Mississippi State Campus Safety and Security

Campus Safety/Security Matters

At Mississippi State University, 203 on-campus, 1 out-of-campus, 11 public property, 123 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	65	54	-	11	9	-
Criminal Offenses	33	32	1	-	17	-
Disciplinary Actions	106	106	-	-	95	-
VAWA³	11	11	-	-	2	-
Hate Crimes	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	215	203	1	11	123	-
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 Mississippi State University, 65 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	65	54	-	11	9
Weapons (carrying, processing, etc.)	5	5	0	0	0
Drug Law Violation	45	34	0	11	5
Liquor Law Violation	15	15	0	0	4

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

Criminal Offenses Statistics By Location and Types of Crime

At Mississippi State University, 33 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	33	32	1	-	17
Rape	17	17	-	-	9
Fondling	2	1	1	-	1
Burglary	12	12	-	-	7
Motor Vehicle Theft	2	2	-	-	-

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

Disciplinary Action Statistics By Location and Violation Types

For students attending Mississippi State University, 106 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	106	106	-	-	95
Weapons (carrying, processing, etc.)	1	1	-	-	1
Drug Law Violation	25	25	-	-	16
Liquor Law Violation	80	80	-	-	78

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 Mississippi State University, 11 VAWA are reported including domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking.

Disciplinary Action Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹
Total	11	11	-	-	2
Domestic Violence	1	1	0	0	0
Dating Violence	5	5	0	0	2
Stalking	5	5	0	0	0

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 Mississippi State University.

Fires in Residence Halls

At Mississippi State University, 2 residence hall fires are reported.

Residence Hall Fires
	Number Of Fires	Category	Cause	Injuries/Deaths	Damage
Critz, Main Campus	1	Unintentional	Other	0/0	$0-$99
Sessums, Main Campus	1	Unintentional	Cooking	0/0	$100-$999

How Safe and Secure Mississippi State 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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