Campus Safety and Security Matters at Maine Colleges

For the calendar year 2023, a total of 2,054 incidents related to campus safety and securty occured at Maine colleges. It includes criminal offenses, arrests, diciplinary actions, VAWA (Violence Against Women Act), and hate crimes.

By subject, there were 141 criminal offenses, 15 arrests, 1,832 disciplinary actions, 65 VAWA, and 1 hate crimes at Maine colleges.

When limited to on-campus, there were 2,009 incidents reported. By incident type, 124 criminal offenses, 2 arrests, 1,822 disciplinary actions, 60 VAWA, and 1 hate crimes. In adddition, there were 32 fires reporeted at Maine colleges.

Campus Safety and Security Matters Summary at Maine Colleges
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Reported²	Rate per 1000 Students
Arrests	15	2	-	13	1	-	0.18
Criminal Offenses	141	124	6	11	103	-	1.70
Disciplinary Actions	1,832	1,822	6	4	1,822	-	22.08
VAWA³	65	60	3	2	41	-	0.78
Hate Crimes	1	1	-	-	-	-	0.01
Total	2,054	2,009	15	30	1,967	-	24.75
Rate Per 1000 Students	24.75	24.21	0.18	0.36	23.70	-	-

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 Maine Colleges

The following table summarizes and compares the the number of incidents related to campus safety between colleges in Maine. 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 Maine Colleges
State	Enrollment	Total Incidents	Rate per 1000 Students	Arrests	Criminal Offenses	Disciplinary Actions	VAWA	Hate Crimes
College of the Atlantic	367	5	13.62	0	4	0	1	0
Bates College	1,753	99	56.47	0	17	77	5	0
Bowdoin College	1,850	74	40.00	0	12	57	5	0
Colby College	2,284	127	55.60	0	12	109	6	0
Eastern Maine Community College	2,531	12	4.74	0	3	9	0	0
University of Maine at Augusta - The University of Maine at Augusta - Bangor Campus	-	2	-	0	2	0	0	0
University of Maine at Farmington	1,950	66	33.85	0	9	47	10	0
University of Maine at Fort Kent	1,406	5	3.56	0	2	0	3	0
University of Maine	11,760	1,109	94.30	1	26	1,076	6	0
Maine Maritime Academy	913	35	38.34	0	0	35	0	0
University of Maine at Presque Isle	2,187	32	14.63	0	2	30	0	0
University of New England	6,473	116	17.92	0	5	109	2	0
Northern Maine Community College	772	1	1.30	0	0	1	0	0
Maine College of Art & Design	474	1	2.11	0	1	0	0	0
Saint Joseph's College of Maine	1,463	7	4.78	0	3	0	4	0
Southern Maine Community College	7,205	46	6.38	0	6	32	7	1
Southern Maine Community College - Midcoast Campus	-	5	-	0	0	5	0	0
University of Southern Maine	7,528	133	17.67	0	18	109	6	0
University of Southern Maine - Portland Campus	-	11	-	0	1	7	3	0
University of Southern Maine - Lewiston/Auburn College	-	0	-	0	0	0	0	0
Thomas College	1,669	25	14.98	0	0	25	0	0
Washington County Community College	685	39	56.93	1	0	38	0	0
Husson University	3,133	59	18.83	0	1	56	2	0
Total	82,987	2,009	24.21	2	124	1,822	60	1

124 Campus Safety and Securlty Related Incidents Occured at Maine College Campuses

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Campus Safety and Security Matters for Maine Colleges