331 Arrests Occured at South Dakota College Campuses

For the calendar year 2023, 331 arrests made at South Dakota colleges. The arrest rate per 1,000 students is 7.30 at South Dakota college campues. By violation type, there were 1 weapon-related arrests, 65 drug law violation arrests, and 265 liquor law violation arrests.

Of the 218 total on-campus arrests at South Dakota colleges,

- were weapon-related, and the on-campus weapon-related arrests rate per 1,000 students is 0.00.
16.06% were drug law violation arrests, and the on-campus durg law violation arrest per 1,000 students is 0.77.
83.94% were liquor law vioation arrests, and the on-campus liquor law violation arrest rate per 1,000 students is 4.04.

For all arrests, there were 218 on-campus, 16 non-campus, 97 public property, and 104 residence hall arrests made last year. (The number for on-campus arrests includes residence hall arrests).

Arrests statistics at South Dakota Colleges
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Rate per 1000 Students
Total	331	218	16	97	104	7.30
Weapons (carrying, processing, etc.)	1	0	0	1	0	0.02
Drug Law Violation	65	35	9	21	21	1.43
Liquor Law Violation	265	183	7	75	83	5.85
Rate Per 1000 Students	7.30	4.81	0.35	2.14	2.29	-

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

Arrests Statistics for South Dakota Colleges

The following table summarizes and compares the arrests statistics between colleges in South Dakota. 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 South Dakota Colleges
State	Enrollment	Total Arrests	Rate per 1000 Students	Drug Law Violation	Liquor Law Violation
Augustana University	2,158	0	0.00	0	0
Black Hills State University	3,475	2	0.58	2	0
Dakota State University	3,508	0	0.00	0	0
Dakota Wesleyan University	886	0	0.00	0	0
Paul Mitchell the School-Rapid City	79	0	0.00	0	0
Mitchell Technical College	1,132	5	4.42	0	5
Mount Marty University	1,314	0	0.00	0	0
Northern State University	3,521	0	0.00	0	0
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology	2,492	0	0.00	0	0
South Dakota State University	11,498	194	16.87	30	164
University of Sioux Falls	1,509	0	0.00	0	0
Sisseton Wahpeton College	215	6	27.91	2	4
Southeast Technical College	2,478	2	0.81	1	1
Stewart School	148	0	0.00	0	0
University of South Dakota	9,868	9	0.91	0	9
Western Dakota Technical College	1,047	0	0.00	0	0
Total	45,328	331	7.30	35	183

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