For the calendar year 2023, a total of 17,714 incidents related to campus safety and securty occured at California colleges. It includes criminal offenses, arrests, diciplinary actions, VAWA (Violence Against Women Act), and hate crimes.
By subject, there were 7,414 criminal offenses, 1,685 arrests, 6,652 disciplinary actions, 1,799 VAWA, and 164 hate crimes at California colleges.
When limited to on-campus, there were 14,373 incidents reported. By incident type, 5,798 criminal offenses, 1,188 arrests, 5,804 disciplinary actions, 1,444 VAWA, and 139 hate crimes. In adddition, there were 138 fires reporeted at California colleges.
Campus Safety and Security Matters Summary at California Colleges
| Total | On-Campus | Non-Campus | Public Properties | Residence Halls1 | Reported2 | Rate per 1000 Students |
| Arrests | 1,685 | 1,188 | 127 | 370 | 64 | - | 0.45 |
| Criminal Offenses | 7,414 | 5,798 | 639 | 977 | 946 | - | 2.00 |
| Disciplinary Actions | 6,652 | 5,804 | 813 | 35 | 5,804 | - | 1.79 |
| VAWA3 | 1,799 | 1,444 | 254 | 101 | 625 | - | 0.48 |
| Hate Crimes | 164 | 139 | 16 | 9 | 18 | - | 0.04 |
| Total | 17,714 | 14,373 | 1,849 | 1,492 | 7,457 | - | 4.77 |
| Rate Per 1000 Students | 4.77 | 3.87 | 0.50 | 0.40 | 2.01 | - | - |
1 The counts on Residence Halls are included in on-campus statistics.
2 Reported by local police.
3 VAWA: Violence Against Women Act
Campus Safety and Security Matters for California Colleges
The following table summarizes and compares the the number of incidents related to campus safety between colleges in California. It includes only on-campus incidents rather than non-campus and public properties.