Campus Safety and Security Matters at Tennessee Colleges

For the calendar year 2023, a total of 3,664 incidents related to campus safety and securty occured at Tennessee colleges. It includes criminal offenses, arrests, diciplinary actions, VAWA (Violence Against Women Act), and hate crimes.

By subject, there were 701 criminal offenses, 524 arrests, 2,091 disciplinary actions, 335 VAWA, and 13 hate crimes at Tennessee colleges.

When limited to on-campus, there were 3,173 incidents reported. By incident type, 576 criminal offenses, 289 arrests, 2,004 disciplinary actions, 292 VAWA, and 12 hate crimes. In adddition, there were 25 fires reporeted at Tennessee colleges.

Campus Safety and Security Matters Summary at Tennessee Colleges
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Reported²	Rate per 1000 Students
Arrests	524	289	27	208	102	-	1.24
Criminal Offenses	701	576	48	77	202	-	1.67
Disciplinary Actions	2,091	2,004	76	11	2,004	-	4.97
VAWA³	335	292	29	14	120	-	0.80
Hate Crimes	13	12	-	1	3	-	0.03
Total	3,664	3,173	180	311	2,431	-	8.71
Rate Per 1000 Students	8.71	7.54	0.43	0.74	5.78	-	-

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 Tennessee Colleges

The following table summarizes and compares the the number of incidents related to campus safety between colleges in Tennessee. 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 Tennessee Colleges
State	Enrollment	Total Incidents	Rate per 1000 Students	Arrests	Criminal Offenses	Disciplinary Actions	VAWA	Hate Crimes
Casa Loma College-Los Angeles - Casa Loma College - Nashville, TN	-	0	-	0	0	0	0	0
Austin Peay State University	9,945	53	5.33	12	7	23	11	0
Baptist Health Sciences University	755	1	1.32	0	0	0	1	0
Belmont University	8,862	221	24.94	0	19	188	14	0
Bethel University	2,974	66	22.19	4	14	36	12	0
Bryan College-Dayton	1,548	13	8.40	3	0	6	4	0
Carson-Newman University	2,735	19	6.95	2	1	14	2	0
Chattanooga State Community College	6,601	3	0.45	1	2	0	0	0
Christian Brothers University	2,043	7	3.43	0	4	0	3	0
Columbia State Community College	5,115	1	0.20	0	1	0	0	0
Columbia State Community College - Williamson County Center	-	1	-	0	0	0	1	0
Concorde Career College-Memphis	420	24	57.14	1	23	0	0	0
Lipscomb University	5,047	34	6.74	0	2	31	1	0
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Dickson	1,229	2	1.63	1	1	0	0	0
East Tennessee State University	13,586	39	2.87	16	8	11	4	0
Chattanooga College Medical Dental and & Technical Careers	311	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Elizabethton	1,093	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0
Fisk University	1,005	40	39.80	0	4	36	0	0
Welch College	389	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0
Freed-Hardeman University	2,294	4	1.74	0	1	3	0	0
Johnson University	950	5	5.26	0	1	4	0	0
King University	1,295	26	20.08	3	1	22	0	0
Lane College	822	48	58.39	1	14	27	6	0
Le Moyne-Owen College	646	1	1.55	0	1	0	0	0
Lee University	3,680	9	2.45	0	3	5	1	0
Lincoln Memorial University	5,805	37	6.37	1	4	27	5	0
Lincoln Memorial University - LMU Tower Knoxville Campus	-	1	-	0	0	1	0	0
Lincoln Memorial University - LMU Cumberland Gap campus	-	1	-	0	0	0	1	0
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Livingston	1,093	1	0.91	0	0	1	0	0
The University of Tennessee Southern	978	5	5.11	0	0	5	0	0
Maryville College	1,147	40	34.87	0	3	31	6	0
Meharry Medical College	1,083	11	10.16	0	10	0	1	0
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Memphis	1,691	1	0.59	0	1	0	0	0
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Memphis - Aviation Facility	-	1	-	0	1	0	0	0
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Memphis - Bartlett Campus	-	2	-	0	2	0	0	0
University of Memphis	21,736	131	6.03	14	88	13	16	0
