How Safe and Secure Northwestern University Campuses?

At Northwestern University, 385 on-campus, 8 out-of-campus, 9 public property, 321 residence halls, and 3 on-campus fire campus safety/security issues are reported. By safety matters, 8 arrests, 59 criminal offenses, 320 disciplinary actions, 11 VAWA (Violence Against Women Act), and 2 hate crimes are reported. There is a total of 23,161 students enrolled in Northwestern and the on-campus crime ratio is 166.23 per 10,000 students.

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Campus Safety/Security Matters

At Northwestern University, 385 on-campus, 8 out-of-campus, 9 public property, 321 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	8	8	-	-	8	-
Criminal Offenses	59	48	7	4	21	-
Disciplinary Actions	320	315	1	4	287	-
VAWA³	11	10	-	1	5	-
Hate Crimes	2	2	-	-	-	-
Total	400	385	8	9	321	-
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 Northwestern University, 8 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	8	8	-	-	8
Weapons (carrying, processing, etc.)	-	0	0	0	0
Drug Law Violation	8	8	0	0	8
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 Northwestern University, 59 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	59	48	7	4	21
Rape	13	13	-	-	11
Fondling	1	1	-	-	1
Aggravated Assault	2	1	1	-	1
Burglary	34	33	1	-	8

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

Disciplinary Action Statistics By Location and Violation Types

For students attending Northwestern University, 320 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	320	315	1	4	287
Drug Law Violation	48	48	-	-	41
Liquor Law Violation	272	267	1	4	246

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 Northwestern University, 11 VAWA are reported including domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking.

Disciplinary Action Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹
Total	11	10	-	1	5
Domestic Violence	2	1	0	1	0
Dating Violence	1	1	0	0	1
Stalking	8	8	0	0	4

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

Hate Crimes Statistics By Location, crime types, and bias

For students attending Northwestern University, 2 hate crimes are reported.

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

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

Fires in Residence Halls

At Northwestern University, 3 residence hall fires are reported.

Residence Hall Fires
	Number Of Fires	Category	Cause	Injuries/Deaths	Damage
Sigma Chi, Main Campus	1	Unintentional	Other	0/0	$100-$999
College of Cultural and Community Studies, Main Campus	1	Unintentional	Other	0/0	$0-$99
Englehart Hall, Main Campus	1	Unintentional	Cooking	0/0	$0-$99

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