Campus Safety and Security Matters at Mississippi Colleges

For the calendar year 2023, a total of 1,178 incidents related to campus safety and securty occured at Mississippi colleges. It includes criminal offenses, arrests, diciplinary actions, VAWA (Violence Against Women Act), and hate crimes.

By subject, there were 170 criminal offenses, 199 arrests, 639 disciplinary actions, 169 VAWA, and 1 hate crimes at Mississippi colleges.

When limited to on-campus, there were 1,068 incidents reported. By incident type, 157 criminal offenses, 142 arrests, 615 disciplinary actions, and 154 VAWA. In adddition, there were 3 fires reporeted at Mississippi colleges.

Campus Safety and Security Matters Summary at Mississippi Colleges
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Reported²	Rate per 1000 Students
Arrests	199	142	1	56	32	-	0.95
Criminal Offenses	170	157	7	6	52	-	0.81
Disciplinary Actions	639	615	-	24	615	-	3.05
VAWA³	169	154	2	13	61	-	0.81
Hate Crimes	1	-	-	1	-	-	0.00
Total	1,178	1,068	10	100	760	-	5.62
Rate Per 1000 Students	5.62	5.10	0.05	0.48	3.63	-	-

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 Mississippi Colleges

The following table summarizes and compares the the number of incidents related to campus safety between colleges in Mississippi. 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 Mississippi Colleges
State	Enrollment	Total Incidents	Rate per 1000 Students	Arrests	Criminal Offenses	Disciplinary Actions	VAWA
Alcorn State University	2,894	7	2.42	0	4	0	3
Belhaven University	3,616	31	8.57	4	2	24	1
Coahoma Community College	1,808	5	2.77	3	0	0	2
Copiah-Lincoln Community College	2,834	35	12.35	2	1	32	0
Delta State University	2,716	2	0.74	0	0	1	1
East Central Community College	2,523	2	0.79	0	0	2	0
East Mississippi Community College	3,642	10	2.75	1	0	9	0
East Mississippi Community College - Mayhew/GT Campus	-	1	-	0	0	0	1
Hinds Community College	9,332	18	1.93	0	3	9	6
Hinds Community College - Hinds Community College-Utica Campus	-	4	-	3	0	0	1
Itawamba Community College	4,937	23	4.66	0	1	20	2
Jackson State University	6,564	65	9.90	6	18	31	10
Jones County Junior College	4,305	17	3.95	2	0	15	0
Millsaps College	626	18	28.75	0	11	5	2
Mississippi Delta Community College	2,037	1	0.49	1	0	0	0
University of Mississippi	24,043	243	10.11	21	26	159	37
University of Mississippi - UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER	-	41	-	15	13	0	13
Mississippi University for Women	2,227	5	2.25	0	4	1	0
Mississippi Valley State University	2,196	12	5.46	1	0	0	11
Mississippi College	4,087	57	13.95	1	8	36	12
Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College	8,091	60	7.42	8	8	40	4
Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College - Jackson County Campus	-	2	-	0	0	1	1
Mississippi State University	22,657	244	10.77	44	30	138	32
Northeast Mississippi Community College	3,338	13	3.89	0	6	7	0
Northwest Mississippi Community College	7,520	35	4.65	3	1	31	0
Northwest Mississippi Community College - Lafayette-Yalobusha Technical Center	-	2	-	0	0	2	0
Pearl River Community College	5,620	5	0.89	4	1	0	0
Rust College	429	22	51.28	6	5	3	8
Southwest Mississippi Community College	1,752	13	7.42	2	0	10	1
University of Southern Mississippi	13,110	55	4.20	13	10	30	2
Tougaloo College	725	14	19.31	2	4	6	2
William Carey University	5,448	4	0.73	0	1	3	0
William Carey University - Tradition Campus	-	0	-	0	0	0	0
Delta Technical College-Mississippi - Ridgeland, MS Campus	-	1	-	0	0	0	1
Concorde Career College-Southaven	114	1	8.77	0	0	0	1
Total	209,587	1,068	5.10	142	157	615	154

157 Campus Safety and Securlty Related Incidents Occured at Mississippi College Campuses

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Campus Safety and Security Matters for Mississippi Colleges