How Safe and Secure Cornell University Campuses?

At Cornell University, 419 on-campus, 34 out-of-campus, 269 residence halls, and 6 on-campus fire campus safety/security issues are reported. By safety matters, 43 arrests, 62 criminal offenses, 294 disciplinary actions, 38 VAWA (Violence Against Women Act), and 8 hate crimes are reported.

There is a total of 25,898 students enrolled in Cornell and the on-campus crime ratio is 161.79 per 10,000 students.

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Campus Safety/Security Matters

At Cornell University, 419 on-campus, 34 out-of-campus, 269 residence halls, and 6 on-campus fire were reported. The following table summarizes campus safety/security matters by location and types.

Campus Safety/Security Issues
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹	Reported²
Arrests	43	39	4	-	5	-
Criminal Offenses	62	48	14	-	30	-
Disciplinary Actions	294	282	12	-	215	-
VAWA³	38	34	4	-	11	-
Hate Crimes	8	8	-	-	4	-
Total	445	419	34	-	269	-
¹ The counts on Residence Halls are included in on-campus statistics.
² Reported by local police
³ VAWA: Violence Against Women Act

Arrests Statistics By Location and Violation Types

For students attending Cornell University, 43 arrests are reported including weapons: carrying, possessing, etc., drug law violation, and liquor law violation.

Arrests Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹
Total	43	39	4	-	5
Weapons (carrying, processing, etc.)	-	0	0	-	0
Drug Law Violation	21	19	2	-	2
Liquor Law Violation	22	20	2	-	3

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

Criminal Offenses Statistics By Location and Types of Crime

At Cornell University, 62 criminal offenses are reported including rape, fondling, incest, statutory rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, motor vehicle theft, and arson.

Criminal Offenses Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹
Total	62	48	14	-	30
Murder/Non-negligent manslaughter	1	1	-	-	-
Rape	24	17	7	-	14
Fondling	5	3	2	-	1
Robbery	2	1	1	-	-
Aggravated Assault	7	6	1	-	2
Burglary	20	17	3	-	10
Arson	3	3	-	-	3

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

Disciplinary Action Statistics By Location and Violation Types

For students attending Cornell University, 294 disciplinary actions are reported including weapons: carrying, possessing, etc., drug law violation, and liquor law violation.

Disciplinary Action Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹
Total	294	282	12	-	215
Drug Law Violation	75	75	-	-	47
Liquor Law Violation	219	207	12	-	168

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

Violence Against Women Act(VAWA) Statistics By Location and Violation Types

For students attending Cornell University, 38 VAWA are reported including domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking.

Disciplinary Action Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹
Total	38	34	4	-	11
Domestic Violence	6	6	0	-	4
Dating Violence	15	11	4	-	3
Stalking	17	17	0	-	4

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

Hate Crimes Statistics By Location, crime types, and bias

For students attending Cornell University, 8 hate crimes are reported.

Hate Crimes Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹
Simple Assault	3	3	0	-	1
Bias Race	1	1	0	-	0
Bias Sexual Orientation	1	1	0	-	0
Bias Disability	1	1	0	-	1
Intimidation	2	2	0	-	0
Bias Race	2	2	0	-	0
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism	3	3	0	-	3
Bias Sexual Orientation	2	2	0	-	2
Bias Gender	1	1	0	-	1

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

Fires in Residence Halls

At Cornell University, 6 residence hall fires are reported.

Residence Hall Fires
	Number Of Fires	Category	Cause	Injuries/Deaths	Damage
150 Triphammer Rd - Triphammer Co-op, Endowed and Contract College Campuses	1	Unintentional	Cooking	0/0	$0-$99
2 Forest Park Lane - Psi Upsilon, Endowed and Contract College Campuses	1	Unintentional	Electrical	0/0	$100-$999
Carl Becker House, Endowed and Contract College Campuses	1	Intentional	trash can contents set on fire in stairwell	0/0	$100-$999
Court-Kay-Bauer Hall, Endowed and Contract College Campuses	1	Unintentional	Other	0/0	$0-$99
Mews Hall, Endowed and Contract College Campuses	1	Intentional	Paper on bulletin board was set on fire then extinguished.	0/0	$0-$99
William Keeton House, Endowed and Contract College Campuses	1	Intentional	Poster on notice board was set on fire and extinguished	0/0	$0-$99

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