
Mt San Jacinto Community College District - Menifee Valley Campus- 2-02000
Mt San Jacinto Community College District - San Gorgonio Pass Campus-Non Campus- 0-00000
Mt San Jacinto Community College District - Temecula Valley Campus- 3-11010
Musicians Institute812 00.0000000
Napa Valley College4,213 184.27015300
Napa Valley College - Upper Valley Campus- 0-00000
National Holistic Institute - San Jose Branch Campus- 0-00000
National Holistic Institute - Sacramento Branch Campus- 2-01100
National University19,924 00.0000000
Newschool of Architecture and Design280 13.5701000
Occidental College1,854 14980.37016120130
Ohlone College8,375 141.6705711
Ohlone College - Newark Campus- 3-01110
Orange Coast College17,085 24714.46238159462
Orange Coast College - Waterfront Campus- 0-00000
Otis College of Art and Design1,284 86.2300800
Oxnard College6,911 121.74012000
Hope International University1,140 43.5104000
Pacific School of Religion128 215.6302000
Pacific Union College938 22.1302000
University of the Pacific6,755 436.378231110
University of the Pacific - Sacramento Campus / McGeorge School of Law- 5-05000
Palomar College18,815 140.7424260
Pasadena City College23,592 241.021011021
Pasadena City College - Community Education Center - Pasadena City College- 2-02000
Pasadena City College - Rosemead Campus- 1-01000
Pepperdine University9,545 828.590275230
Pepperdine University - Lausanne- 1-00100
Pepperdine University - Calabasas Campus- 1-01000
Pitzer College1,204 2621.590111230
Point Loma Nazarene University4,494 6614.69075540
Point Loma Nazarene University - Point Loma Nazarene University Bakersfield Regional Center- 1-01000
Point Loma Nazarene University - Point Loma Nazarene University Liberty Station Conference Center- 1-00010
Point Loma Nazarene University - Point Loma Nazarene University Balboa Regional Center- 1-01000
Pomona College1,664 7545.070432660
Porterville College4,939 102.0219000
Santa Ana College26,073 70.2703031
Santa Ana College - Centennial Education Center- 2-00200
Santa Ana College - CJTC - Orange County's Sheriff's Regional Training Academy- 0-00000
Shasta School of Cosmetology101 19.9010000
University of Redlands3,192 14645.7402211572
University of Redlands - Marin Campus- 1-01000
College of the Redwoods4,260 30.7000030
Salon Success Academy-Upland238 28.4002000
Salon Success Academy-Corona216 29.2602000
Rio Hondo College17,193 10.0601000
Riverside City College20,437 401.96327010
Sacramento City College19,031 20.1111000
Sacramento City College - West Sacramento Center- 1-01000
Saddleback College18,370 60.3306000
Samuel Merritt University1,894 00.0000000
Samuel Merritt University - Sacramento Campus- 0-00000
Samuel Merritt University - San Mateo Campus- 0-00000
San Diego City College13,197 503.793213014
San Diego Mesa College19,243 110.5744030
San Diego Miramar College13,569 40.2931000
San Diego State University39,241 1,12328.6225511,04340
University of San Diego9,110 9610.541444191
San Francisco State University23,908 923.8523239190
University of San Francisco9,212 15416.7201513090
University of San Francisco - Santa Rosa Regional Campus- 28-1112050
University of San Francisco - San Jose Campus- 1-01000
University of San Francisco - Downtown Campus- 0-00000
San Joaquin Delta College18,226 462.522420020
William Jessup University1,484 10.6710000
San Jose City College8,400 50.6005000
San Jose State University36,062 3579.901817654442
San Jose State University - South Campus Athletic Complex - 26-1015001
College of San Mateo9,208 30.3303000
Santa Barbara City College12,345 110.8919010
Santa Barbara City College - Schott Campus- 1-10000
Santa Clara University9,340 76882.23210741150
Santa Clara University - Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University- 1-01000
Santa Monica College23,164 140.6027212
Santa Monica College - Santa Monica College Malibu Campus- 1-01000
Santa Rosa Junior College16,803 281.671112050
Santa Rosa Junior College - Petaluma Campus- 1-01000
Santa Rosa Junior College - Shone Farm- 0-00000
