19,185 VAWA Occured at U.S. College Campuses

For the calendar year 2023, 19,185 VAWA occured at U.S. colleges. The VAWA rate per 1,000 students is 0.24 at U.S college campues. By violation type, there were 4,946 domestic violences, 4,613 dating violences, and 9,626 stalking VAWA cases.

Of the 17,010 total on-campus VAWA at U.S. colleges,

21.95% were domestic violences, and the on-campus domestaic violence rate per 1,000 students is 0.05.
24.87% were dating violences, and the on-campus dating violence rate per 1,000 students is 0.05.
53.18% were stalking related, and the on-campus stalking rate per 1,000 students is 0.11.

For all VAWA cases, there were 17,010 on-campus, 1,052 non-campus, 1,123 public property, and 8,426 residence hall VAWA occured last year. (The number for on-campus VAWA includes residence hall VAWA).

VAWA statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Rate per 1000 Students
Total	19,185	17,010	1,052	1,123	8,426	0.24
Domestic Violence	4,946	3,733	486	727	2,179	0.06
Dating Violence	4,613	4,231	179	203	3,100	0.06
Stalking	9,626	9,046	387	193	3,147	0.12
Rate Per 1000 Students	0.24	0.22	0.01	0.01	0.11	-

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

VAWA Statistics by State

The following table summarizes and compares the number of VAWA. 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 VAWA by State
State	Enrollment	Total VAWA	Rate per 1000 Students	Domestic Violence	Dating Violence	Stalking
Alaska	279,062	97	0.37	25	0	72
Alabama	1,036,569	263	0.28	116	50	97
Arkansas	313,492	103	0.36	20	36	47
American Samoa	3,770	0	0.00	0	0	0
Arizona	2,332,432	167	0.08	54	19	94
California	7,152,807	1,444	0.25	381	187	876
Colorado	727,476	282	0.41	47	84	151
Connecticut	872,933	261	0.33	47	106	108
District of Columbia	820,203	133	0.19	14	37	82
Delaware	269,642	46	0.25	3	21	22
Florida	8,356,879	442	0.06	57	121	264
Federated States of Micronesia	10,440	0	0.00	0	0	0
Georgia	2,055,690	462	0.23	64	163	235
Guam	4,400	0	0.00	0	0	0
Hawaii	210,445	55	0.28	9	20	26
Iowa	856,257	301	0.38	30	53	218
Idaho	400,141	67	0.24	14	1	52
Illinois	2,155,191	712	0.41	238	113	361
Indiana	4,972,568	625	0.13	88	159	378
Kansas	804,101	171	0.23	38	37	96
Kentucky	1,534,562	229	0.16	31	90	108
Louisiana	718,413	215	0.35	28	81	106
Massachusetts	1,318,321	389	0.36	87	112	190
Maryland	1,583,194	305	0.22	42	92	171
Maine	223,528	60	0.29	4	28	28
Marshall Islands	2,432	0	0.00	0	0	0
Michigan	1,713,421	464	0.29	121	82	261
Minnesota	731,592	271	0.42	24	78	169
Missouri	1,527,782	275	0.20	110	34	131
Northern Marianas	3,759	0	0.00	0	0	0
Mississippi	440,020	154	0.38	45	42	67
Montana	199,626	64	0.33	13	10	41
North Carolina	1,891,977	692	0.44	64	257	371
North Dakota	115,435	21	0.20	5	5	11
Nebraska	416,442	100	0.27	23	30	47
New Hampshire	276,434	85	0.32	20	11	54
New Jersey	1,786,503	391	0.25	216	54	121
New Mexico	406,837	173	0.45	84	8	81
Nevada	561,178	69	0.14	25	19	25
New York	4,053,066	1,279	0.36	135	572	572
Ohio	1,607,197	523	0.37	44	163	316
Oklahoma	564,998	138	0.28	54	27	57
Oregon	808,927	168	0.23	43	27	98
Pennsylvania	1,813,706	1,037	0.61	483	232	322
Puerto Rico	773,423	18	0.08	4	1	13
Palau	387	0	0.00	0	0	0
Rhode Island	206,283	60	0.32	19	13	28
South Carolina	955,729	119	0.14	12	44	63
South Dakota	70,851	30	0.48	2	11	17
Tennessee	934,663	292	0.36	101	24	167
Texas	10,555,094	2,013	0.20	388	332	1,293
Utah	1,762,033	420	0.25	54	180	186
Virginia	2,843,961	610	0.24	56	215	339
Virgin Islands	33,655	0	0.00	0	0	0
Vermont	70,044	59	0.86	10	12	37
Washington	1,135,958	301	0.31	59	54	188
Wisconsin	1,063,457	219	0.22	28	66	125
West Virginia	288,137	102	0.37	45	12	45
Wyoming	48,052	34	0.73	9	6	19
Total	78,675,575	19,185	0.24	3,733	4,231	9,046

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