How Safe and Secure Grand Valley State University Campuses?

At Grand Valley State University, 266 on-campus, 11 out-of-campus, 31 public property, 191 residence halls, and 8 on-campus fire campus safety/security issues are reported. By safety matters, 231 arrests, 31 criminal offenses, 15 disciplinary actions, 29 VAWA (Violence Against Women Act), and 1 hate crimes are reported. There is a total of 21,648 students enrolled in GVSU and the on-campus crime ratio is 122.88 per 10,000 students.

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Campus Safety/Security Matters

At Grand Valley State University, 266 on-campus, 11 out-of-campus, 31 public property, 191 residence halls, and 8 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	231	198	4	29	149	-
Criminal Offenses	31	25	4	2	14	-
Disciplinary Actions	15	14	1	-	13	-
VAWA³	29	27	2	-	13	-
Hate Crimes	1	1	-	-	1	-
Total	307	266	11	31	191	-
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 Grand Valley State University, 231 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	231	198	4	29	149
Weapons (carrying, processing, etc.)	1	1	0	0	0
Drug Law Violation	62	50	1	11	42
Liquor Law Violation	168	147	3	18	107

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

Criminal Offenses Statistics By Location and Types of Crime

At Grand Valley State University, 31 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	31	25	4	2	14
Rape	5	3	2	-	3
Fondling	8	7	-	1	4
Robbery	1	1	-	-	-
Aggravated Assault	5	4	-	1	1
Burglary	9	8	1	-	6
Motor Vehicle Theft	3	2	1	-	-

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

Disciplinary Action Statistics By Location and Violation Types

For students attending Grand Valley State University, 15 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	15	14	1	-	13
Weapons (carrying, processing, etc.)	1	1	-	-	1
Drug Law Violation	8	7	1	-	7
Liquor Law Violation	6	6	-	-	5

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 Grand Valley State University, 29 VAWA are reported including domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking.

Disciplinary Action Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹
Total	29	27	2	-	13
Domestic Violence	9	8	1	0	6
Dating Violence	4	3	1	0	3
Stalking	16	16	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 Grand Valley 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	1
Bias Sexual Orientation	1	1	0	0	1

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

Fires in Residence Halls

At Grand Valley State University, 8 residence hall fires are reported.

Residence Hall Fires
	Number Of Fires	Category	Cause	Injuries/Deaths	Damage
Holton Hooker Learning and Living Center, Allendale Campus	1	Unintentional	Smoking materials	0/0	$100-$999
Murray Living Center, Allendale Campus	1	Unintentional	Electrical	0/0	$1,000-$9,999
VanSteeland Living Center, Allendale Campus	1	Unintentional	Cooking	0/0	$100-$999
Laker Village Apartments North, Allendale Campus	2	Unintentional	Cooking	0/0	$0-$99
Laker Village Apartments North, Allendale Campus	2	Unintentional	Cooking	0/0	$100-$999
Winter Hall, Robert C. Pew Campus (Grand Rapids)	1	Unintentional	Heating equipment	0/0	$0-$99

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