University of Memphis - Lambuth Campus	-	1	-	0	1	0	0	0
Memphis Theological Seminary	195	2	10.26	0	2	0	0	0
Middle Tennessee State University	20,183	153	7.58	39	17	80	12	5
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Morristown	714	1	1.40	0	0	1	0	0
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Murfreesboro - Expansion Campus	-	1	-	0	1	0	0	0
Lincoln College of Technology-Nashville	1,062	2	1.88	1	1	0	0	0
Nashville State Community College	6,608	2	0.30	1	1	0	0	0
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Henry/Carroll	278	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0
Rhodes College	1,952	150	76.84	0	6	135	7	2
Roane State Community College	4,822	1	0.21	0	0	0	1	0
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Crump	1,412	8	5.67	7	1	0	0	0
Southwest Tennessee Community College	6,980	1	0.14	0	1	0	0	0
Southwest Tennessee Community College - Union Avenue Campus	-	4	-	1	3	0	0	0
Southwest Tennessee Community College - Whitehaven Center	-	1	-	0	1	0	0	0
The University of the South	1,693	71	41.94	9	9	46	7	0
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Knoxville	1,206	2	1.66	1	1	0	0	0
Pellissippi State Community College	8,710	10	1.15	0	0	0	10	0
Pellissippi State Community College - Blount County Campus	-	3	-	0	0	0	3	0
Pellissippi State Community College - Magnolia Avenue Campus	-	1	-	0	0	0	1	0
Pellissippi State Community College - Strawberry Plains	-	2	-	0	0	0	2	0
Southern Adventist University	3,154	8	2.54	0	2	3	3	0
Southern College of Optometry	525	3	5.71	0	3	0	0	0
Tennessee Wesleyan University	1,074	3	2.79	0	2	1	0	0
The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga	11,380	364	31.99	11	30	292	31	0
The University of Tennessee-Knoxville	36,304	984	27.10	120	83	721	60	0
The University of Tennessee-Knoxville - The University of Tennessee Space Institute	-	1	-	0	0	1	0	0
The University of Tennessee-Martin	6,941	62	8.93	5	13	39	5	0
Tennessee State University	8,198	27	3.29	7	8	12	0	0
Tennessee Technological University	10,117	46	4.55	4	20	20	2	0
Trevecca Nazarene University	3,196	7	2.19	2	4	1	0	0
Northeast State Community College - Northeast State at Elizabethton	-	1	-	1	0	0	0	0
Northeast State Community College - Northeast State at Johnson City	-	0	-	0	0	0	0	0
Tusculum University	1,200	16	13.33	0	3	12	1	0
Union University	2,674	43	16.08	0	6	25	12	0
Vanderbilt University	13,456	293	21.77	12	109	128	41	3
Volunteer State Community College	6,605	1	0.15	0	0	0	1	0
Walters State Community College	5,833	2	0.34	1	1	0	0	0
Walters State Community College - Walters State Sevierville, Sevier County Campus	-	1	-	0	1	0	0	0
William R Moore College of Technology	461	1	2.17	0	1	0	0	0
Tennessee College of Applied Technology Nashville	1,171	2	1.71	1	0	0	1	0
Nossi College of Art and Design	278	1	3.60	0	0	0	0	1
Queen City College	127	2	15.75	1	1	0	0	0
Genesis Career College-Lebanon	98	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0
Williamson Christian College	57	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0
Visible Music College	182	12	65.93	0	12	0	0	0
Fortis Institute-Nashville	392	1	2.55	0	1	0	0	0
Jersey College - Cleveland Campus	-	1	-	0	0	0	1	0
Empire Beauty School-Nashville	125	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0
Milligan University	1,200	4	3.33	0	1	3	0	0
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center - The University of Tennessee Health Science Center	-	23	-	6	14	0	2	1
Massage Institute of Memphis	20	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0
Total	420,900	3,173	7.54	289	576	2,004	292	12

576 Campus Safety and Securlty Related Incidents Occured at Tennessee College Campuses

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Campus Safety and Security Matters for Tennessee Colleges