328 Arrests Occured at Kentucky College Campuses

For the calendar year 2023, 328 arrests made at Kentucky colleges. The arrest rate per 1,000 students is 0.74 at Kentucky college campues. By violation type, there were 18 weapon-related arrests, 266 drug law violation arrests, and 44 liquor law violation arrests.

Of the 226 total on-campus arrests at Kentucky colleges,

5.75% were weapon-related, and the on-campus weapon-related arrests rate per 1,000 students is 0.03.
83.19% were drug law violation arrests, and the on-campus durg law violation arrest per 1,000 students is 0.42.
11.06% were liquor law vioation arrests, and the on-campus liquor law violation arrest rate per 1,000 students is 0.06.

For all arrests, there were 226 on-campus, 3 non-campus, 99 public property, and 27 residence hall arrests made last year. (The number for on-campus arrests includes residence hall arrests).

Arrests statistics at Kentucky Colleges
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Rate per 1000 Students
Total	328	226	3	99	27	0.74
Weapons (carrying, processing, etc.)	18	13	1	4	0	0.04
Drug Law Violation	266	188	2	76	25	0.60
Liquor Law Violation	44	25	0	19	2	0.10
Rate Per 1000 Students	0.74	0.51	0.01	0.22	0.06	-

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

Arrests Statistics for Kentucky Colleges

The following table summarizes and compares the arrests statistics between colleges in Kentucky. 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 Arrests Statistics at Kentucky Colleges
State	Enrollment	Total Arrests	Rate per 1000 Students	Weapons (carrying, processing, etc.)	Drug Law Violation	Liquor Law Violation
Alice Lloyd College	553	0	0.00	0	0	0
Asbury University	1,942	0	0.00	0	0	0
Asbury Theological Seminary	1,715	0	0.00	0	0	0
Ashland Community and Technical College	2,559	0	0.00	0	0	0
Bellarmine University	2,993	0	0.00	0	0	0
Berea College	1,487	1	0.67	1	0	0
Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College	5,084	0	0.00	0	0	0
Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College - Glasgow Campus	-	0	-	0	0	0
Brescia University	638	0	0.00	0	0	0
Campbellsville University	12,451	0	0.00	0	0	0
Campbellsville University - Harrodsburg Education Center	-	0	-	0	0	0
Bluegrass Community and Technical College - Bluegrass Community & Technical College--Cooper Campus	-	62	-	1	56	5
Bluegrass Community and Technical College - Bluegrass Community & Technical College-Newtown Campus	-	3	-	0	3	0
Centre College	1,356	0	0.00	0	0	0
Clear Creek Baptist Bible College	159	0	0.00	0	0	0
University of the Cumberlands	20,327	0	0.00	0	0	0
Eastern Kentucky University	15,008	10	0.67	0	8	2
Georgetown College	1,463	0	0.00	0	0	0
Hazard Community and Technical College - Technical Campus	-	0	-	0	0	0
Jefferson Community and Technical College	12,574	0	0.00	0	0	0
Jefferson Community and Technical College - Jefferson Technical Campus	-	1	-	1	0	0
Kentucky State University	1,689	0	0.00	0	0	0
Kentucky Wesleyan College	834	0	0.00	0	0	0
University of Kentucky	32,703	62	1.90	1	56	5
University of Kentucky - North Farms Campus	-	1	-	0	1	0
University of Kentucky - South Farms Campus	-	0	-	0	0	0
University of Kentucky - Northern Kentucky Campus-College of Medicine (Highland Heights)	-	0	-	0	0	0
Kentucky Christian University	541	0	0.00	0	0	0
Lindsey Wilson College	4,055	3	0.74	0	2	1
University of Louisville	22,139	39	1.76	6	29	4
University of Louisville - Health Sciences Center Campus	-	5	-	1	4	0
University of Louisville - Rowan Campus	-	0	-	0	0	0
Maysville Community and Technical College	4,296	0	0.00	0	0	0
Midway University	1,945	0	0.00	0	0	0
Morehead State University	8,618	1	0.12	0	0	1
Murray State University	9,841	2	0.20	0	2	0
Northern Kentucky University	14,961	2	0.13	0	2	0
University of Pikeville	2,610	2	0.77	0	1	1
Empire Beauty School-Dixie	80	0	0.00	0	0	0
Spalding University	1,555	0	0.00	0	0	0
Sullivan University - Sullivan College of Technology and Design	-	0	-	0	0	0
Thomas More University	1,947	0	0.00	0	0	0
Transylvania University	1,022	6	5.87	0	2	4
Union College	1,129	0	0.00	0	0	0
Western Kentucky University	16,759	25	1.49	2	21	2
Western Kentucky University - WKU The Center	-	1	-	0	1	0
Western Kentucky University - WKU L.D Brown Agriculture Exposition Center	-	0	-	0	0	0
Simmons College of Kentucky	389	0	0.00	0	0	0
Edge Academy of Beauty	37	0	0.00	0	0	0
Galen Health Institutes-Pikeville	122	0	0.00	0	0	0
Total	442,727	328	0.74	13	188	25

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