Criminal Offenses Statistics by State

For the calendar year 2023, 41,799 criminal offenses occured at U.S. colleges. The crimial offenses rate per 1,000 students is 0.53 at U.S college campues.

Of the 32,402 total on-campus criminal offenses at U.S. colleges,

There were 29 murders, including Non-negligent manslaughter In addition, there were 2 negligent manslaughter on college campuses.
There were 10,445 sexual assault incluing rape, fondling, incest, and statutory rape. The sexual assault crime rate per 1,000 students is 0.13 at college campuses.
There were 636 robberies, and the robbery crime rate per 1,000 students is 0.01 at college campuses.
There were 2,731 aggravated assaults, and the aggravated assaults crime rate per 1,000 students is 0.03 at college campuses.
There were 6,991 burglary, and the burglary crime rate per 1,000 students is 0.09 at college campuses.
There were 10,898 motor vehicle theft, and the motor vehicle theft rate per 1,000 students is 0.14 at college campuses.
There were 672 arson, and the arson crime rate per 1,000 students is 0.01 at college campuses.

For all criminal offenses, there were 32,402 on-campus, 3,310 non-campus, 6,087 public property, and 11,090 residence hall criminal offenses occured last year. (The number for on-campus criminal offenses includes residence hall criminal offenses).

Criminal Offenses statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Rate per 1000 Students
Total	41,799	32,402	3,310	6,087	11,090	0.53
Murder/Non-negligent manslaughter	66	27	3	36	1	0.00
Negligent manslaughter	13	2	1	10	1	0.00
Rape	6,338	5,697	464	177	4,637	0.08
Fondling	5,303	4,664	374	265	2,215	0.07
Incest	4	3	0	1	1	0.00
Statutory Rape	89	81	4	4	53	0.00
Robbery	1,928	636	115	1,177	102	0.02
Aggravated Assault	4,967	2,731	618	1,618	855	0.06
Burglary	7,815	6,991	822	2	2,726	0.10
Motor Vehicle Theft	14,414	10,898	859	2,657	214	0.18
Arson	862	672	50	140	285	0.01
Rate Per 1000 Students	0.53	0.41	0.04	0.08	0.14	-

¹ The counts on Residence Halls are included in on-campus statistics.

Criminal Offenses Statistics by State

The following table summarizes and compares the number of criminal offenses. It only includes on-campus incidents, excluding ones at non-campus and pubic properties. You can sort the table by each column by touching/clicking the column title.

