How Safe and Secure University of Southern California Campuses?

At University of Southern California, 599 on-campus, 188 out-of-campus, 15 public property, 513 residence halls, and 3 on-campus fire campus safety/security issues are reported. By safety matters, 33 arrests, 125 criminal offenses, 664 disciplinary actions, 20 VAWA (Violence Against Women Act), and 7 hate crimes are reported. There is a total of 48,945 students enrolled in USC and the on-campus crime ratio is 122.38 per 10,000 students.

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Campus Safety/Security Matters

At University of Southern California, 599 on-campus, 188 out-of-campus, 15 public property, 513 residence halls, and 3 on-campus fire were reported. The next table summarizes campus safety/security matters by location and types.

Campus Safety/Security Issues
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Reported²
Arrests	33	5	7	2	1	19
Criminal Offenses	125	52	33	10	12	30
Disciplinary Actions	664	519	144	1	488	-
VAWA³	20	11	2	2	6	5
Hate Crimes	7	6	1	-	3	-
Total	903	599	188	15	513	54
¹ The counts on Residence Halls are included in on-campus statistics.
² Reported by local police
³ VAWA: Violence Against Women Act

Arrests Statistics By Location and Violation Types

For students attending University of Southern California, 33 arrests are reported including weapons: carrying, possessing, etc., drug law violation, and liquor law violation.

Arrests Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Reported²
Total	33	5	7	2	1	19
Weapons (carrying, processing, etc.)	7	1	2	0	1	4
Drug Law Violation	18	4	5	2	0	7
Liquor Law Violation	8	0	0	0	0	8

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

² Reported by local police

Criminal Offenses Statistics By Location and Types of Crime

At University of Southern California, 125 criminal offenses are reported including rape, fondling, incest, statutory rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, motor vehicle theft, and arson.

Criminal Offenses Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Reported²
Total	125	52	33	10	12	30
Murder/Non-negligent manslaughter	1	1	-	-	-	0
Rape	22	10	7	-	8	5
Fondling	18	7	6	3	1	2
Robbery	18	2	2	6	-	8
Aggravated Assault	8	2	1	1	1	4
Burglary	42	26	12	-	2	4
Motor Vehicle Theft	14	4	3	-	-	7

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

² Reported by local police

Disciplinary Action Statistics By Location and Violation Types

For students attending University of Southern California, 664 disciplinary actions are reported including weapons: carrying, possessing, etc., drug law violation, and liquor law violation.

Disciplinary Action Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Reported²
Total	664	519	144	1	488	-
Weapons (carrying, processing, etc.)	6	3	3	-	1	0
Drug Law Violation	37	31	6	-	31	0
Liquor Law Violation	621	485	135	1	456	0

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

² Reported by local police

Violence Against Women Act(VAWA) Statistics By Location and Violation Types

For students attending University of Southern California, 20 VAWA are reported including domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking.

Disciplinary Action Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Reported²
Total	20	11	2	2	6	5
Domestic Violence	6	1	0	2	1	3
Dating Violence	3	1	0	0	1	2
Stalking	11	9	2	0	4	0

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

² Reported by local police

Hate Crimes Statistics By Location, crime types, and bias

For students attending University of Southern California, 7 hate crimes are reported.

Hate Crimes Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Reported²
Simple Assault	2	1	1	0	1	0
Bias Race	1	1	0	0	1	0
Bias Sexual Orientation	1	0	1	0	0	0
Intimidation	2	2	0	0	1	0
Bias Religion	1	1	0	0	1	0
Bias Ethnicity	1	1	0	0	0	0
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism	3	3	0	0	1	0
Bias Religion	1	1	0	0	1	0
Bias Nation Origin	2	2	0	0	0	0

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

² Reported by local police

Fires in Residence Halls

At University of Southern California, 3 residence hall fires are reported.

Residence Hall Fires
	Number Of Fires	Category	Cause	Injuries/Deaths	Damage
Internationally Themed Residence, University Park Campus	1	Unintentional	Cooking	0/0	$100-$999
College Residence Hall, University Park Campus	1	Undetermined		0/0	$0-$99
La Sorbonne Apartments, University Park Campus	1	Unintentional	Cooking	0/0	$0-$99

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