Campus Safety and Security Matters at Wisconsin Colleges

For the calendar year 2023, a total of 5,450 incidents related to campus safety and securty occured at Wisconsin colleges. It includes criminal offenses, arrests, diciplinary actions, VAWA (Violence Against Women Act), and hate crimes.

By subject, there were 658 criminal offenses, 338 arrests, 4,197 disciplinary actions, 229 VAWA, and 28 hate crimes at Wisconsin colleges.

When limited to on-campus, there were 4,957 incidents reported. By incident type, 426 criminal offenses, 201 arrests, 4,085 disciplinary actions, 219 VAWA, and 26 hate crimes. In adddition, there were 27 fires reporeted at Wisconsin colleges.

Campus Safety and Security Matters Summary at Wisconsin Colleges
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Reported²	Rate per 1000 Students
Arrests	338	201	9	128	87	-	0.76
Criminal Offenses	658	426	47	185	218	-	1.48
Disciplinary Actions	4,197	4,085	23	89	4,085	-	9.47
VAWA³	229	219	4	6	105	-	0.52
Hate Crimes	28	26	-	2	7	-	0.06
Total	5,450	4,957	83	410	4,502	-	12.29
Rate Per 1000 Students	12.29	11.18	0.19	0.92	10.16	-	-

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 Wisconsin Colleges

The following table summarizes and compares the the number of incidents related to campus safety between colleges in Wisconsin. 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 Wisconsin Colleges
State	Enrollment	Total Incidents	Rate per 1000 Students	Arrests	Criminal Offenses	Disciplinary Actions	VAWA	Hate Crimes
Alverno College	1,719	10	5.82	0	4	6	0	0
Madison Area Technical College	13,281	7	0.53	0	2	2	3	0
Madison Area Technical College - Goodman South Campus	-	1	-	0	0	0	1	0
Beloit College	948	47	49.58	3	9	29	6	0
Blackhawk Technical College - Advanced Manufacturing Training Center	-	1	-	1	0	0	0	0
Carroll University	3,176	118	37.15	0	5	106	7	0
Carthage College	2,771	95	34.28	0	13	77	3	2
Concordia University-Wisconsin	5,063	79	15.60	32	5	42	0	0
Edgewood College	2,001	41	20.49	1	0	39	1	0
Fox Valley Technical College	10,995	11	1.00	0	0	9	2	0
Gateway Technical College	10,134	3	0.30	0	1	0	2	0
Gateway Technical College - Racine	-	5	-	0	1	0	4	0
Gateway Technical College - Elkhorn	-	1	-	1	0	0	0	0
Gateway Technical College - iMET Center	-	3	-	0	0	0	3	0
Lakeland University	2,786	60	21.54	1	4	53	1	1
Lakeshore Technical College	2,981	1	0.34	0	1	0	0	0
Lawrence University	1,410	34	24.11	0	3	31	0	0
Maranatha Baptist University	977	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0
Marian University	1,319	32	24.26	0	1	30	1	0
Marquette University	11,373	390	34.29	10	49	321	6	4
Medical College of Wisconsin	1,661	3	1.81	0	1	0	2	0
Medical College of Wisconsin - MCW - Green Bay	-	2	-	0	1	0	1	0
Mid-State Technical College - Stevens Point Campus	-	6	-	6	0	0	0	0
Milwaukee Area Technical College	13,190	21	1.59	0	9	3	9	0
Milwaukee Area Technical College - Oak Creek Campus	-	8	-	0	1	1	6	0
Milwaukee Area Technical College - West Allis Campus	-	1	-	0	1	0	0	0
Milwaukee Area Technical College - Education Center at Walker Square	-	1	-	0	0	0	1	0
Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design	885	1	1.13	0	1	0	0	0
Milwaukee School of Engineering	2,834	35	12.35	17	9	9	0	0
Mount Mary University	1,224	14	11.44	0	0	13	1	0
Northcentral Technical College	5,838	6	1.03	4	2	0	0	0
Northcentral Technical College - NTC Phillips Regional Campus	-	1	-	0	1	0	0	0
Northeast Wisconsin Technical College	10,815	7	0.65	6	0	0	1	0
Northland College	485	21	43.30	0	4	11	6	0
Ripon College	734	44	59.95	0	7	36	1	0
Saint Norbert College	2,165	113	52.19	0	12	98	3	0
Southwest Wisconsin Technical College	2,717	87	32.02	0	2	84	1	0
Viterbo University	2,301	152	66.06	4	2	145	1	0
Chippewa Valley Technical College	8,198	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0
Waukesha County Technical College	7,757	2	0.26	2	0	0	0	0
Western Technical College	3,906	28	7.17	3	2	22	1	0
Western Technical College - Sparta Campus	-	0	-	0	0	0	0	0
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater	11,519	404	35.07	58	45	288	13	0
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater - University of Wisconsin-Rock County	-	1	-	1	0	0	0	0
Wisconsin School of Professional Psychology	76	3	39.47	0	3	0	0	0
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire	9,991	335	33.53	0	11	314	10	0
University of Wisconsin-Green Bay	10,326	185	17.92	3	17	161	4	0
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse	10,299	439	42.63	3	9	421	6	0
Wisconsin Lutheran College	1,094	37	33.82	0	2	33	2	0
University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh	13,761	535	38.88	8	11	516	0	0
University of Wisconsin-Parkside	4,008	16	3.99	1	4	11	0	0
University of Wisconsin-Stout	6,951	101	14.53	1	0	100	0	0
University of Wisconsin-Superior	2,726	25	9.17	4	2	17	2	0
University of Wisconsin-Madison	49,605	816	16.45	13	85	658	46	14
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee	22,481	295	13.12	11	40	230	11	3
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee - Freshwater Campus	-	0	-	0	0	0	0	0
University of Wisconsin-Platteville	6,696	66	9.86	0	7	54	5	0
University of Wisconsin-River Falls	5,064	114	22.51	3	8	96	7	0
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point	8,109	79	9.74	0	22	19	36	2
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point - University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point at Wausau	-	6	-	4	2	0	0	0
Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe University	234	1	4.27	0	1	0	0	0
The Institute of Beauty and Wellness	207	2	9.66	0	2	0	0	0
Bryant & Stratton College-Wauwatosa	952	4	4.20	0	1	0	3	0
Bryant & Stratton College-Wauwatosa - Bryant & Stratton College-Bayshore	-	1	-	0	1	0	0	0
Total	443,274	4,957	11.18	201	426	4,085	219	26

426 Campus Safety and Securlty Related Incidents Occured at Wisconsin College Campuses

4,957

426

Campus Safety and Security Matters for Wisconsin Colleges