Last Update: April 22, 2025 | Data source: CSS (Campus Safety and Security), OPE

On-campus Criminal Offenses by State
State	Enrollment	Total Criminal Offenses	Rate per 1000 Students	Murder/Non-negligent manslaughter	Negligent manslaughter	Rape	Fondling	Incest	Statutory Rape	Robbery	Aggravated Assault	Burglary	Motor Vehicle Theft	Arson
Alaska	279,062	102	0.41	0	0	18	13	0	21	0	22	11	13	4
Alabama	1,036,569	519	0.56	0	0	83	74	0	0	13	51	179	113	6
Arkansas	313,492	190	0.73	1	0	30	22	0	0	1	18	80	37	1
American Samoa	3,770	2	0.53	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Arizona	2,332,432	1,147	0.52	0	0	71	62	0	3	21	41	139	799	11
California	7,152,807	5,798	1.04	1	0	526	458	1	19	99	303	1,243	2,969	179
Colorado	727,476	831	1.36	0	0	107	94	0	0	18	59	199	327	27
Connecticut	872,933	365	0.68	0	0	112	49	0	1	7	20	71	97	8
District of Columbia	820,203	170	0.36	3	0	43	12	0	0	14	18	35	30	15
Delaware	269,642	81	0.39	0	0	16	6	0	0	0	19	15	11	14
Florida	8,356,879	1,147	0.19	1	0	135	216	0	4	26	89	219	440	17
Federated States of Micronesia	10,440	2	0.96	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Georgia	2,055,690	784	0.44	2	1	126	137	0	1	18	74	221	197	7
Guam	4,400	9	2.05	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	2	0
Hawaii	210,445	104	0.76	0	0	9	9	0	1	0	4	20	60	1
Iowa	856,257	462	0.66	0	0	121	72	0	0	11	55	135	56	12
Idaho	400,141	108	0.41	0	0	23	11	0	0	2	8	38	20	6
Illinois	2,155,191	923	0.73	0	0	155	116	0	1	23	85	195	334	14
Indiana	4,972,568	1,057	0.24	0	0	168	125	0	0	14	32	197	508	13
Kansas	804,101	324	0.50	0	0	48	44	0	0	10	42	91	85	4
Kentucky	1,534,562	471	0.36	1	0	91	87	0	0	17	42	89	141	3
Louisiana	718,413	433	0.74	1	0	68	27	0	1	8	32	160	134	2
Massachusetts	1,318,321	904	0.92	1	0	224	177	0	1	15	91	177	204	14
Maryland	1,583,194	661	0.57	1	0	111	90	0	0	29	109	102	210	9
Maine	223,528	124	0.63	0	0	63	35	0	0	1	1	14	3	7
Marshall Islands	2,432	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Michigan	1,713,421	679	0.50	3	0	187	153	0	3	12	94	79	139	9
Minnesota	731,592	534	1.00	0	0	137	96	0	1	9	37	91	157	6
Missouri	1,527,782	605	0.53	0	0	82	73	0	1	10	123	85	217	14
Northern Marianas	3,759	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mississippi	440,020	157	0.39	1	0	37	15	0	0	2	14	45	40	3
Montana	199,626	121	0.67	0	0	45	17	1	0	0	19	14	21	4
North Carolina	1,891,977	934	0.61	1	0	195	138	0	0	20	70	261	237	12
North Dakota	115,435	49	0.51	0	0	22	6	0	1	0	6	10	4	0
Nebraska	416,442	219	0.64	0	0	45	38	0	0	4	28	35	67	2
New Hampshire	276,434	186	0.80	0	0	44	42	0	1	1	24	30	37	7
New Jersey	1,786,503	339	0.28	1	0	61	50	0	1	13	41	81	81	10
New Mexico	406,837	463	1.29	0	0	28	44	0	0	2	72	135	177	5
Nevada	561,178	191	0.41	3	0	8	7	0	0	6	14	54	94	5
New York	4,053,066	1,558	0.54	1	0	498	321	0	0	46	145	291	216	40
Ohio	1,607,197	1,472	1.13	0	0	265	489	0	2	15	68	238	378	17
Oklahoma	564,998	351	0.78	1	0	56	31	0	0	0	38	153	70	2
Oregon	808,927	504	0.79	0	0	45	59	0	0	6	25	169	179	21
Pennsylvania	1,813,706	1,115	0.97	0	0	356	241	0	5	36	181	159	111	26
Puerto Rico	773,423	21	0.20	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	11	4	1
Palau	387	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rhode Island	206,283	150	0.82	0	0	48	36	0	0	0	11	21	34	0
South Carolina	955,729	342	0.45	0	0	81	32	0	0	7	31	103	82	6
South Dakota	70,851	59	0.95	0	0	21	15	0	0	1	0	9	13	0
Tennessee	934,663	576	0.75	1	0	78	94	0	0	12	40	130	213	8
Texas	10,555,094	2,238	0.26	1	0	368	309	1	5	38	200	538	754	24
Utah	1,762,033	406	0.25	0	0	196	92	0	1	2	16	58	39	2
Virginia	2,843,961	754	0.35	2	0	153	143	0	2	15	111	107	199	22
Virgin Islands	33,655	1	0.09	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Vermont	70,044	112	1.84	0	0	32	17	0	0	0	3	27	30	3
Washington	1,135,958	959	1.08	0	1	79	54	0	3	21	49	300	413	39
Wisconsin	1,063,457	426	0.62	0	0	124	88	0	2	4	32	84	87	5
West Virginia	288,137	131	0.52	0	0	38	25	0	0	3	19	32	9	5
Wyoming	48,052	32	0.67	0	0	19	3	0	0	0	1	3	6	0
Total	78,675,575	41,799	0.53	27	2	5,697	4,664	3	81	636	2,731	6,991	10,898	672

41,799 Criminal Offenses Occured at U.S. College Campuses

41,799

32,402

Criminal Offenses Statistics by State