Clery Act reporting-period comparison
What changed in campus safety reporting?
This report compares the 2022 and 2023 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.
Reported incidents
32,402
+2,737 vs. 2022
Institutions reporting
5,673
+0 vs. 2022
Compared reporting years
2022–2023
Federal OPE Campus Safety Survey
Largest category changes
Absolute changes in reported on-campus incidents by Clery Act category. A change may reflect reporting practices or coverage as well as events.
| Category | 2022 | 2023 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Motor Vehicle Theft | 7,451 | 10,898 | +3,447 |
| Burglary | 7,547 | 6,991 | -556 |
| Rape | 6,180 | 5,697 | -483 |
| Aggravated Assault | 2,498 | 2,731 | +233 |
| Arson | 541 | 672 | +131 |
| Robbery | 664 | 636 | -28 |
| Fondling | 4,682 | 4,664 | -18 |
| Statutory Rape | 75 | 81 | +6 |
Largest increases in reported incidents
Raw count changes; higher reporting is not a safety verdict.
- Ohio State University-Main Campus
OH · 256 → 599 reported incidents (+343)
- University of California-Los Angeles
CA · 203 → 492 reported incidents (+289)
- Grand Canyon University
AZ · 428 → 606 reported incidents (+178)
- University of California-San Diego
CA · 378 → 556 reported incidents (+178)
- University of California-Berkeley
CA · 497 → 656 reported incidents (+159)
- University of Utah
UT · 120 → 260 reported incidents (+140)
- Florida Institute of Technology
FL · 20 → 150 reported incidents (+130)
- Hartwick College
NY · 12 → 129 reported incidents (+117)
- University of Houston
TX · 83 → 194 reported incidents (+111)
- University of Maryland-College Park
MD · 102 → 201 reported incidents (+99)
Largest decreases in reported incidents
Raw count changes; lower reporting is not a safety verdict.
- North Carolina State University at Raleigh
NC · 142 → 45 reported incidents (-97)
- University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus
CO · 260 → 169 reported incidents (-91)
- Arizona State University Campus Immersion
AZ · 379 → 295 reported incidents (-84)
- University of Arizona
AZ · 152 → 80 reported incidents (-72)
- University of Hawaii at Manoa
HI · 95 → 37 reported incidents (-58)
- Virginia Commonwealth University
VA · 169 → 112 reported incidents (-57)
- San Diego State University
CA · 103 → 51 reported incidents (-52)
- Brigham Young University-Idaho
ID · 52 → 2 reported incidents (-50)
- Prairie View A & M University
TX · 139 → 98 reported incidents (-41)
- University of California-Davis
CA · 376 → 336 reported incidents (-40)
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education Campus Safety and Security Survey (Clery Act) · 2022–2023 PlainCampus computes the displayed differences directly from institution-level on-campus crime records. Counts do not establish the cause of a change.