524 Arrests Occured at Tennessee College Campuses

524

Total Arrests

289

On-Campus Arrests

For the calendar year 2023, 524 arrests made at Tennessee colleges. The arrest rate per 1,000 students is 1.24 at Tennessee college campues. By violation type, there were 52 weapon-related arrests, 307 drug law violation arrests, and 165 liquor law violation arrests.

Of the 289 total on-campus arrests at Tennessee colleges,

  • 10.73% were weapon-related, and the on-campus weapon-related arrests rate per 1,000 students is 0.07.
  • 52.94% were drug law violation arrests, and the on-campus durg law violation arrest per 1,000 students is 0.36.
  • 36.33% were liquor law vioation arrests, and the on-campus liquor law violation arrest rate per 1,000 students is 0.25.

For all arrests, there were 289 on-campus, 27 non-campus, 208 public property, and 102 residence hall arrests made last year. (The number for on-campus arrests includes residence hall arrests).

Arrests statistics at Tennessee Colleges
TotalOn-CampusNon-CampusPublic PropertiesResidence Halls1Rate per 1000 Students
Total524289272081021.24
Weapons (carrying, processing, etc.)5231417110.12
Drug Law Violation30715316138440.73
Liquor Law Violation165105753470.39
Rate Per 1000 Students1.240.690.060.490.24-
1 The counts on Residence Halls are included in on-campus statistics.

Arrests Statistics for Tennessee Colleges

The following table summarizes and compares the arrests statistics 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 Arrests Statistics at Tennessee Colleges
StateEnrollmentTotal ArrestsRate per 1000 StudentsWeapons (carrying, processing, etc.)Drug Law ViolationLiquor Law Violation
Casa Loma College-Los Angeles - Casa Loma College - Nashville, TN-0-000
Austin Peay State University9,945121.21345
Baptist Health Sciences University75500.00000
Belmont University8,86200.00000
Bethel University2,97441.34130
Bryan College-Dayton1,54831.94030
Carson-Newman University2,73520.73002
Chattanooga State Community College6,60110.15100
Christian Brothers University2,04300.00000
Columbia State Community College5,11500.00000
Columbia State Community College - Williamson County Center-0-000
Concorde Career College-Memphis42012.38100
Lipscomb University5,04700.00000
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Dickson1,22910.81010
East Tennessee State University13,586161.18394
Chattanooga College Medical Dental and & Technical Careers31100.00000
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Elizabethton1,09300.00000
Fisk University1,00500.00000
Welch College38900.00000
Freed-Hardeman University2,29400.00000
Johnson University95000.00000
King University1,29532.32111
Lane College82211.22010
Le Moyne-Owen College64600.00000
Lee University3,68000.00000
Lincoln Memorial University5,80510.17010
Lincoln Memorial University - LMU Tower Knoxville Campus -0-000
Lincoln Memorial University - LMU Cumberland Gap campus -0-000
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Livingston1,09300.00000
The University of Tennessee Southern97800.00000
Maryville College1,14700.00000
Meharry Medical College1,08300.00000
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Memphis1,69100.00000
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Memphis - Aviation Facility-0-000
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Memphis - Bartlett Campus-0-000
University of Memphis21,736140.64590
University of Memphis - Lambuth Campus-0-000
Memphis Theological Seminary19500.00000
Middle Tennessee State University20,183391.933288
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Morristown71400.00000
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Murfreesboro - Expansion Campus-0-000
Lincoln College of Technology-Nashville1,06210.94100
Nashville State Community College6,60810.15100
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Henry/Carroll27800.00000
Rhodes College1,95200.00000
Roane State Community College4,82200.00000
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Crump1,41274.96133
Southwest Tennessee Community College6,98000.00000
Southwest Tennessee Community College - Union Avenue Campus-1-010
Southwest Tennessee Community College - Whitehaven Center-0-000
The University of the South1,69395.32126
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Knoxville1,20610.83100
Pellissippi State Community College8,71000.00000
Pellissippi State Community College - Blount County Campus-0-000
Pellissippi State Community College - Magnolia Avenue Campus-0-000
Pellissippi State Community College - Strawberry Plains-0-000
Southern Adventist University3,15400.00000
Southern College of Optometry52500.00000
Tennessee Wesleyan University1,07400.00000
The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga11,380110.97092
The University of Tennessee-Knoxville36,3041203.3114871
The University of Tennessee-Knoxville - The University of Tennessee Space Institute-0-000
The University of Tennessee-Martin6,94150.72041
Tennessee State University8,19870.85070
Tennessee Technological University10,11740.40022
Trevecca Nazarene University3,19620.63200
Northeast State Community College - Northeast State at Elizabethton-1-010
Northeast State Community College - Northeast State at Johnson City-0-000
Tusculum University1,20000.00000
Union University2,67400.00000
Vanderbilt University13,456120.892100
Volunteer State Community College6,60500.00000
Walters State Community College5,83310.17100
Walters State Community College - Walters State Sevierville, Sevier County Campus-0-000
William R Moore College of Technology46100.00000
Tennessee College of Applied Technology Nashville1,17110.85100
Nossi College of Art and Design27800.00000
Queen City College12717.87010
Genesis Career College-Lebanon9800.00000
Williamson Christian College5700.00000
Visible Music College18200.00000
Fortis Institute-Nashville39200.00000
Jersey College - Cleveland Campus-0-000
Empire Beauty School-Nashville12500.00000
Milligan University1,20000.00000
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center - The University of Tennessee Health Science Center-6-150
Massage Institute of Memphis2000.00000
Total420,9005241.2431153105