Clery Act reporting-period comparison
What changed in campus safety reporting?
This report compares the 2023 and 2024 reporting years inside the current U.S. Department of Education OPE Campus Safety Survey data. It describes changes in reported incidents, not changes in individual safety or reporting quality.
Criminal Offenses incidents
33,224
+843 vs. 2023
VAWA Offenses incidents
17,655
+678 vs. 2023
Institutions reporting
5,585
+0 vs. 2023
Largest category changes
Absolute changes in reported on-campus incidents, ranked across all 14 Clery Act categories in both survey sections. A change may reflect reporting practices or coverage as well as events.
| Category | Survey section | 2023 | 2024 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Motor Vehicle Theft | Criminal offenses | 11,007 | 12,588 | +1,581 |
| Stalking | VAWA | 9,019 | 9,678 | +659 |
| Rape | Criminal offenses | 5,700 | 5,379 | -321 |
| Fondling | Criminal offenses | 4,687 | 4,372 | -315 |
| Burglary | Criminal offenses | 6,929 | 6,673 | -256 |
| Aggravated Assault | Criminal offenses | 2,646 | 2,869 | +223 |
| Domestic Violence | VAWA | 3,719 | 3,807 | +88 |
| Dating Violence | VAWA | 4,239 | 4,170 | -69 |
Largest increases in reported incidents
Criminal Offenses section only, so an institution whose change came from the separately reported VAWA offenses will not appear here. Raw count changes; higher reporting is not a safety verdict.
- University of Maryland Global Campus
MD · 2 → 321 reported incidents (+319)
- University of California-Riverside
CA · 241 → 473 reported incidents (+232)
- University of California-Davis
CA · 342 → 533 reported incidents (+191)
- University of Pennsylvania
PA · 35 → 176 reported incidents (+141)
- University of Florida
FL · 229 → 362 reported incidents (+133)
- University of Maryland-College Park
MD · 201 → 321 reported incidents (+120)
- California State University-Fresno
CA · 80 → 186 reported incidents (+106)
- Bluegrass Community and Technical College
KY · 32 → 135 reported incidents (+103)
- California State University-Northridge
CA · 25 → 122 reported incidents (+97)
- Arizona State University Campus Immersion
AZ · 295 → 387 reported incidents (+92)
Largest decreases in reported incidents
Criminal Offenses section only, on the same basis as the increases above. Raw count changes; lower reporting is not a safety verdict.
- Ohio State University-Main Campus
OH · 599 → 241 reported incidents (-358)
- Grand Canyon University
AZ · 606 → 410 reported incidents (-196)
- Florida Institute of Technology
FL · 150 → 20 reported incidents (-130)
- University of California-Los Angeles
CA · 492 → 363 reported incidents (-129)
- University of California-Berkeley
CA · 656 → 530 reported incidents (-126)
- Hartwick College
NY · 129 → 6 reported incidents (-123)
- University of Notre Dame
IN · 155 → 59 reported incidents (-96)
- Villanova University
PA · 79 → 11 reported incidents (-68)
- University of California-San Diego
CA · 583 → 528 reported incidents (-55)
- Community College of Denver
CO · 60 → 5 reported incidents (-55)
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education Campus Safety and Security Survey (Clery Act) · 2023–2024 PlainCampus computes the displayed differences directly from institution-level on-campus crime records. Counts do not establish the cause of a change.