Boston University Campus Safety and Security

Campus Safety/Security Matters

At Boston University, 863 on-campus, 3 out-of-campus, 61 public property, 830 residence halls, and 12 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	45	8	-	37	5	-
Criminal Offenses	66	44	1	21	25	-
Disciplinary Actions	786	784	2	-	784	-
VAWA³	30	27	-	3	16	-
Hate Crimes	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	927	863	3	61	830	-
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 University, 45 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	45	8	-	37	5
Weapons (carrying, processing, etc.)	2	2	0	0	2
Drug Law Violation	2	2	0	0	0
Liquor Law Violation	41	4	0	37	3

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

Criminal Offenses Statistics By Location and Types of Crime

At Boston University, 66 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	66	44	1	21	25
Rape	13	13	-	-	12
Fondling	5	4	-	1	3
Aggravated Assault	7	4	-	3	2
Burglary	22	21	1	-	7
Motor Vehicle Theft	9	1	-	8	-
Arson	1	1	-	-	1

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

Disciplinary Action Statistics By Location and Violation Types

For students attending Boston University, 786 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	786	784	2	-	784
Weapons (carrying, processing, etc.)	6	6	-	-	6
Drug Law Violation	9	9	-	-	9
Liquor Law Violation	771	769	2	-	769

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 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	27	-	3	16
Domestic Violence	7	7	0	0	4
Dating Violence	8	5	0	3	4
Stalking	15	15	0	0	8

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

Hate Crimes Statistics By Location, crime types, and bias

There is no reported hate crimes at Boston University.

Fires in Residence Halls

At Boston University, 12 residence hall fires are reported.

Residence Hall Fires
	Number Of Fires	Category	Cause	Injuries/Deaths	Damage
Sleeper Hall, Boston University Charles River Campus	1	Unintentional	Smoking materials	0/0	$0-$99
Kilachand Hall, Boston University Charles River Campus	1	Unintentional	Other	0/0	$0-$99
824 Beacon St, Boston University Charles River Campus	1	Unintentional	Cooking	0/0	$0-$99
830 Beacon St, Boston University Charles River Campus	1	Unintentional	Cooking	0/0	$0-$99
832 Beacon St, Boston University Charles River Campus	1	Undetermined		0/0	$0-$99
850 Beacon St, Boston University Charles River Campus	1	Unintentional	Machinery/Industrial	0/0	$0-$99
Student Village, Boston University Charles River Campus	1	Intentional	Student used lighter to set fire to a poster	0/0	$0-$99
17 Buswell St, Boston University Charles River Campus	1	Unintentional	Cooking	0/0	$0-$99
34 Buswell St, Boston University Charles River Campus	1	Unintentional	Cooking	0/0	$0-$99
Warren Towers, Boston University Charles River Campus	1	Unintentional	Electrical	0/0	$1,000-$9,999
46 Mountfort St, Boston University Charles River Campus	1	Unintentional	Cooking	0/0	$0-$99
96 Mountfort St, Boston University Charles River Campus	1	Unintentional	Cooking	0/0	$0-$99

How Safe and Secure Boston University Campuses?

Campus Safety/Security Matters

Arrests Statistics By Location and Violation Types

Criminal Offenses Statistics By Location and Types of Crime

Disciplinary Action Statistics By Location and Violation Types

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

Hate Crimes Statistics By Location, crime types, and bias

Fires in Residence Halls

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