Crime Statistics
Crime Statistics for 2003-2005
FBI Definitions of Crime Categories
The following definitions are those outlined in the Federal Bureau of Investigation's National Incident-Based Reporting System, which colleges and universities are required to use in reporting crime statistics:
Murder: the willful killing of one human being by another.
Negligent Manslaughter: the killing of another person through gross negligence.
Sex Offenses, Forcible: Any sexual act directed against another person, forcibly or against that person's will. Includes forcible rape, forcible sodomy, sexual assault with an object and forcible fondling.
Sex Offenses, Non-Forcible: Unlawful, non-forcible sexual intercourse. Includes incest and statutory rape.
Robbery: The taking, or attempted taking, of anything of value from one person by another, in which the offender uses force or the threat of violence.
Aggravated Assault: An attack by one person upon another, in which the offender uses or displays a weapon in a threatening manner or the victim suffers severe injury involving apparent broken bones, loss of teeth, possible internal injury, severe laceration, or loss of consciousness.
Burglary: The unlawful entry into a building or other structure with the intent to commit a felony or a theft.
Motor Vehicle Theft: The theft of a motor vehicle, including automobiles, trucks, motorcycles and mopeds.
Arson: Any willful or malicious burning or attempt to burn, with or without intent to defraud, a dwelling house, public building, motor vehicle or aircraft, personal property of another, etc.
Hate Crimes: All of the above crimes and any other crime involving bodily injury if the crime are defined as being those crimes that manifest evidence that the victim was intentionally selected because of the victim's actual or perceived race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, ethnicity, or diability.
Illegal Weapons Possession Violations: The violations of laws and ordinances dealing with weapon offenses.
Drug Abuse Violations: Violations of federal, state, and local laws relating to the unlawful possession, sale, use, growing, manufacturing, and making of narcotic drugs or marijuana.
Liquor Law Violations: The violations of state laws or local ordinances prohibiting the manufacture, sale, transporting, furnishing, possessing of intoxicating liquor; maintaining unlawful drinking places; furnishing liquor to a minor or intemperate person; using a vehicle for illegal transportation of liquor; drinking on a train or public conveyance; and all attempts to commit any of the aforementioned.
Geographical Categories
On-Campus: Any building or property owned or controlled by an institution within the same reasonably contiguous geographic area and used by the institution in direct support of, or in a manner related to, the institution's educational purposes, including residence halls.
Any building or property owned by the institution, but controlled by another person, that is within or reasonably contiguous to the geographic area, is frequently used by students, and supports institutional purposes (such as a food or other retail vendor).
Non-Campus: Any building or property owned or controlled by the institution that is used in direct support of, or in relation to, the institution's educational purposes, is frequently used by students, and is not within the same reasonably contiguous geographic area of the institution.
Public Property: All public property, including thoroughfares, streets, sidewalks and parking facilities, that is within the campus or immediately adjacent to and accessible from the campus.
On-Campus Residence Halls: On campus dormitories or other residential facilities for students. Please note that statistics reported in this category are a subset of those reported in the "campus"