How Safe and Secure George Washington University Campuses?

At George Washington University, 444 on-campus, 46 out-of-campus, 54 public property, 401 residence halls, and 17 on-campus fire campus safety/security issues are reported. By safety matters, 34 arrests, 129 criminal offenses, 341 disciplinary actions, 30 VAWA (Violence Against Women Act), and 5 hate crimes are reported. There is a total of 25,939 students enrolled in GWU and the on-campus crime ratio is 171.17 per 10,000 students.

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Campus Safety/Security Matters

At George Washington University, 444 on-campus, 46 out-of-campus, 54 public property, 401 residence halls, and 17 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	34	11	-	23	10	-
Criminal Offenses	129	70	33	26	40	-
Disciplinary Actions	341	335	4	2	328	-
VAWA³	30	18	9	3	13	-
Hate Crimes	5	5	-	-	5	-
Total	539	444	46	54	401	-
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 George Washington University, 34 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
Total	34	11	-	23	10
Weapons (carrying, processing, etc.)	16	0	0	16	0
Drug Law Violation	18	11	0	7	10
Liquor Law Violation	-	0	0	0	0

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

Criminal Offenses Statistics By Location and Types of Crime

At George Washington University, 129 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
Total	129	70	33	26	40
Rape	33	25	8	-	24
Fondling	21	11	5	5	6
Robbery	34	14	10	10	-
Aggravated Assault	16	6	3	7	2
Burglary	19	13	6	-	8
Motor Vehicle Theft	6	1	1	4	-

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

Disciplinary Action Statistics By Location and Violation Types

For students attending George Washington University, 341 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
Total	341	335	4	2	328
Weapons (carrying, processing, etc.)	16	14	-	2	12
Drug Law Violation	147	147	-	-	146
Liquor Law Violation	178	174	4	-	170

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

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

For students attending George Washington University, 30 VAWA are reported including domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking.

Disciplinary Action Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹
Total	30	18	9	3	13
Domestic Violence	10	4	4	2	4
Dating Violence	5	5	0	0	4
Stalking	15	9	5	1	5

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

Hate Crimes Statistics By Location, crime types, and bias

For students attending George Washington University, 5 hate crimes are reported.

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

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

Fires in Residence Halls

At George Washington University, 17 residence hall fires are reported.

Residence Hall Fires
	Number Of Fires	Category	Cause	Injuries/Deaths	Damage
1959 E Street, Main Campus	3	Unintentional	Cooking	0/0	$0-$99
1959 E Street, Main Campus	3	Unintentional	Cooking	0/0	$0-$99
1959 E Street, Main Campus	3	Unintentional	Cooking	0/0	$100-$999
Dakota, Main Campus	1	Unintentional	Cooking	0/0	$100-$999
Fulbright, Main Campus	1	Unintentional	Smoking materials	2/0	$1,000-$9,999
Shenkman Hall, Main Campus	2	Unintentional	Cooking	0/0	$0-$99
Shenkman Hall, Main Campus	2	Unintentional	Cooking	0/0	$0-$99
Mitchell, Main Campus	1	Unintentional	Cooking	0/0	$0-$99
Munson, Main Campus	1	Unintentional	Open flames	0/0	$1,000-$9,999

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