How Safe and Secure Murray State University Campuses?

At Murray State University, 97 on-campus, 1 out-of-campus, 20 public property, 76 residence halls, and 5 on-campus fire campus safety/security issues are reported. By safety matters, 31 arrests, 30 criminal offenses, 45 disciplinary actions, 10 VAWA (Violence Against Women Act), and 1 hate crimes are reported. There is a total of 9,479 students enrolled in Murray State and the on-campus crime ratio is 102.33 per 10,000 students.

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Campus Safety/Security Matters

At Murray State University, 97 on-campus, 1 out-of-campus, 20 public property, 76 residence halls, and 5 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	31	12	-	19	7	-
Criminal Offenses	30	29	1	-	18	-
Disciplinary Actions	45	44	-	1	42	-
VAWA³	10	10	-	-	9	-
Hate Crimes	1	1	-	-	-	-
Total	117	97	1	20	76	-
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 Murray State University, 31 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	31	12	-	19	7
Weapons (carrying, processing, etc.)	-	0	0	0	0
Drug Law Violation	23	11	0	12	7
Liquor Law Violation	8	1	0	7	0

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

Criminal Offenses Statistics By Location and Types of Crime

At Murray State University, 30 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	30	29	1	-	18
Rape	12	12	-	-	10
Fondling	3	2	1	-	2
Aggravated Assault	2	2	-	-	1
Burglary	7	7	-	-	5
Motor Vehicle Theft	6	6	-	-	-

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

Disciplinary Action Statistics By Location and Violation Types

For students attending Murray State University, 45 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	45	44	-	1	42
Drug Law Violation	3	2	-	1	1
Liquor Law Violation	42	42	-	-	41

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 Murray State University, 10 VAWA are reported including domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking.

Disciplinary Action Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹
Total	10	10	-	-	9
Domestic Violence	7	7	0	0	7
Dating Violence	2	2	0	0	1
Stalking	1	1	0	0	1

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

Hate Crimes Statistics By Location, crime types, and bias

For students attending Murray State University, 1 hate crimes are reported.

Hate Crimes Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism	1	1	0	0	0
Bias Religion	1	1	0	0	0

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

Fires in Residence Halls

At Murray State University, 5 residence hall fires are reported.

Residence Hall Fires
	Number Of Fires	Category	Cause	Injuries/Deaths	Damage
Lee Clark College, Main Campus	1	Unintentional	Cooking	0/0	$0-$99
Elizabeth College, Main Campus	1	Unintentional	Cooking	0/0	$0-$99
Regents College, Main Campus	1	Unintentional	Heating equipment	0/0	$0-$99
White College, Main Campus	1	Unintentional	Cooking	0/0	$0-$99
College Courts, Main Campus	1	Unintentional	Cooking	0/0	$0-$99

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