How Safe and Secure Rutgers University-New Brunswick Campuses?

At Rutgers University-New Brunswick, 550 on-campus, 30 out-of-campus, 57 public property, 342 residence halls, and 13 on-campus fire campus safety/security issues are reported. By safety matters, 290 arrests, 77 criminal offenses, 168 disciplinary actions, 94 VAWA (Violence Against Women Act), and 4 hate crimes are reported. There is a total of 50,637 students enrolled in Rutgers and the on-campus crime ratio is 108.62 per 10,000 students.

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Campus Safety/Security Matters

At Rutgers University-New Brunswick, 550 on-campus, 30 out-of-campus, 57 public property, 342 residence halls, and 13 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	290	219	22	49	64	-
Criminal Offenses	77	73	2	2	43	-
Disciplinary Actions	168	167	1	-	164	-
VAWA³	94	85	3	6	65	-
Hate Crimes	4	3	1	-	3	-
Total	633	550	30	57	342	-
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 Rutgers University-New Brunswick, 290 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	290	219	22	49	64
Weapons (carrying, processing, etc.)	15	9	0	6	4
Drug Law Violation	235	172	22	41	58
Liquor Law Violation	40	38	0	2	2

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

Criminal Offenses Statistics By Location and Types of Crime

At Rutgers University-New Brunswick, 77 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	77	73	2	2	43
Rape	23	23	-	-	22
Fondling	8	8	-	-	5
Robbery	2	1	-	1	-
Aggravated Assault	9	7	1	1	2
Burglary	27	26	1	-	10
Motor Vehicle Theft	1	1	-	-	-
Arson	7	7	-	-	4

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

Disciplinary Action Statistics By Location and Violation Types

For students attending Rutgers University-New Brunswick, 168 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	168	167	1	-	164
Drug Law Violation	130	129	1	-	126
Liquor Law Violation	38	38	-	-	38

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 Rutgers University-New Brunswick, 94 VAWA are reported including domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking.

Disciplinary Action Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹
Total	94	85	3	6	65
Domestic Violence	93	84	3	6	65
Dating Violence	-	0	0	0	0
Stalking	1	1	0	0	0

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

Hate Crimes Statistics By Location, crime types, and bias

For students attending Rutgers University-New Brunswick, 4 hate crimes are reported.

Hate Crimes Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism	4	3	1	0	3
Bias Race	1	1	0	0	1
Bias Sexual Orientation	3	2	1	0	2

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

Fires in Residence Halls

At Rutgers University-New Brunswick, 13 residence hall fires are reported.

Residence Hall Fires
	Number Of Fires	Category	Cause	Injuries/Deaths	Damage
Demarest Hall, Main Campus	1	Unintentional	Electrical	0/0	$0-$99
Mettler Hall, Main Campus	1	Intentional	A take-out food container had been set on fire.	0/0	$1,000-$9,999
University Center, Main Campus	1	Intentional	An unknown person burned a paper name tag on their bulletin boar	0/0	$0-$99
Starkey Apts. 525-548, Main Campus	1	Unintentional	Cooking	0/0	$0-$99
Henderson Apt. 25-48, Main Campus	1	Unintentional	Cooking	0/0	$0-$99
Silvers Apts. 197-220, Main Campus	1	Unintentional	Cooking	0/0	$0-$99
Silvers Apts. 221-244, Main Campus	1	Unintentional	Other	0/0	$0-$99
Nichols Apts. 145-160, Main Campus	1	Unintentional	Cooking	0/0	$0-$99
Buell Apts. 301-324, Main Campus	1	Unintentional	Cooking	0/0	$100-$999
Thomas, Main Campus	1	Intentional	An advertisement flyer near the elevator was found to be intenti	0/0	$0-$99
McCormick, Main Campus	1	Unintentional	Machinery/Industrial	0/0	$0-$99
B.E.S.T. East, Main Campus	1	Intentional	A piece of paper was intentionally lit on fire in elevator car #	0/0	$0-$99
Honors College, Main Campus	1	Unintentional	Machinery/Industrial	0/0	$0-$99

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