20,896 Arrests Occured at U.S. College Campuses

For the calendar year 2023, 20,896 arrests made at U.S. colleges. The arrest rate per 1,000 students is 0.27 at U.S college campues. By violation type, there were 2,260 weapon-related arrests, 10,197 drug law violation arrests, and 8,439 liquor law violation arrests.

Of the 14,123 total on-campus arrests at U.S. colleges,

9.81% were weapon-related, and the on-campus weapon-related arrests rate per 1,000 students is 0.02.
46.19% were drug law violation arrests, and the on-campus durg law violation arrest per 1,000 students is 0.08.
44.00% were liquor law vioation arrests, and the on-campus liquor law violation arrest rate per 1,000 students is 0.08.

For all arrests, there were 14,123 on-campus, 973 non-campus, 5,800 public property, and 5,178 residence hall arrests made last year. (The number for on-campus arrests includes residence hall arrests).

Arrests statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Rate per 1000 Students
Total	20,896	14,123	973	5,800	5,178	0.27
Weapons (carrying, processing, etc.)	2,260	1,385	136	739	278	0.03
Drug Law Violation	10,197	6,524	554	3,119	1,792	0.13
Liquor Law Violation	8,439	6,214	283	1,942	3,108	0.11
Rate Per 1000 Students	0.27	0.18	0.01	0.07	0.07	-

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

Arrests Statistics by State

The following table summarizes and compares the number of arrests. It only includes on-campus incidents, excluding ones at non-campus and pubic properties. You can sort the table by each column by touching/clicking the column title.

Last Update: April 22, 2025 | Data source: CSS (Campus Safety and Security), OPE

On-campus Arrests by State
State	Enrollment	Total Arrests	Rate per 1000 Students	Weapons (carrying, processing, etc.)	Drug Law Violation	Liquor Law Violation
Alaska	279,062	16	0.10	1	12	3
Alabama	1,036,569	210	0.32	14	157	39
Arkansas	313,492	258	1.15	28	141	89
American Samoa	3,770	0	0.00	0	0	0
Arizona	2,332,432	398	0.21	6	217	175
California	7,152,807	1,188	0.24	250	853	85
Colorado	727,476	368	0.66	45	150	173
Connecticut	872,933	20	0.05	12	7	1
District of Columbia	820,203	2	0.05	0	2	0
Delaware	269,642	18	0.26	8	8	2
Florida	8,356,879	254	0.06	39	144	71
Federated States of Micronesia	10,440	4	2.11	1	0	3
Georgia	2,055,690	448	0.32	83	205	160
Guam	4,400	0	0.00	0	0	0
Hawaii	210,445	6	0.06	1	5	0
Iowa	856,257	315	0.69	6	115	194
Idaho	400,141	71	0.34	2	38	31
Illinois	2,155,191	150	0.16	45	49	56
Indiana	4,972,568	1,110	0.30	20	403	687
Kansas	804,101	183	0.37	8	115	60
Kentucky	1,534,562	226	0.21	13	188	25
Louisiana	718,413	307	0.52	43	190	74
Massachusetts	1,318,321	100	0.14	11	11	78
Maryland	1,583,194	60	0.06	11	39	10
Maine	223,528	2	0.07	0	1	1
Marshall Islands	2,432	0	0.00	0	0	0
Michigan	1,713,421	61	0.17	22	20	19
Minnesota	731,592	111	0.29	12	41	58
Missouri	1,527,782	268	0.33	30	111	127
Northern Marianas	3,759	0	0.00	0	0	0
Mississippi	440,020	142	0.45	24	97	21
Montana	199,626	187	1.14	1	48	138
North Carolina	1,891,977	638	0.49	143	294	201
North Dakota	115,435	79	1.49	3	21	55
Nebraska	416,442	158	0.58	7	80	71
New Hampshire	276,434	146	0.90	0	4	142
New Jersey	1,786,503	62	0.08	31	21	10
New Mexico	406,837	124	0.34	10	56	58
Nevada	561,178	77	0.16	17	48	12
New York	4,053,066	101	0.06	50	36	15
Ohio	1,607,197	396	0.39	18	124	254
Oklahoma	564,998	127	0.41	15	67	45
Oregon	808,927	64	0.13	12	15	37
Pennsylvania	1,813,706	1,147	0.85	29	298	820
Puerto Rico	773,423	1	0.03	1	0	0
Palau	387	0	0.00	0	0	0
Rhode Island	206,283	37	0.20	1	0	36
South Carolina	955,729	630	0.82	88	262	280
South Dakota	70,851	218	4.67	0	35	183
Tennessee	934,663	289	0.56	31	153	105
Texas	10,555,094	2,262	0.27	89	1,230	943
Utah	1,762,033	167	0.16	7	107	53
Virginia	2,843,961	311	0.16	65	78	168
Virgin Islands	33,655	0	0.00	0	0	0
Vermont	70,044	4	0.11	1	0	3
Washington	1,135,958	69	0.07	5	19	45
Wisconsin	1,063,457	201	0.32	23	132	46
West Virginia	288,137	120	0.71	2	38	80
Wyoming	48,052	212	5.08	1	39	172
Total	78,675,575	20,896	0.27	1,385	6,524	6,214

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