How Safe and Secure Harvard University Campuses?

At Harvard University, 187 on-campus, 2 out-of-campus, 59 public property, 128 residence halls, and 2 on-campus fire campus safety/security issues are reported. By safety matters, 5 arrests, 154 criminal offenses, 34 disciplinary actions, 41 VAWA (Violence Against Women Act), and 7 hate crimes are reported. There is a total of 30,631 students enrolled in Harvard and the on-campus crime ratio is 61.05 per 10,000 students.

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Campus Safety/Security Matters

At Harvard University, 187 on-campus, 2 out-of-campus, 59 public property, 128 residence halls, and 2 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	5	1	-	4	-	-
Criminal Offenses	154	110	-	44	75	-
Disciplinary Actions	34	33	-	1	33	-
VAWA³	41	41	-	-	20	-
Hate Crimes	7	1	1	5	-	-
Total	241	187	2	59	128	-
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 Harvard University, 5 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	5	1	-	4	-
Weapons (carrying, processing, etc.)	-	0	0	0	0
Drug Law Violation	4	1	0	3	0
Liquor Law Violation	1	0	0	1	0

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

Criminal Offenses Statistics By Location and Types of Crime

At Harvard University, 154 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	154	110	-	44	75
Rape	28	27	-	1	24
Fondling	16	10	-	6	5
Aggravated Assault	23	2	-	21	-
Burglary	70	70	-	-	46
Motor Vehicle Theft	7	1	-	6	-

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

Disciplinary Action Statistics By Location and Violation Types

For students attending Harvard University, 34 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	34	33	-	1	33
Weapons (carrying, processing, etc.)	1	1	-	-	1
Drug Law Violation	12	12	-	-	12
Liquor Law Violation	21	20	-	1	20

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 Harvard University, 41 VAWA are reported including domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking.

Disciplinary Action Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹
Total	41	41	-	-	20
Domestic Violence	2	2	0	0	2
Dating Violence	26	26	0	0	16
Stalking	13	13	0	0	2

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

Hate Crimes Statistics By Location, crime types, and bias

For students attending Harvard University, 7 hate crimes are reported.

Hate Crimes Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹
Aggravated Assault	2	0	0	2	0
Bias Race	1	0	0	1	0
Bias Sexual Orientation	1	0	0	1	0
Simple Assault	1	0	0	1	0
Bias Nation Origin	1	0	0	1	0
Intimidation	3	1	1	1	0
Bias Race	3	1	1	1	0
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism	1	0	0	1	0
Bias Race	1	0	0	1	0

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

Fires in Residence Halls

At Harvard University, 2 residence hall fires are reported.

Residence Hall Fires
	Number Of Fires	Category	Cause	Injuries/Deaths	Damage
Cabot House, Cambridge Campus	1	Unintentional	Cooking	0/0	$100-$999
3 Sacramento Street, Cambridge Campus	1	Unintentional	Cooking	0/0	$0-$99

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