How Safe and Secure Michigan State University Campuses?

At Michigan State University, 2,400 on-campus, 1 out-of-campus, 4 public property, 1,908 residence halls, and 3 on-campus fire campus safety/security issues are reported. By safety matters, 540 arrests, 143 criminal offenses, 1,665 disciplinary actions, 53 VAWA (Violence Against Women Act), and 2 hate crimes are reported. There is a total of 50,023 students enrolled in MSU and the on-campus crime ratio is 479.78 per 10,000 students.

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Campus Safety/Security Matters

At Michigan State University, 2,400 on-campus, 1 out-of-campus, 4 public property, 1,908 residence halls, and 3 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	540	536	-	4	138	-
Criminal Offenses	143	142	1	-	75	-
Disciplinary Actions	1,665	1,665	-	-	1,664	-
VAWA³	53	53	-	-	31	-
Hate Crimes	2	2	-	-	-	-
Total	2,403	2,400	1	4	1,908	-
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 Michigan State University, 540 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	540	536	-	4	138
Weapons (carrying, processing, etc.)	24	24	0	0	5
Drug Law Violation	130	130	0	0	56
Liquor Law Violation	386	382	0	4	77

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

Criminal Offenses Statistics By Location and Types of Crime

At Michigan State University, 143 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	143	142	1	-	75
Rape	17	17	-	-	15
Fondling	6	6	-	-	5
Robbery	10	9	1	-	4
Aggravated Assault	12	12	-	-	3
Burglary	73	73	-	-	48
Motor Vehicle Theft	25	25	-	-	-

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

Disciplinary Action Statistics By Location and Violation Types

For students attending Michigan State University, 1,665 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	1,665	1,665	-	-	1,664
Weapons (carrying, processing, etc.)	3	3	-	-	3
Drug Law Violation	662	662	-	-	662
Liquor Law Violation	1,000	1,000	-	-	999

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 Michigan State University, 53 VAWA are reported including domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking.

Disciplinary Action Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹
Total	53	53	-	-	31
Domestic Violence	7	7	0	0	4
Dating Violence	17	17	0	0	11
Stalking	29	29	0	0	16

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

Hate Crimes Statistics By Location, crime types, and bias

For students attending Michigan State University, 2 hate crimes are reported.

Hate Crimes Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism	2	2	0	0	0
Bias Race	1	1	0	0	0
Bias Sexual Orientation	1	1	0	0	0

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

Fires in Residence Halls

At Michigan State University, 3 residence hall fires are reported.

Residence Hall Fires
	Number Of Fires	Category	Cause	Injuries/Deaths	Damage
Spartan Village Apartments, Main Campus	1	Unintentional	Cooking	0/0	$100-$999
Mason-Abbot, Main Campus	1	Unintentional	Open flames	0/0	$1,000-$9,999
Wonders, Main Campus	1	Unintentional	Other	0/0	$100-$999

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