Santa Rosa Junior College - Roseland center- 2-20000
Saybrook University1,055 00.0000000
Scripps College1,103 2320.85013721
College of the Sequoias13,586 181.32117000
Shasta College8,081 202.47010541
Sierra College17,420 70.4011410
Sierra College - Nevada County Campus- 2-10010
Sierra College - Roseville Center- 0-00000
Simpson University907 11.1001000
College of the Siskiyous1,430 74.9000700
Skyline College9,428 10.1101000
San Bernardino Valley College12,982 534.084011200
San Bernardino Valley College - Economic Development and Corporate Training (EDCT)- 0-00000
Saint Mary's College of California2,775 134.6804720
Solano Community College8,868 30.3403000
Sonoma State University5,990 457.5121711141
South Baylo University234 14.2701000
Vanguard University of Southern California2,219 5223.43184021
Concorde Career College-Garden Grove202 14.9501000
Southwestern College18,469 90.4915021
Marshall B Ketchum University686 00.0000000
University of Southern California47,147 4409.33333844505
University of Southern California - Health Sciences Campus- 36-028080
University of Southern California - Marina del Rey- 1-01000
University of Southern California - Health Science Alhambra Building- 1-01000
Southwestern Law School951 00.0000000
Taft College4,135 30.7302001
Claremont School of Theology175 634.2906000
Thomas Aquinas College539 11.8601000
UEI College-Huntington Park1,036 10.9710000
Concorde Career College-North Hollywood143 213.9901010
Ventura College11,367 161.4176300
Victor Valley College15,372 40.2604000
Berkeley City College6,547 10.1501000
Coalinga College3,592 00.0000000
West Los Angeles College9,299 20.2202000
West Valley College7,272 182.4856250
Westmont College1,310 139.9203901
Whittier College859 6474.510154900
Yuba College5,735 40.7004000
Southeastern University - Nor-Cal Campus- 2-02000
Indiana University-Bloomington - Los Angeles - Sunset Gower Studios- 0-00000
Hult International Business School - San Francisco Campus- 0-00000
Emerson College - Emerson College - Los Angeles Program- 0-00000
Northeastern University - San Jose Campus- 0-00000
Northeastern University - Oakland Campus- 163-0115930
A T Still University of Health Sciences - Family HealthCare Network Campus- 0-00000
A T Still University of Health Sciences - ATSU Santa Maria campus- 1-01000
Park University - Barstow- 0-00000
American Musical and Dramatic Academy - Los Angeles Campus- 19-011800
Culinary Institute of America - Greystone Campus- 19-001900
Ithaca College - Ithaca College Communications Program/Los Angeles- 0-00000
Syracuse University - SULA, Los Angeles Campus- 0-00000
Stanford University18,446 41522.501630536724
Stanford University - Stanford in Capetown, South Africa- 1-01000
Antioch University-Los Angeles888 11.1300010
Carrington College-San Leandro Campus401 00.0000000
Las Positas College7,448 30.4000102
California State University-San Marcos15,431 996.42242926182
University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences - California- 1-00010
National Career Education438 24.5702000
North-West College-Glendale100 00.0000000
Fremont University161 212.4202000
CET-Coachella84 111.9001000
CET-Oxnard82 00.0000000
CET-Santa Maria125 00.0000000
Mt. Diablo Adult Education-Mt. Diablo USD153 16.5400010
Hacienda La Puente Adult Education496 12.0201000
UEI College-Ontario930 11.0801000
UEI College-Gardena1,444 32.0803000
Diversified Vocational College224 00.0000000
UEI College-Fresno974 11.0301000
Santiago Canyon College11,979 10.0800001
Southern California Institute of Technology537 00.0000000
Soka University of America476 2960.92002810
Los Angeles Pacific College61 00.0000000
California State University-Monterey Bay6,742 10615.7201449430
California State University-Monterey Bay - CSUMB at North Salinas- 1-01000
Estes Institute of Cosmetology Arts and Science41 00.0000000
Ventura Adult and Continuing Education52 238.4610010
American University of Health Sciences523 00.0000000
California Aeronautical University - California Aeronautical University- 8-02600
