How Safe and Secure Boston College Campuses?

At Boston College, 1,837 on-campus, 4 public property, 1,728 residence halls, and 5 on-campus fire campus safety/security issues are reported. By safety matters, 3 arrests, 56 criminal offenses, 1,755 disciplinary actions, 25 VAWA (Violence Against Women Act), and 1 hate crimes are reported. There is a total of 15,287 students enrolled in Boston and the on-campus crime ratio is 1,201.67 per 10,000 students.

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Campus Safety/Security Matters

At Boston College, 1,837 on-campus, 4 public property, 1,728 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	3	3	-	-	1	-
Criminal Offenses	56	53	-	3	42	-
Disciplinary Actions	1,755	1,755	-	-	1,666	-
VAWA³	25	24	-	1	17	-
Hate Crimes	1	1	-	-	1	-
Total	1,840	1,837	-	4	1,728	-
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 Boston College, 3 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	3	3	-	-	1
Weapons (carrying, processing, etc.)	-	0	-	0	0
Drug Law Violation	2	2	-	0	1
Liquor Law Violation	1	1	-	0	0

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

Criminal Offenses Statistics By Location and Types of Crime

At Boston College, 56 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	56	53	-	3	42
Rape	28	27	-	1	25
Fondling	7	6	-	1	5
Aggravated Assault	1	1	-	-	1
Burglary	15	15	-	-	11
Motor Vehicle Theft	2	1	-	1	-
Arson	3	3	-	-	-

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

Disciplinary Action Statistics By Location and Violation Types

For students attending Boston College, 1,755 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	1,755	1,755	-	-	1,666
Weapons (carrying, processing, etc.)	6	6	-	-	5
Drug Law Violation	176	176	-	-	155
Liquor Law Violation	1,573	1,573	-	-	1,506

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 Boston College, 25 VAWA are reported including domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking.

Disciplinary Action Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹
Total	25	24	-	1	17
Domestic Violence	16	15	-	1	11
Dating Violence	5	5	-	0	5
Stalking	4	4	-	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 Boston College, 1 hate crimes are reported.

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

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

Fires in Residence Halls

At Boston College, 5 residence hall fires are reported.

Residence Hall Fires
	Number Of Fires	Category	Cause	Injuries/Deaths	Damage
Edmonds Hall, Main Campus	1	Unintentional	Cooking	0/0	$0-$99
Modular Housing Units, Main Campus	1	Unintentional	Cooking	0/0	$100-$999
Voute, Main Campus	1	Unintentional	Cooking	0/0	$0-$99
Ignacio, Main Campus	1	Unintentional	Cooking	0/0	$0-$99
Claver/Loyola/Xavier, Main Campus	1	Unintentional	Electrical	1/0	$0-$99

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