462 Campus Safety and Securlty Related Incidents Occured at Iowa College Campuses

For the calendar year 2023, a total of 3,665 incidents related to campus safety and securty occured at Iowa colleges. It includes criminal offenses, arrests, diciplinary actions, VAWA (Violence Against Women Act), and hate crimes.

By subject, there were 563 criminal offenses, 589 arrests, 2,176 disciplinary actions, 324 VAWA, and 13 hate crimes at Iowa colleges.

When limited to on-campus, there were 3,258 incidents reported. By incident type, 462 criminal offenses, 315 arrests, 2,169 disciplinary actions, 301 VAWA, and 11 hate crimes. In adddition, there were 24 fires reporeted at Iowa colleges.

Campus Safety and Security Matters Summary at Iowa Colleges
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Reported²	Rate per 1000 Students
Arrests	589	315	60	214	67	-	2.26
Criminal Offenses	563	462	36	65	220	-	2.16
Disciplinary Actions	2,176	2,169	2	5	2,169	-	8.34
VAWA³	324	301	10	13	131	-	1.24
Hate Crimes	13	11	-	2	6	-	0.05
Total	3,665	3,258	108	299	2,593	-	14.05
Rate Per 1000 Students	14.05	12.49	0.41	1.15	9.94	-	-

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 Iowa Colleges

The following table summarizes and compares the the number of incidents related to campus safety between colleges in Iowa. 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 Iowa Colleges
State	Enrollment	Total Incidents	Rate per 1000 Students	Arrests	Criminal Offenses	Disciplinary Actions	VAWA	Hate Crimes
Allen College	489	2	4.09	0	2	0	0	0
Briar Cliff University	940	11	11.70	0	4	7	0	0
Buena Vista University	1,951	48	24.60	2	2	40	4	0
Central College	1,095	95	86.76	0	7	85	3	0
Clarke University	1,025	15	14.63	1	2	12	0	0
Coe College	1,278	39	30.52	0	14	20	4	1
Cornell College	1,084	39	35.98	2	5	29	3	0
Des Moines Area Community College	24,418	1	0.04	0	0	1	0	0
Des Moines Area Community College - Des Moines Area Community College - Boone Campus	-	1	-	0	0	1	0	0
Dordt University	1,929	9	4.67	0	0	8	1	0
Drake University	4,504	81	17.98	1	11	69	0	0
University of Dubuque	1,795	212	118.11	0	11	197	2	2
Ellsworth Community College	685	21	30.66	0	2	19	0	0
Eastern Iowa Community College District - Muscatine Community College	-	1	-	0	1	0	0	0
Graceland University-Lamoni	1,195	61	51.05	0	12	49	0	0
Grand View University	1,796	112	62.36	0	15	97	0	0
Grinnell College	1,775	43	24.23	0	4	36	3	0
Hawkeye Community College - The Van G. Miller Adult Learning Center	-	0	-	0	0	0	0	0
Indian Hills Community College	3,236	22	6.80	3	1	16	2	0
Indian Hills Community College - Centerville Campus	-	20	-	0	1	18	1	0
Iowa Central Community College	4,909	70	14.26	2	5	63	0	0
Iowa Lakes Community College	2,024	9	4.45	0	0	9	0	0
Iowa Lakes Community College - Iowa Lakes Community College - Emmetsburg	-	18	-	0	1	17	0	0
Iowa State University	30,177	577	19.12	221	33	252	69	2
Iowa Western Community College	5,503	267	48.52	6	36	218	6	1
Iowa Western Community College - Clarinda Center	-	1	-	1	0	0	0	0
University of Iowa	30,042	464	15.45	19	161	144	140	0
Kirkwood Community College	12,660	3	0.24	0	0	1	2	0
Kirkwood Community College - Linn County Regional Center	-	1	-	0	0	1	0	0
Loras College	1,213	61	50.29	0	3	57	1	0
Luther College	1,463	28	19.14	0	8	15	5	0
Maharishi International University	2,666	10	3.75	0	2	1	6	1
Marshalltown Community College	1,870	36	19.25	0	1	35	0	0
Mercy College of Health Sciences	907	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0
Morningside University	2,158	93	43.10	0	6	87	0	0
Mount Mercy University	1,451	1	0.69	0	0	1	0	0
North Iowa Area Community College	2,471	67	27.11	0	2	65	0	0
University of Northern Iowa	9,013	203	22.52	52	22	99	29	1
Northwestern College	1,665	7	4.20	0	0	7	0	0
Northeast Iowa Community College - Peosta Campus	-	0	-	0	0	0	0	0
Northeast Iowa Community College - Cresco Center	-	0	-	0	0	0	0	0
Northeast Iowa Community College - Manchester Center	-	0	-	0	0	0	0	0
Des Moines University-Osteopathic Medical Center	1,521	1	0.66	0	0	0	1	0
Palmer College of Chiropractic	2,219	2	0.90	0	2	0	0	0
Saint Ambrose University	2,703	133	49.20	0	26	102	4	1
Saint Ambrose University - Center for Communications and Social Development	-	4	-	0	4	0	0	0
St Luke's College	196	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0
Simpson College	1,163	71	61.05	1	8	59	3	0
Southeastern Community College	2,562	12	4.68	0	0	12	0	0
Southwestern Community College	1,633	32	19.60	0	0	32	0	0
Iowa School of Beauty-Sioux City	40	1	25.00	0	0	0	1	0
Upper Iowa University	3,102	16	5.16	0	2	14	0	0
Waldorf University	2,657	103	38.77	1	24	69	7	2
Wartburg College	1,472	16	10.87	2	0	14	0	0
Western Iowa Tech Community College	5,071	46	9.07	0	3	43	0	0
William Penn University	1,536	53	34.51	1	3	48	1	0
Mercy-St Luke's School of Radiologic Technology	21	19	904.76	0	16	0	3	0
Total	260,885	3,258	12.49	315	462	2,169	301	11

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