754 Campus Safety and Securlty Related Incidents Occured at Virginia College Campuses

For the calendar year 2023, a total of 6,305 incidents related to campus safety and securty occured at Virginia colleges. It includes criminal offenses, arrests, diciplinary actions, VAWA (Violence Against Women Act), and hate crimes.

By subject, there were 989 criminal offenses, 467 arrests, 4,112 disciplinary actions, 694 VAWA, and 43 hate crimes at Virginia colleges.

When limited to on-campus, there were 5,701 incidents reported. By incident type, 754 criminal offenses, 311 arrests, 3,990 disciplinary actions, 610 VAWA, and 36 hate crimes. In adddition, there were 45 fires reporeted at Virginia colleges.

Campus Safety and Security Matters Summary at Virginia Colleges
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Reported²	Rate per 1000 Students
Arrests	467	311	19	137	76	-	0.41
Criminal Offenses	989	754	86	149	285	-	0.86
Disciplinary Actions	4,112	3,990	19	103	3,990	-	3.58
VAWA³	694	610	37	47	260	-	0.60
Hate Crimes	43	36	3	4	7	-	0.04
Total	6,305	5,701	164	440	4,618	-	5.49
Rate Per 1000 Students	5.49	4.96	0.14	0.38	4.02	-	-

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 Virginia Colleges

The following table summarizes and compares the the number of incidents related to campus safety between colleges in Virginia. 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 Virginia Colleges
State	Enrollment	Total Incidents	Rate per 1000 Students	Arrests	Criminal Offenses	Disciplinary Actions	VAWA	Hate Crimes
Northeastern University - Arlington Campus	-	0	-	0	0	0	0	0
Lincoln Memorial University - LMU DeBusk Veterinary Teaching Center (DVTC)	-	1	-	0	1	0	0	0
Averett University	1,378	34	24.67	0	3	31	0	0
Blue Ridge Community College	3,718	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0
Bluefield University	989	14	14.16	0	2	11	1	0
Bridgewater College	1,436	114	79.39	0	5	107	2	0
William & Mary	9,762	174	17.82	3	17	137	17	0
William & Mary - Newport News Campus	-	1	-	1	0	0	0	0
Regent University	10,168	5	0.49	1	2	1	1	0
Central Virginia Community College	3,410	1	0.29	0	0	0	1	0
Christopher Newport University	4,503	277	61.51	6	22	211	37	1
Mountain Gateway Community College	1,002	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0
Eastern Virginia Medical School	1,235	16	12.96	6	7	0	3	0
Emory & Henry College	1,364	56	41.06	1	7	42	6	0
Emory & Henry College - School of Health Sciences	-	1	-	0	0	0	1	0
Eastern Mennonite University	1,292	9	6.97	2	3	2	2	0
Ferrum College	767	17	22.16	0	5	7	5	0
George Mason University	39,527	285	7.21	13	26	186	58	2
George Mason University - Mason Square - Arlington Campus	-	1	-	0	1	0	0	0
George Mason University - Science and Technology Campus	-	3	-	0	1	0	2	0
Germanna Community College - Fredericksburg Area Campus	-	2	-	0	0	0	2	0
Germanna Community College - Fredericksburg Center for Advanced Technology	-	1	-	0	0	1	0	0
Hampden-Sydney College	876	42	47.95	0	3	37	2	0
Hampton University	3,649	74	20.28	2	8	63	1	0
Hollins University	782	2	2.56	0	1	0	0	1
J Sargeant Reynolds Community College - Kitchens	-	2	-	0	2	0	0	0
James Madison University	22,758	638	28.03	20	20	578	15	5
Liberty University	103,068	155	1.50	8	64	31	51	1
Longwood University	4,545	39	8.58	0	11	20	8	0
University of Lynchburg	2,592	87	33.56	0	11	66	10	0
Mary Baldwin University	1,792	16	8.93	0	1	11	1	3
Mary Baldwin University - Murphy Deming College of Health Sciences (MDCHS)	-	0	-	0	0	0	0	0
University of Mary Washington	3,808	46	12.08	0	4	42	0	0
Marymount University	3,667	35	9.54	0	2	30	3	0
Marymount University - Marymount University Ballston Center	-	0	-	0	0	0	0	0
New River Community College	4,156	1	0.24	0	0	0	1	0
Sentara College of Health Sciences	300	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0
Norfolk State University	6,045	175	28.95	8	9	133	25	0
