How Safe and Secure Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus Campuses?

At Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus, 2,304 on-campus, 97 out-of-campus, 49 public property, 1,539 residence halls, and 16 on-campus fire campus safety/security issues are reported. By safety matters, 1,041 arrests, 201 criminal offenses, 1,121 disciplinary actions, 75 VAWA (Violence Against Women Act), and 6 hate crimes are reported. There is a total of 50,028 students enrolled in Penn State and the on-campus crime ratio is 460.54 per 10,000 students.

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Campus Safety/Security Matters

At Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus, 2,304 on-campus, 97 out-of-campus, 49 public property, 1,539 residence halls, and 16 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	1,041	958	39	44	415	-
Criminal Offenses	201	143	54	4	75	-
Disciplinary Actions	1,121	1,120	-	1	1,002	-
VAWA³	75	71	4	-	39	-
Hate Crimes	6	6	-	-	4	-
Total	2,444	2,304	97	49	1,539	-
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 Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus, 1,041 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	1,041	958	39	44	415
Weapons (carrying, processing, etc.)	-	0	0	0	0
Drug Law Violation	260	251	1	8	183
Liquor Law Violation	781	707	38	36	232

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

Criminal Offenses Statistics By Location and Types of Crime

At Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus, 201 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	201	143	54	4	75
Rape	63	35	28	-	30
Fondling	20	16	2	2	6
Robbery	7	5	-	2	1
Aggravated Assault	17	15	2	-	3
Burglary	87	65	22	-	28
Arson	7	7	-	-	7

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

Disciplinary Action Statistics By Location and Violation Types

For students attending Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus, 1,121 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	1,121	1,120	-	1	1,002
Weapons (carrying, processing, etc.)	1	1	-	-	1
Drug Law Violation	359	359	-	-	262
Liquor Law Violation	761	760	-	1	739

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 Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus, 75 VAWA are reported including domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking.

Disciplinary Action Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹
Total	75	71	4	-	39
Domestic Violence	2	2	0	0	0
Dating Violence	28	26	2	0	21
Stalking	45	43	2	0	18

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

Hate Crimes Statistics By Location, crime types, and bias

For students attending Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus, 6 hate crimes are reported.

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

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

Fires in Residence Halls

At Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus, 16 residence hall fires are reported.

Residence Hall Fires
	Number Of Fires	Category	Cause	Injuries/Deaths	Damage
Wolf Hall, University Park Campus	1	Intentional	Burnt paper	0/0	$0-$99
Leete Hall, University Park Campus	1	Intentional	Charred poster board	0/0	$0-$99
Atherton Hall, University Park Campus	2	Unintentional	Cooking	0/0	$0-$99
Atherton Hall, University Park Campus	2	Intentional	charred papers in shower stall	0/0	$0-$99
McElwain Hall, University Park Campus	3	Intentional	smoldering trash	0/0	$0-$99
McElwain Hall, University Park Campus	3	Intentional	charred paper on room door	0/0	$0-$99
McElwain Hall, University Park Campus	3	Intentional	burnt tissue paper	0/0	$0-$99
Tener Hall, University Park Campus	1	Intentional	burn mark on door tag	0/0	$0-$99

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