524 Arrests Occured at Tennessee College Campuses

For the calendar year 2023, 524 arrests made at Tennessee colleges. The arrest rate per 1,000 students is 1.24 at Tennessee college campues. By violation type, there were 52 weapon-related arrests, 307 drug law violation arrests, and 165 liquor law violation arrests.

Of the 289 total on-campus arrests at Tennessee colleges,

10.73% were weapon-related, and the on-campus weapon-related arrests rate per 1,000 students is 0.07.
52.94% were drug law violation arrests, and the on-campus durg law violation arrest per 1,000 students is 0.36.
36.33% were liquor law vioation arrests, and the on-campus liquor law violation arrest rate per 1,000 students is 0.25.

For all arrests, there were 289 on-campus, 27 non-campus, 208 public property, and 102 residence hall arrests made last year. (The number for on-campus arrests includes residence hall arrests).

Arrests statistics at Tennessee Colleges
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Rate per 1000 Students
Total	524	289	27	208	102	1.24
Weapons (carrying, processing, etc.)	52	31	4	17	11	0.12
Drug Law Violation	307	153	16	138	44	0.73
Liquor Law Violation	165	105	7	53	47	0.39
Rate Per 1000 Students	1.24	0.69	0.06	0.49	0.24	-

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

Arrests Statistics for Tennessee Colleges

The following table summarizes and compares the arrests statistics between colleges in Tennessee. 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 Tennessee Colleges
State	Enrollment	Total Arrests	Rate per 1000 Students	Weapons (carrying, processing, etc.)	Drug Law Violation	Liquor Law Violation
Casa Loma College-Los Angeles - Casa Loma College - Nashville, TN	-	0	-	0	0	0
Austin Peay State University	9,945	12	1.21	3	4	5
Baptist Health Sciences University	755	0	0.00	0	0	0
Belmont University	8,862	0	0.00	0	0	0
Bethel University	2,974	4	1.34	1	3	0
Bryan College-Dayton	1,548	3	1.94	0	3	0
Carson-Newman University	2,735	2	0.73	0	0	2
Chattanooga State Community College	6,601	1	0.15	1	0	0
Christian Brothers University	2,043	0	0.00	0	0	0
Columbia State Community College	5,115	0	0.00	0	0	0
Columbia State Community College - Williamson County Center	-	0	-	0	0	0
Concorde Career College-Memphis	420	1	2.38	1	0	0
Lipscomb University	5,047	0	0.00	0	0	0
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Dickson	1,229	1	0.81	0	1	0
East Tennessee State University	13,586	16	1.18	3	9	4
Chattanooga College Medical Dental and & Technical Careers	311	0	0.00	0	0	0
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Elizabethton	1,093	0	0.00	0	0	0
Fisk University	1,005	0	0.00	0	0	0
Welch College	389	0	0.00	0	0	0
Freed-Hardeman University	2,294	0	0.00	0	0	0
Johnson University	950	0	0.00	0	0	0
King University	1,295	3	2.32	1	1	1
Lane College	822	1	1.22	0	1	0
Le Moyne-Owen College	646	0	0.00	0	0	0
Lee University	3,680	0	0.00	0	0	0
Lincoln Memorial University	5,805	1	0.17	0	1	0
Lincoln Memorial University - LMU Tower Knoxville Campus	-	0	-	0	0	0
Lincoln Memorial University - LMU Cumberland Gap campus	-	0	-	0	0	0
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Livingston	1,093	0	0.00	0	0	0
The University of Tennessee Southern	978	0	0.00	0	0	0
Maryville College	1,147	0	0.00	0	0	0
Meharry Medical College	1,083	0	0.00	0	0	0
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Memphis	1,691	0	0.00	0	0	0
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Memphis - Aviation Facility	-	0	-	0	0	0
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Memphis - Bartlett Campus	-	0	-	0	0	0
University of Memphis	21,736	14	0.64	5	9	0
University of Memphis - Lambuth Campus	-	0	-	0	0	0
Memphis Theological Seminary	195	0	0.00	0	0	0
Middle Tennessee State University	20,183	39	1.93	3	28	8
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Morristown	714	0	0.00	0	0	0
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Murfreesboro - Expansion Campus	-	0	-	0	0	0
Lincoln College of Technology-Nashville	1,062	1	0.94	1	0	0
Nashville State Community College	6,608	1	0.15	1	0	0
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Henry/Carroll	278	0	0.00	0	0	0
Rhodes College	1,952	0	0.00	0	0	0
Roane State Community College	4,822	0	0.00	0	0	0
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Crump	1,412	7	4.96	1	3	3
Southwest Tennessee Community College	6,980	0	0.00	0	0	0
Southwest Tennessee Community College - Union Avenue Campus	-	1	-	0	1	0
Southwest Tennessee Community College - Whitehaven Center	-	0	-	0	0	0
The University of the South	1,693	9	5.32	1	2	6
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Knoxville	1,206	1	0.83	1	0	0
Pellissippi State Community College	8,710	0	0.00	0	0	0
Pellissippi State Community College - Blount County Campus	-	0	-	0	0	0
Pellissippi State Community College - Magnolia Avenue Campus	-	0	-	0	0	0
Pellissippi State Community College - Strawberry Plains	-	0	-	0	0	0
Southern Adventist University	3,154	0	0.00	0	0	0
Southern College of Optometry	525	0	0.00	0	0	0
Tennessee Wesleyan University	1,074	0	0.00	0	0	0
The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga	11,380	11	0.97	0	9	2
The University of Tennessee-Knoxville	36,304	120	3.31	1	48	71
The University of Tennessee-Knoxville - The University of Tennessee Space Institute	-	0	-	0	0	0
The University of Tennessee-Martin	6,941	5	0.72	0	4	1
Tennessee State University	8,198	7	0.85	0	7	0
Tennessee Technological University	10,117	4	0.40	0	2	2
Trevecca Nazarene University	3,196	2	0.63	2	0	0
Northeast State Community College - Northeast State at Elizabethton	-	1	-	0	1	0
Northeast State Community College - Northeast State at Johnson City	-	0	-	0	0	0
Tusculum University	1,200	0	0.00	0	0	0
Union University	2,674	0	0.00	0	0	0
Vanderbilt University	13,456	12	0.89	2	10	0
Volunteer State Community College	6,605	0	0.00	0	0	0
Walters State Community College	5,833	1	0.17	1	0	0
Walters State Community College - Walters State Sevierville, Sevier County Campus	-	0	-	0	0	0
William R Moore College of Technology	461	0	0.00	0	0	0
Tennessee College of Applied Technology Nashville	1,171	1	0.85	1	0	0
Nossi College of Art and Design	278	0	0.00	0	0	0
Queen City College	127	1	7.87	0	1	0
Genesis Career College-Lebanon	98	0	0.00	0	0	0
Williamson Christian College	57	0	0.00	0	0	0
Visible Music College	182	0	0.00	0	0	0
Fortis Institute-Nashville	392	0	0.00	0	0	0
Jersey College - Cleveland Campus	-	0	-	0	0	0
Empire Beauty School-Nashville	125	0	0.00	0	0	0
Milligan University	1,200	0	0.00	0	0	0
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center - The University of Tennessee Health Science Center	-	6	-	1	5	0
Massage Institute of Memphis	20	0	0.00	0	0	0
Total	420,900	524	1.24	31	153	105

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