How Safe and Secure Purdue University-Main Campus Campuses?

At Purdue University-Main Campus, 1,161 on-campus, 26 out-of-campus, 74 public property, 946 residence halls, and 6 on-campus fire campus safety/security issues are reported. By safety matters, 227 arrests, 72 criminal offenses, 912 disciplinary actions, 42 VAWA (Violence Against Women Act), and 4 hate crimes are reported.

There is a total of 51,528 students enrolled in PU and the on-campus crime ratio is 225.31 per 10,000 students.

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Campus Safety/Security Matters

At Purdue University-Main Campus, 1,161 on-campus, 26 out-of-campus, 74 public property, 946 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	227	183	2	42	74	-
Criminal Offenses	72	60	6	6	34	-
Disciplinary Actions	912	876	16	20	820	-
VAWA³	42	36	2	4	18	-
Hate Crimes	4	3	-	1	-	-
Total	1,257	1,161	26	74	946	-
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 Purdue University-Main Campus, 227 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	227	183	2	42	74
Weapons (carrying, processing, etc.)	-	0	0	0	0
Drug Law Violation	155	136	0	19	53
Liquor Law Violation	72	47	2	23	21

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

Criminal Offenses Statistics By Location and Types of Crime

At Purdue University-Main Campus, 72 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	72	60	6	6	34
Rape	22	18	3	1	13
Fondling	15	12	2	1	9
Robbery	2	2	-	-	-
Aggravated Assault	8	4	-	4	-
Burglary	15	14	1	-	10
Motor Vehicle Theft	6	6	-	-	-
Arson	4	4	-	-	2

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

Disciplinary Action Statistics By Location and Violation Types

For students attending Purdue University-Main Campus, 912 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	912	876	16	20	820
Drug Law Violation	107	86	2	19	62
Liquor Law Violation	805	790	14	1	758

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 Purdue University-Main Campus, 42 VAWA are reported including domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking.

Disciplinary Action Statistics
	Total	On-Campus	Non-Campus	Public Properties	Residence Halls¹
Total	42	36	2	4	18
Domestic Violence	4	3	0	1	3
Dating Violence	14	10	1	3	7
Stalking	24	23	1	0	8

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

Hate Crimes Statistics By Location, crime types, and bias

For students attending Purdue University-Main Campus, 4 hate crimes are reported.

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

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

Fires in Residence Halls

At Purdue University-Main Campus, 6 residence hall fires are reported.

Residence Hall Fires
	Number Of Fires	Category	Cause	Injuries/Deaths	Damage
Earhart Hall, Main Campus	1	Intentional	papers on bulletin board lit with lighter	0/0	$0-$99
Meredith Hall, Main Campus	1	Unintentional	Open flames	0/0	$0-$99
Wiley Hall, Main Campus	1	Unintentional	Cooking	0/0	$100-$999
Cary Quad South, Main Campus	1	Unintentional	Machinery/Industrial	0/0	$1,000-$9,999
Purdue Village Apt. 1309, Main Campus	1	Intentional	Decorations intentionally lit	0/0	$100-$999
Clark Hall, Vincennes Campus	1	Unintentional	Other	0/0	$1,000-$9,999

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