University of Puget Sound — Campus Safety & Crime Statistics

University of Puget Sound reports Clery Act campus safety data across 3 years , accumulating 70 total on-campus incidents across 11 distinct crime categories. Its safety score of 18.81 incidents per 1,000 enrolled students places it at national rank #3000 and #60 within WA out of 5,600+ institutions surveyed by the US Department of Education's OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey. With 1,914 enrolled students, this campus sits in the small college bracket, which shapes how raw incident counts should be interpreted.

The most frequently reported category at University of Puget Sound is "motor_vehicle_theft" with 34 cumulative incidents across the reporting window. Year-over-year, on-campus incident volume is rising — moving from 19 in 2021 to 29 in 2023. Compared to 5 peer institutions of similar enrollment size in WA averaging 6.49 incidents per 1,000 students, University of Puget Sound reports 190% more incidents per student.

Fire safety data covers 70 reporting years for on-campus residential facilities, logging 0 total fires. Arrests and disciplinary actions span 9 category-year records, covering liquor law violations, drug law violations, and weapons possession on-campus. No Department of Education Clery Act enforcement actions are recorded against this institution. Safety scores should always be read alongside enrollment size, campus geography, and reporting culture — institutions with active reporting programs often show higher counts that reflect transparency rather than risk.