How Safe and Secure Montana State University Campuses?

At Montana State University, 516 on-campus, 32 out-of-campus, 16 public property, 392 residence halls, and 7 on-campus fire campus safety/security issues are reported. By safety matters, 113 arrests, 38 criminal offenses, 386 disciplinary actions, 9 VAWA (Violence Against Women Act), and 9 hate crimes are reported. There is a total of 16,681 students enrolled in MSU and the on-campus crime ratio is 309.33 per 10,000 students.

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Campus Safety/Security Matters

At Montana State University, 516 on-campus, 32 out-of-campus, 16 public property, 392 residence halls, and 7 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	113	98	6	9	42	-
Criminal Offenses	38	30	8	-	24	-
Disciplinary Actions	386	367	12	7	316	-
VAWA³	9	9	-	-	8	-
Hate Crimes	9	6	3	-	1	-
Total	555	516	32	16	392	-
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 Montana State University, 113 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	113	98	6	9	42
Weapons (carrying, processing, etc.)	-	0	0	0	0
Drug Law Violation	63	57	0	6	27
Liquor Law Violation	50	41	6	3	15

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

Criminal Offenses Statistics By Location and Types of Crime

At Montana State University, 38 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	38	30	8	-	24
Rape	21	15	6	-	14
Fondling	2	1	1	-	1
Aggravated Assault	2	1	1	-	1
Burglary	4	4	-	-	4
Motor Vehicle Theft	4	4	-	-	-
Arson	5	5	-	-	4

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

Disciplinary Action Statistics By Location and Violation Types

For students attending Montana State University, 386 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	386	367	12	7	316
Weapons (carrying, processing, etc.)	3	1	2	-	1
Drug Law Violation	85	80	-	5	61
Liquor Law Violation	298	286	10	2	254

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 Montana State University, 9 VAWA are reported including domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking.

Disciplinary Action Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹
Total	9	9	-	-	8
Domestic Violence	2	2	0	0	2
Dating Violence	-	0	0	0	0
Stalking	7	7	0	0	6

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

Hate Crimes Statistics By Location, crime types, and bias

For students attending Montana State University, 9 hate crimes are reported.

Hate Crimes Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹
Intimidation	7	4	3	0	0
Bias Race	6	3	3	0	0
Bias Gender Identity	1	1	0	0	0
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism	2	2	0	0	1
Bias Race	1	1	0	0	0
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 Montana State University, 7 residence hall fires are reported.

Residence Hall Fires
	Number Of Fires	Category	Cause	Injuries/Deaths	Damage
South Hedges Hall, Main Campus	1	Intentional	Burned corner of poster	0/0	$0-$99
Langford Hall, Main Campus	2	Intentional	Burned door decorations	0/0	$0-$99
Langford Hall, Main Campus	2	Intentional	Burned rubber strip and painted wall	0/0	$0-$99
Julia Martin West, Main Campus	1	Intentional	Burned couch	0/0	$100-$999
Madison Hall, Main Campus	1	Unintentional	Cooking	0/0	$0-$99

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