How Safe and Secure Rochester Institute of Technology Campuses?

At Rochester Institute of Technology, 232 on-campus, 6 out-of-campus, 171 residence halls, and 11 on-campus fire campus safety/security issues are reported. By safety matters, 1 arrests, 18 criminal offenses, 172 disciplinary actions, 43 VAWA (Violence Against Women Act), and 2 hate crimes are reported.
There is a total of 16,615 students enrolled in RIT and the on-campus crime ratio is 139.63 per 10,000 students.
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Campus Safety/Security Matters

At Rochester Institute of Technology, 232 on-campus, 6 out-of-campus, 171 residence halls, and 11 on-campus fire were reported. The following table summarizes campus safety/security matters by location and types.
Campus Safety/Security Issues
TotalOn-CampusNon-CampusPublic PropertiesResidence Halls1Reported2
Arrests11--1-
Criminal Offenses18144-13-
Disciplinary Actions1721702-127-
VAWA34343--28-
Hate Crimes22--1-
Total2362326-171-
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 Rochester Institute of Technology, 1 arrests are reported including weapons: carrying, possessing, etc., drug law violation, and liquor law violation.
Arrests Statistics
TotalOn-CampusNon-CampusPublic PropertiesResidence Halls1
Total 11--1
Weapons (carrying, processing, etc.) -00-0
Drug Law Violation 110-1
Liquor Law Violation -00-0
1 The counts on Residence Halls are included in on-campus statistics.

Criminal Offenses Statistics By Location and Types of Crime

At Rochester Institute of Technology, 18 criminal offenses are reported including rape, fondling, incest, statutory rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, motor vehicle theft, and arson.
Criminal Offenses Statistics
TotalOn-CampusNon-CampusPublic PropertiesResidence Halls1
Total 18144-13
Rape 99--9
Fondling 651-4
1 The counts on Residence Halls are included in on-campus statistics.

Disciplinary Action Statistics By Location and Violation Types

For students attending Rochester Institute of Technology, 172 disciplinary actions are reported including weapons: carrying, possessing, etc., drug law violation, and liquor law violation.
Disciplinary Action Statistics
TotalOn-CampusNon-CampusPublic PropertiesResidence Halls1
Total 1721702-127
Weapons (carrying, processing, etc.) 33--3
Drug Law Violation 1031012-67
Liquor Law Violation 6666--57
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 Rochester Institute of Technology, 43 VAWA are reported including domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking.
Disciplinary Action Statistics
TotalOn-CampusNon-CampusPublic PropertiesResidence Halls1
Total 4343--28
Domestic Violence -00-0
Dating Violence 20200-19
Stalking 23230-9
1 The counts on Residence Halls are included in on-campus statistics.

Hate Crimes Statistics By Location, crime types, and bias

For students attending Rochester Institute of Technology, 2 hate crimes are reported.
Hate Crimes Statistics
TotalOn-CampusNon-CampusPublic PropertiesResidence Halls1
Simple Assault 110-0
Bias Gender 110-0
Intimidation 110-1
Bias Race 110-1
1 The counts on Residence Halls are included in on-campus statistics.

Fires in Residence Halls

At Rochester Institute of Technology, 11 residence hall fires are reported.
Residence Hall Fires
Number Of FiresCategoryCauseInjuries/DeathsDamage
University Commons, Main Campus1UnintentionalCooking 0/0$0-$99
Perkins Green, Main Campus1UnintentionalCooking 0/0$0-$99
Colony Manor, Main Campus2UnintentionalCooking 0/0$0-$99
Colony Manor, Main Campus2UnintentionalCooking 0/0$0-$99
Riverknoll, Main Campus2UnintentionalCooking 0/0$0-$99
Riverknoll, Main Campus2UnintentionalElectrical 0/0$0-$99
RIT Inn and Conference Center, Main Campus1UnintentionalElectrical 0/0$0-$99
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