Northern Virginia Community College	53,810	15	0.28	8	2	1	4	0
Northern Virginia Community College - Alexandria Campus	-	8	-	0	2	0	5	1
Northern Virginia Community College - Loudoun Campus	-	10	-	0	3	0	5	2
Northern Virginia Community College - Manassas Campus	-	2	-	1	1	0	0	0
Northern Virginia Community College - ELI/ Fairfax	-	0	-	0	0	0	0	0
Old Dominion University	22,541	352	15.62	18	40	272	22	0
Paul D Camp Community College - Smithfield Campus	-	0	-	0	0	0	0	0
Piedmont Virginia Community College	5,174	1	0.19	0	1	0	0	0
Radford University	7,531	128	17.00	15	11	89	13	0
Sylvain Melloul International Hair Academy	153	12	78.43	7	1	3	1	0
Randolph-Macon College	1,523	57	37.43	0	13	42	2	0
Randolph College	634	48	75.71	0	17	24	7	0
Richard Bland College	2,598	55	21.17	0	2	49	4	0
University of Richmond	3,776	59	15.63	1	8	41	7	2
Riverside College of Health Careers	325	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0
Roanoke College	1,835	60	32.70	2	5	52	1	0
Shenandoah University	4,343	25	5.76	0	3	20	2	0
Southern Virginia University	967	4	4.14	1	0	0	2	1
Southwest Virginia Community College	2,288	1	0.44	1	0	0	0	0
Strayer University-Virginia - Virginia Beach	-	0	-	0	0	0	0	0
Sweet Briar College	464	8	17.24	0	1	5	1	1
Virginia Peninsula Community College	6,127	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0
Tidewater Community College	15,912	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0
Tidewater Community College - Portsmouth Campus	-	1	-	0	1	0	0	0
Union Presbyterian Seminary	173	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0
University of Virginia's College at Wise	1,911	51	26.69	0	16	30	5	0
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	38,294	1,007	26.30	81	53	865	8	0
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University - Roanoke Higher Education Center	-	1	-	0	1	0	0	0
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University - Virginia Tech Newport News Center	-	1	-	0	1	0	0	0
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University - Richmond Center	-	1	-	0	1	0	0	0
Virginia Western Community College	6,170	3	0.49	0	0	0	3	0
Virginia Commonwealth University	28,238	511	18.10	31	61	300	110	9
Virginia Commonwealth University - MCV Campus	-	120	-	35	44	0	40	1
Virginia Commonwealth University - VCU Inova	-	7	-	0	7	0	0	0
University of Virginia-Main Campus	25,924	455	17.55	7	153	227	65	3
University of Virginia-Main Campus - University of Virginia Richmond Center	-	1	-	1	0	0	0	0
University of Virginia-Main Campus - Mountain Lake Biological Station	-	1	-	0	1	0	0	0
University of Virginia-Main Campus - UVA-Inova	-	40	-	9	23	0	7	1
Virginia Military Institute	1,560	25	16.03	0	3	19	2	1
Virginia State University	5,190	167	32.18	16	26	95	29	1
Virginia Union University	1,662	17	10.23	2	6	6	3	0
Virginia Wesleyan University	1,711	14	8.18	0	0	11	3	0
Washington and Lee University	2,277	103	45.23	2	7	92	2	0
Wytheville Community College	2,119	1	0.47	0	0	0	1	0
ECPI University - ECPI University - Norfolk (Culinary Institute of Virginia)	-	1	-	0	1	0	0	0
ECPI University - ECPI University - Richmond (Innsbrook)	-	0	-	0	0	0	0	0
Centura College-Newport News	210	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0
Virginia Beach City Public Schools School of Practical Nursing	65	2	30.77	2	0	0	0	0
Centura College-Chesapeake	225	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0
Divine Mercy University	442	1	2.26	0	1	0	0	0
Empire Beauty School-Richmond	70	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0
The Chrysm Institute of Esthetics - The Chrysm Institute of Esthetics, Hampton	-	1	-	0	0	0	1	0
The Esthetic Institute	107	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0
Total	1,148,989	5,701	4.96	311	754	3,990	610	36

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