For the calendar year 2023, a total of 240 incidents related to campus safety and securty occured at Puerto Rico colleges. It includes criminal offenses, arrests, diciplinary actions, VAWA (Violence Against Women Act), and hate crimes.
By subject, there were 156 criminal offenses, 20 arrests, 1 disciplinary actions, 60 VAWA, and 3 hate crimes at Puerto Rico colleges.
When limited to on-campus, there were 44 incidents reported. By incident type, 21 criminal offenses, 1 arrests, 1 disciplinary actions, 18 VAWA, and 3 hate crimes.
Campus Safety and Security Matters Summary at Puerto Rico Colleges
| Total | On-Campus | Non-Campus | Public Properties | Residence Halls1 | Reported2 | Rate per 1000 Students |
|---|
| Arrests | 20 | 1 | - | 19 | - | - | 0.17 |
|---|
| Criminal Offenses | 156 | 21 | 4 | 131 | - | - | 1.35 |
|---|
| Disciplinary Actions | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 0.01 |
|---|
| VAWA3 | 60 | 18 | 3 | 39 | - | - | 0.52 |
|---|
| Hate Crimes | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 0.03 |
|---|
| Total | 240 | 44 | 7 | 189 | 1 | - | 2.07 |
|---|
| Rate Per 1000 Students | 2.07 | 0.38 | 0.06 | 1.63 | 0.01 | - | - |
|---|
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 Puerto Rico Colleges
The following table summarizes and compares the the number of incidents related to campus safety between colleges in Puerto Rico. It includes only on-campus incidents rather than non-campus and public properties.