How Safe and Secure Texas Tech University Campuses?

At Texas Tech University, 654 on-campus, 12 out-of-campus, 71 public property, 508 residence halls, and 6 on-campus fire campus safety/security issues are reported. By safety matters, 377 arrests, 43 criminal offenses, 275 disciplinary actions, 36 VAWA (Violence Against Women Act), and 3 hate crimes are reported. There is a total of 40,378 students enrolled in Texas Tech and the on-campus crime ratio is 161.97 per 10,000 students.

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Campus Safety/Security Matters

At Texas Tech University, 654 on-campus, 12 out-of-campus, 71 public property, 508 residence halls, and 6 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	377	316	1	60	206	-
Criminal Offenses	43	32	5	6	19	-
Disciplinary Actions	275	269	6	-	260	-
VAWA³	36	31	-	5	19	-
Hate Crimes	3	3	-	-	2	-
Total	734	654	12	71	508	-
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 Texas Tech University, 377 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	377	316	1	60	206
Weapons (carrying, processing, etc.)	12	8	0	4	3
Drug Law Violation	253	202	0	51	134
Liquor Law Violation	112	106	1	5	69

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

Criminal Offenses Statistics By Location and Types of Crime

At Texas Tech University, 43 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	43	32	5	6	19
Rape	5	5	-	-	5
Robbery	2	2	-	-	2
Aggravated Assault	8	2	-	6	1
Burglary	16	12	4	-	7
Motor Vehicle Theft	8	7	1	-	-
Arson	4	4	-	-	4

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

Disciplinary Action Statistics By Location and Violation Types

For students attending Texas Tech University, 275 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	275	269	6	-	260
Weapons (carrying, processing, etc.)	3	3	-	-	3
Drug Law Violation	44	38	6	-	38
Liquor Law Violation	228	228	-	-	219

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 Texas Tech University, 36 VAWA are reported including domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking.

Disciplinary Action Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹
Total	36	31	-	5	19
Domestic Violence	7	2	0	5	1
Dating Violence	10	10	0	0	5
Stalking	19	19	0	0	13

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

Hate Crimes Statistics By Location, crime types, and bias

For students attending Texas Tech University, 3 hate crimes are reported.

Hate Crimes Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹
Intimidation	3	3	0	0	2
Bias Race	3	3	0	0	2

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

Fires in Residence Halls

At Texas Tech University, 6 residence hall fires are reported.

Residence Hall Fires
	Number Of Fires	Category	Cause	Injuries/Deaths	Damage
Gates Hall, Texas Tech University - Lubbock	1	Intentional	Unknown person set fire to items attached to a door.	0/0	$0-$99
Wall Hall, Texas Tech University - Lubbock	1	Intentional	Unknown person set fire to items attached to two doors.	0/0	$100-$999
Weymouth Hall, Texas Tech University - Lubbock	2	Intentional	Unknown person set fire to items attached to a door.	0/0	$0-$99
Weymouth Hall, Texas Tech University - Lubbock	2	Intentional	Unknown person set fire to items attached to a door.	0/0	$0-$99

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