Criminal Offenses Statistics at Kentucky Colleges

For the calendar year 2023, 551 criminal offenses occured at Kentucky colleges. The crimial offenses rate per 1,000 students is 1.24 at Kentucky college campues.

Of the 471 total on-campus criminal offenses at Kentucky colleges,

There were 1 murders, including Non-negligent manslaughter on Kentucky college campuses.
There were 178 sexual assault incluing rape, fondling, incest, and statutory rape. The sexual assault crime rate per 1,000 students is 0.40 at Kentucky college campuses.
There were 17 robberies, and the robbery crime rate per 1,000 students is 0.04 at Kentucky college campuses.
There were 42 aggravated assaults, and the aggravated assaults crime rate per 1,000 students is 0.09 at Kentucky college campuses.
There were 89 burglary, and the burglary crime rate per 1,000 students is 0.20 at Kentucky college campuses.
There were 141 motor vehicle theft, and the motor vehicle theft rate per 1,000 students is 0.32 at Kentucky college campuses.
There were 3 arson, and the arson crime rate per 1,000 students is 0.01 at Kentucky college campuses.

For all criminal offenses, there were 471 on-campus, 27 non-campus, 53 public property, and 171 residence hall criminal offenses occured last year. (The number for on-campus criminal offenses includes residence hall criminal offenses).

Criminal Offenses statistics at Kentucky Colleges
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Rate per 1000 Students
Total	551	471	27	53	171	1.24
Murder/Non-negligent manslaughter	3	1	0	2	0	0.01
Negligent manslaughter	0	0	0	0	0	-
Rape	96	91	3	2	84	0.22
Fondling	90	87	1	2	27	0.20
Incest	0	0	0	0	0	-
Statutory Rape	0	0	0	0	0	-
Robbery	26	17	0	9	2	0.06
Aggravated Assault	57	42	3	12	16	0.13
Burglary	103	89	14	0	38	0.23
Motor Vehicle Theft	173	141	6	26	2	0.39
Arson	3	3	0	0	2	0.01
Rate Per 1000 Students	1.24	1.06	0.06	0.12	0.39	-

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

Criminal Offenses Statistics for Kentucky Colleges

The following table summarizes and compares the criminal offenses 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 Criminal Offenses Statistics at Kentucky Colleges
State	Enrollment	Total Criminal Offenses	Rate per 1000 Students	Murder/Non-negligent manslaughter	Rape	Fondling	Robbery	Aggravated Assault	Burglary	Motor Vehicle Theft	Arson
Alice Lloyd College	553	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Asbury University	1,942	4	2.06	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0
Asbury Theological Seminary	1,715	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ashland Community and Technical College	2,559	1	0.39	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Bellarmine University	2,993	6	2.00	0	2	1	0	0	2	1	0
Berea College	1,487	6	4.03	0	1	1	0	0	3	1	0
Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College	5,084	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College - Glasgow Campus	-	1	-	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Brescia University	638	2	3.13	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Campbellsville University	12,451	4	0.32	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	0
Campbellsville University - Harrodsburg Education Center	-	1	-	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Bluegrass Community and Technical College - Bluegrass Community & Technical College--Cooper Campus	-	32	-	0	16	3	1	1	1	10	0
Bluegrass Community and Technical College - Bluegrass Community & Technical College-Newtown Campus	-	0	-	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Centre College	1,356	5	3.69	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0
Clear Creek Baptist Bible College	159	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
University of the Cumberlands	20,327	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Eastern Kentucky University	15,008	24	1.60	0	7	4	0	0	11	1	1
Georgetown College	1,463	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hazard Community and Technical College - Technical Campus	-	1	-	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Jefferson Community and Technical College	12,574	1	0.08	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Jefferson Community and Technical College - Jefferson Technical Campus	-	2	-	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Kentucky State University	1,689	3	1.78	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0
Kentucky Wesleyan College	834	7	8.39	0	1	0	0	0	6	0	0
University of Kentucky	32,703	122	3.73	0	19	24	2	12	16	49	0
University of Kentucky - North Farms Campus	-	42	-	0	3	30	0	9	0	0	0
University of Kentucky - South Farms Campus	-	1	-	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
University of Kentucky - Northern Kentucky Campus-College of Medicine (Highland Heights)	-	0	-	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kentucky Christian University	541	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lindsey Wilson College	4,055	1	0.25	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
University of Louisville	22,139	95	4.29	0	7	7	1	8	18	53	1
University of Louisville - Health Sciences Center Campus	-	21	-	0	0	6	1	1	6	7	0
University of Louisville - Rowan Campus	-	1	-	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Maysville Community and Technical College	4,296	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midway University	1,945	1	0.51	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Morehead State University	8,618	8	0.93	0	4	0	0	1	2	1	0
Murray State University	9,841	15	1.52	0	6	3	0	1	2	3	0
Northern Kentucky University	14,961	12	0.80	0	3	5	0	2	2	0	0
University of Pikeville	2,610	4	1.53	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0
Empire Beauty School-Dixie	80	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Spalding University	1,555	3	1.93	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0
Sullivan University - Sullivan College of Technology and Design	-	1	-	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thomas More University	1,947	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Transylvania University	1,022	5	4.89	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0
Union College	1,129	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Western Kentucky University	16,759	25	1.49	0	9	1	0	3	4	8	0
Western Kentucky University - WKU The Center	-	0	-	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Western Kentucky University - WKU L.D Brown Agriculture Exposition Center	-	1	-	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Simmons College of Kentucky	389	2	5.14	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Edge Academy of Beauty	37	11	297.30	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0
Galen Health Institutes-Pikeville	122	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	442,727	551	1.24	1	91	87	17	42	89	141	3

551 Criminal Offenses Occured at Kentucky College Campuses

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Criminal Offenses Statistics for Kentucky Colleges