SMU Campus Safety and Security

Campus Safety/Security Matters

At Southern Methodist University, 536 on-campus, 14 out-of-campus, 31 public property, 424 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	62	45	1	16	20	-
Criminal Offenses	38	35	2	1	24	-
Disciplinary Actions	478	454	10	14	378	-
VAWA³	3	2	1	-	2	-
Hate Crimes	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	581	536	14	31	424	-
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 Southern Methodist University, 62 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	62	45	1	16	20
Weapons (carrying, processing, etc.)	1	0	0	1	0
Drug Law Violation	24	17	1	6	4
Liquor Law Violation	37	28	0	9	16

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

Criminal Offenses Statistics By Location and Types of Crime

At Southern Methodist 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	35	2	1	24
Rape	11	11	-	-	11
Fondling	3	3	-	-	3
Robbery	5	2	2	1	2
Aggravated Assault	2	2	-	-	2
Burglary	5	5	-	-	4
Motor Vehicle Theft	10	10	-	-	-
Arson	2	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 Southern Methodist University, 478 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	478	454	10	14	378
Weapons (carrying, processing, etc.)	1	1	-	-	-
Drug Law Violation	95	92	2	1	78
Liquor Law Violation	382	361	8	13	300

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 Southern Methodist University, 3 VAWA are reported including domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking.

Disciplinary Action Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹
Total	3	2	1	-	2
Domestic Violence	1	0	1	0	0
Dating Violence	2	2	0	0	2
Stalking	-	0	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 Southern Methodist University.

Fires in Residence Halls

At Southern Methodist University, 2 residence hall fires are reported.

Residence Hall Fires
	Number Of Fires	Category	Cause	Injuries/Deaths	Damage
McElvaney Hall, Main Campus	1	Intentional	paper burning on inside doorway.Cameras showed two students invo	0/0	$0-$99
Peyton Hall, Main Campus	1	Intentional	trash can fire by elevator inside building. Set off the fire ala	0/0	$0-$99

How Safe and Secure Southern Methodist 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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