328 Arrests Occured at Kentucky College Campuses

328

Total Arrests

226

On-Campus Arrests

For the calendar year 2023, 328 arrests made at Kentucky colleges. The arrest rate per 1,000 students is 0.74 at Kentucky college campues. By violation type, there were 18 weapon-related arrests, 266 drug law violation arrests, and 44 liquor law violation arrests.

Of the 226 total on-campus arrests at Kentucky colleges,

  • 5.75% were weapon-related, and the on-campus weapon-related arrests rate per 1,000 students is 0.03.
  • 83.19% were drug law violation arrests, and the on-campus durg law violation arrest per 1,000 students is 0.42.
  • 11.06% were liquor law vioation arrests, and the on-campus liquor law violation arrest rate per 1,000 students is 0.06.

For all arrests, there were 226 on-campus, 3 non-campus, 99 public property, and 27 residence hall arrests made last year. (The number for on-campus arrests includes residence hall arrests).

Arrests statistics at Kentucky Colleges
TotalOn-CampusNon-CampusPublic PropertiesResidence Halls1Rate per 1000 Students
Total328226399270.74
Weapons (carrying, processing, etc.)18131400.04
Drug Law Violation266188276250.60
Liquor Law Violation442501920.10
Rate Per 1000 Students0.740.510.010.220.06-
1 The counts on Residence Halls are included in on-campus statistics.

Arrests Statistics for Kentucky Colleges

The following table summarizes and compares the arrests statistics between colleges in Kentucky. It includes only on-campus incidents rather than non-campus and public properties.

Last Update: April 22, 2025 | Data source: CSS (Campus Safety and Security), OPE
On-campus Arrests Statistics at Kentucky Colleges
StateEnrollmentTotal ArrestsRate per 1000 StudentsWeapons (carrying, processing, etc.)Drug Law ViolationLiquor Law Violation
Alice Lloyd College55300.00000
Asbury University1,94200.00000
Asbury Theological Seminary1,71500.00000
Ashland Community and Technical College2,55900.00000
Bellarmine University2,99300.00000
Berea College1,48710.67100
Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College5,08400.00000
Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College - Glasgow Campus-0-000
Brescia University63800.00000
Campbellsville University12,45100.00000
Campbellsville University - Harrodsburg Education Center-0-000
Bluegrass Community and Technical College - Bluegrass Community & Technical College--Cooper Campus-62-1565
Bluegrass Community and Technical College - Bluegrass Community & Technical College-Newtown Campus-3-030
Centre College1,35600.00000
Clear Creek Baptist Bible College15900.00000
University of the Cumberlands20,32700.00000
Eastern Kentucky University15,008100.67082
Georgetown College1,46300.00000
Hazard Community and Technical College - Technical Campus-0-000
Jefferson Community and Technical College12,57400.00000
Jefferson Community and Technical College - Jefferson Technical Campus-1-100
Kentucky State University1,68900.00000
Kentucky Wesleyan College83400.00000
University of Kentucky32,703621.901565
University of Kentucky - North Farms Campus-1-010
University of Kentucky - South Farms Campus-0-000
University of Kentucky - Northern Kentucky Campus-College of Medicine (Highland Heights)-0-000
Kentucky Christian University54100.00000
Lindsey Wilson College4,05530.74021
University of Louisville22,139391.766294
University of Louisville - Health Sciences Center Campus-5-140
University of Louisville - Rowan Campus-0-000
Maysville Community and Technical College4,29600.00000
Midway University1,94500.00000
Morehead State University8,61810.12001
Murray State University9,84120.20020
Northern Kentucky University14,96120.13020
University of Pikeville2,61020.77011
Empire Beauty School-Dixie8000.00000
Spalding University1,55500.00000
Sullivan University - Sullivan College of Technology and Design-0-000
Thomas More University1,94700.00000
Transylvania University1,02265.87024
Union College1,12900.00000
Western Kentucky University16,759251.492212
Western Kentucky University - WKU The Center-1-010
Western Kentucky University - WKU L.D Brown Agriculture Exposition Center-0-000
Simmons College of Kentucky38900.00000
Edge Academy of Beauty3700.00000
Galen Health Institutes-Pikeville12200.00000
Total442,7273280.741318825