How Safe and Secure James Madison University Campuses?

At James Madison University, 1,097 on-campus, 11 out-of-campus, 14 public property, 980 residence halls, and 1 on-campus fire campus safety/security issues are reported. By safety matters, 128 arrests, 38 criminal offenses, 936 disciplinary actions, and 20 VAWA (Violence Against Women Act) are reported.

There is a total of 22,224 students enrolled in JMU and the on-campus crime ratio is 493.61 per 10,000 students.

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Campus Safety/Security Matters

At James Madison University, 1,097 on-campus, 11 out-of-campus, 14 public property, 980 residence halls, and 1 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	128	111	6	11	66	-
Criminal Offenses	38	32	5	1	16	-
Disciplinary Actions	936	935	-	1	894	-
VAWA³	20	19	-	1	4	-
Hate Crimes	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	1,122	1,097	11	14	980	-
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 James Madison University, 128 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	128	111	6	11	66
Weapons (carrying, processing, etc.)	-	0	0	0	0
Drug Law Violation	89	80	1	8	53
Liquor Law Violation	39	31	5	3	13

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

Criminal Offenses Statistics By Location and Types of Crime

At James Madison University, 38 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	38	32	5	1	16
Rape	6	4	2	-	3
Fondling	5	4	1	-	4
Robbery	1	1	-	-	-
Burglary	22	20	2	-	8
Arson	3	3	-	-	1

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

Disciplinary Action Statistics By Location and Violation Types

For students attending James Madison University, 936 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	936	935	-	1	894
Drug Law Violation	64	63	-	1	54
Liquor Law Violation	872	872	-	-	840

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 James Madison University, 20 VAWA are reported including domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking.

Disciplinary Action Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹
Total	20	19	-	1	4
Domestic Violence	3	2	0	1	0
Dating Violence	8	8	0	0	2
Stalking	9	9	0	0	2

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

Hate Crimes Statistics By Location, crime types, and bias

There is no reported hate crimes at James Madison University.

Fires in Residence Halls

At James Madison University, 1 residence hall fires are reported.

Residence Hall Fires
	Number Of Fires	Category	Cause	Injuries/Deaths	Damage
Shorts Hall, Main Campus-Harrisonburg	1	Intentional	paper singed on wall	0/0	$0-$99

How Safe and Secure James Madison University Campuses?

Campus Safety/Security Matters

Arrests Statistics By Location and Violation Types

Criminal Offenses Statistics By Location and Types of Crime

Disciplinary Action Statistics By Location and Violation Types

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

Hate Crimes Statistics By Location, crime types, and bias

Fires in Residence Halls

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