Campus Safety and Security Matters at Louisiana Colleges

For the calendar year 2023, a total of 1,423 incidents related to campus safety and securty occured at Louisiana colleges. It includes criminal offenses, arrests, diciplinary actions, VAWA (Violence Against Women Act), and hate crimes.

By subject, there were 531 criminal offenses, 377 arrests, 246 disciplinary actions, 248 VAWA, and 21 hate crimes at Louisiana colleges.

When limited to on-campus, there were 1,204 incidents reported. By incident type, 433 criminal offenses, 307 arrests, 234 disciplinary actions, 215 VAWA, and 15 hate crimes. In adddition, there were 20 fires reporeted at Louisiana colleges.

Campus Safety and Security Matters Summary at Louisiana Colleges
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Reported²	Rate per 1000 Students
Arrests	377	307	9	61	69	-	1.39
Criminal Offenses	531	433	31	67	143	-	1.96
Disciplinary Actions	246	234	3	9	234	-	0.91
VAWA³	248	215	12	21	95	-	0.91
Hate Crimes	21	15	-	6	-	-	0.08
Total	1,423	1,204	55	164	541	-	5.25
Rate Per 1000 Students	5.25	4.44	0.20	0.60	2.00	-	-

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 Louisiana Colleges

The following table summarizes and compares the the number of incidents related to campus safety between colleges in Louisiana. 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 and Safety Matters at Louisiana Colleges
State	Enrollment	Total Incidents	Rate per 1000 Students	Arrests	Criminal Offenses	Disciplinary Actions	VAWA	Hate Crimes
Central Louisiana Technical Community College	1,211	1	0.83	0	1	0	0	0
Bossier Parish Community College	5,636	8	1.42	1	0	0	7	0
Bossier Parish Community College - Natchitoches Campus	-	2	-	0	1	0	1	0
Centenary College of Louisiana	648	18	27.78	0	15	1	2	0
Delgado Community College	12,130	2	0.16	0	2	0	0	0
Dillard University	1,122	20	17.83	0	7	4	9	0
Grambling State University	5,114	29	5.67	17	4	4	4	0
Belbo Beauty Institute	109	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-New Orleans	2,683	1	0.37	0	1	0	0	0
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-New Orleans - LSU Dental School	-	1	-	0	1	0	0	0
Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College	39,418	351	8.90	127	166	0	54	4
Louisiana State University-Eunice	3,623	4	1.10	1	0	2	1	0
Louisiana State University-Shreveport	9,736	20	2.05	1	3	8	8	0
Louisiana Christian University	950	1	1.05	0	1	0	0	0
Louisiana Tech University	11,427	85	7.44	31	27	22	5	0
Loyola University New Orleans	4,351	33	7.58	1	6	19	7	0
Loyola University New Orleans - Broadway Campus	-	5	-	0	2	3	0	0
McNeese State University	6,060	20	3.30	0	13	6	1	0
University of New Orleans	6,601	38	5.76	2	17	9	10	0
New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary	2,266	13	5.74	0	12	0	1	0
Nicholls State University	6,180	38	6.15	2	2	28	6	0
University of Louisiana at Monroe	8,272	52	6.29	2	5	40	5	0
Northwest Louisiana Technical Community College - Shreveport	-	1	-	0	1	0	0	0
Northwestern State University of Louisiana	8,847	100	11.30	47	14	25	14	0
University of Holy Cross	1,152	3	2.60	1	0	2	0	0
Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University	1,204	1	0.83	0	1	0	0	0
Pineville Beauty School	45	1	22.22	0	1	0	0	0
Fletcher Technical Community College - L E Fletcher Technical Community College - Schriever	-	1	-	0	0	0	1	0
Fletcher Technical Community College - Lafourche	-	2	-	0	1	0	1	0
Southeastern Louisiana University	13,861	62	4.47	0	12	33	17	0
Southern University and A & M College	8,249	32	3.88	6	18	1	7	0
Southern University at New Orleans	2,059	14	6.80	0	2	4	8	0
University of Louisiana at Lafayette	15,345	75	4.89	33	22	11	9	0
Tulane University of Louisiana	13,078	62	4.74	2	35	0	16	9
Tulane University of Louisiana - Tulane University Health Sciences Center Campus	-	25	-	4	18	0	3	0
Tulane University of Louisiana - TNPRC	-	2	-	0	0	0	0	2
Xavier University of Louisiana	3,181	16	5.03	0	8	7	1	0
South Louisiana Community College - TH Harris Campus	-	2	-	2	0	0	0	0
South Louisiana Community College - Teche Campus	-	1	-	0	0	0	1	0
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-Shreveport	1,045	50	47.85	24	10	0	16	0
Baton Rouge Community College - BRCC ACADIAN SITE	-	1	-	1	0	0	0	0
Blue Cliff College-Lafayette	217	1	4.61	0	1	0	0	0
Unitech Training Academy-Lafayette - Alexandria	-	1	-	0	1	0	0	0
Unitech Training Academy-Alexandria	82	1	12.20	0	1	0	0	0
Louisiana Delta Community College	3,775	5	1.32	0	0	5	0	0
Louisiana Delta Community College - Tallulah Campus	-	1	-	0	1	0	0	0
Digital Media Institute	13	2	153.85	2	0	0	0	0
Total	271,079	1,204	4.44	307	433	234	215	15

433 Campus Safety and Securlty Related Incidents Occured at Louisiana College Campuses

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Campus Safety and Security Matters for Louisiana Colleges