Los Angeles Film School5,833 81.3701700
Carrington College-San Jose680 00.0000000
CBD College1,408 00.0000000
My Le's Beauty College168 317.8603000
Keck Graduate Institute602 69.9704020
American Career College-Anaheim1,643 21.2220000
Smith Chason College - Smith Chason College - Ontario Branch Campus- 0-00000
California State University-Channel Islands5,688 498.618912200
San Joaquin Valley College-Ontario - Ontario Campus- 1-01000
West Coast University-Los Angeles2,687 00.0000000
CES College106 00.0000000
University of California-Merced9,147 30032.8043425840
Los Angeles College of Music279 00.0000000
Stanbridge University2,642 10.3801000
Los Angeles College of Aesthetics101 19.9001000
American Career College-Ontario2,014 62.9801050
Blake Austin College11 00.0000000
Universal Technical Institute of Northern California Inc1,107 43.6104000
Lemoore College4,160 20.4800200
Visible Music College - Atascadero Campus- 1-00010
Carrington College-Stockton429 00.0000000
San Francisco Institute of Esthetics & Cosmetology Inc202 00.0000000
The Chicago School at Anaheim524 00.0000000
Woodland Community College3,664 20.5511000
Woodland Community College - Clear Lake Center- 10-82000
The Chicago School at Los Angeles3,392 00.0000000
National Career College366 00.0000000
Milan Institute-Bakersfield514 59.7305000
InterCoast Colleges-Rancho Cordova78 00.0000000
West Coast University-Orange County4,481 81.7944000
West Coast University-Ontario2,647 20.7602000
Paul Mitchell the School-Fresno262 00.0000000
Unitek College - Unitek Sacramento- 2-11000
Unitek College - Unitek San Jose- 0-00000
Unitek College - Unitek Concord- 1-01000
Touro University California1,090 76.4207000
Moreno Valley College10,023 80.8062000
Norco College10,787 10.0901000
New York Film Academy1,245 32.4100012
Galaxy Medical College65 00.0000000
American Medical Sciences Center200 1050.0091000
Cinta Aveda Institute95 221.0501010
UEI College-Garden Grove1,093 65.4933000
UEI College-Riverside1,447 21.3801010
San Joaquin Valley College-Temecula - Temecula Campus- 0-00000
Annenberg School of Nursing24 141.6701000
Diamond Beauty College73 113.7001000
Hinton Barber and Beauty College62 00.0000000
Ukiah Adult School32 131.2501000
California Career Institute517 00.0000000
California Career Institute - California Career Institute-Hawthorne - 0-00000
San Joaquin Valley College-Lancaster - Lancaster Campus- 0-00000
UEI College-Bakersfield1,385 85.7807010
American College of Healthcare and Technology155 00.0000000
University of West Los Angeles256 00.0000000
University of West Los Angeles - University of West Los Angeles - San Fernando Valley Campus- 0-00000
Theatre of Arts37 00.0000000
Presidio Graduate School103 00.0000000
California Jazz Conservatory20 00.0000000
Universal Technical Institute-Southern California1,447 42.7603010
California Institute of Advanced Management163 00.0000000
Abraham Lincoln University166 16.0201000
Hoss Lee Academy97 110.3101000
Clovis Community College - Clovis Community College- 6-04020
Westcliff University6,532 10.1501000
Westcliff University - Western State College of Law- 1-01000
California Institute of Arts & Technology14 00.0000000
Platt College-Anaheim405 00.0000000
The Chicago School at San Diego141 00.0000000
San Bernardino Beauty College77 00.0000000
Urban Barber College163 00.0000000
Institute of Culinary Education452 00.0000000
MIXED Institute of Cosmetology & Barber139 00.0000000
San Joaquin Valley College-Delano - Delano Campus- 0-00000
San Joaquin Valley College-Porterville - Porterville Campus- 1-10000
California University of Science and Medicine564 00.0000000
Riggins Urban Barber College43 123.2601000
Madera Community College5,825 40.6904000
Madera Community College - Oakhurst Center - 1-01000
Glendale Career College-North-West College-Bakersfield387 12.5801000
American College of Healthcare and Technology-Santa Ana85 111.7601000
The Nurse Academy34 00.0000000
Total3,711,55914,3733.871,1885,7985,8041,444139
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