Statistics & Reporting

A commitment to transparency is the foundation of our Department. We believe that an informed campus community is powerful, and by educating ourselves on the challenges we face, we can work toward an environment of safety, security and continuous growth.

The up-to-date, accurate reports we provide align with our values and the Clery Act of 1990, which requires institutions of higher education to disclose criminal offense, hate crime, arrest and disciplinary referral statistics based on the definitions provided by the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI’s) Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program. These definitions are from the FBI’s UCR program, the FBI’s National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS), the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Hate Crime Data Collection Guidelines and Training Manual or from definitions provided by the Violence Against Women Act of 1994.

• Reportable Offenses & Definitions
  • Source: FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Handbook - Revised 2004 (pdf)
  • Rape - The penetration, no matter how slight, of the vagina or anus with any body part or object, or oral penetration by a sex organ of another person, without the consent of the victim.
  • Incest - Non-forcible intercourse between persons who are related to each other within the degrees wherein marriage is prohibited by law.
  • Fondling- The touching of the private body parts of another person for the purpose of sexual gratification, without the consent of the victim, including instances where the victim is incapable of giving consent because of his/her age or because of his/her temporary or permanent mental incapacity.
  • Statutory Rape - Sexual intercourse with a person who is under the statutory age of consent.
  • Murder/Non-Negligent Manslaughter - The willful (non-negligent) killing of one human being by another.
  • Negligent Manslaughter - The killing of another person through gross negligence.
  • Robbery - Taking or attempting to take anything of value from the care, custody or control of a person or persons by force or threat of force or violence and/or by putting the victim in fear (Please note weapon used: firearm, knife or cutting instrument, other dangerous weapon, strong arm (hands, fists, feet, etc.).
  • Aggravated Assault - An unlawful attack by one person upon another for the purpose of inflicting severe or aggravated bodily injury. This type of assault usually is accompanied by the use of a weapon or by means likely to produce death or great bodily harm (Please note weapon used: firearm, knife or cutting instrument, other dangerous weapon, strong-arm - hands, fists, feet, etc.).
  • Burglary - The unlawful entry of a structure to commit a felony or a theft.
  • Motor Vehicle Theft - The theft or attempted theft of a motor vehicle.
  • 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.
  • Liquor Law Violations - The violation of state and local laws or ordinances prohibiting the manufacture, sale, purchase, transportation, possession or use of alcoholic beverages, not including driving under the influence and drunkenness.
  • Drug Law Violations - The violation of laws prohibiting the production, distribution and/or use of certain controlled substances and the equipment or devices utilized in their preparation and/or use. The unlawful cultivation, manufacture, distribution, sale, purchase, use, possession, transportation or importation of any controlled drug or narcotic substance.
  • Weapons Violations - The violation of laws or ordinances prohibiting the manufacture, sale, purchase, transportation, possession, concealment or use of firearms, cutting instruments, explosives, incendiary devices or other deadly weapons.
  • Dating violence - Defined by the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) only requires violence or a threat of violence in a case of a relationship of a romantic or sexual nature. (not defined under C.R.S.)
  • Domestic Violence - 18-6-800.3(1), C.R.S. 2014 : “Domestic violence” means an act or threatened act of violence upon a person with whom the actor is or has been involved in an intimate relationship. “Domestic violence” also includes any other crime against a person, or against property, including an animal, or any municipal ordinance violation against a person, or against property, including an animal, when used as a method of coercion, control, punishment, intimidation, or revenge directed against a person with whom the actor is or has been involved in an intimate relationship.
  • Consent - 18-3-401(1.5), C.R.S. 2014 “Consent” means cooperation in act or attitude pursuant to an exercise of free will and with knowledge of the nature of the act. A current or previous relationship is not sufficient to constitute consent. Submission under the influence of fear does not constitute consent.
  • Stalking - 18-3-602 C.R.S.- A person commits stalking if directly, or indirectly through another person, the person knowingly:
    • (a) Makes a credible threat to another person and, in connection with the threat, repeatedly follows, approaches, contacts, or places under surveillance that person, a member of that person's immediate family, or someone with whom that person has or has had a continuing relationship; or
    • (b) Makes a credible threat to another person and, in connection with the threat, repeatedly makes any form of communication with that person, a member of that person's immediate family, or someone with whom that person has or has had a continuing relationship, regardless of whether a conversation ensues; or
    • (c) Repeatedly follows, approaches, contacts, places under surveillance or makes any form of communication with another person, a member of that person's immediate family or someone with whom that person has or has had a continuing relationship in a manner that would cause a reasonable person to suffer serious emotional distress and does cause that person, a member of that person's immediate family, or someone with whom that person has or has had a continuing relationship to suffer serious emotional distress. For purposes of this paragraph (c), a victim need not show that he or she received professional treatment or counseling to show that he or she suffered serious emotional distress.
  • Hazing - The term ‘hazing’ means any intentional, knowing, or reckless act committed by a person (whether individually or in concert with other persons) against another person or persons regardless of the willingness of such other person or persons to participate, that:
    • is committed in the course of an initiation into, an affiliation with, or the maintenance of membership in, a student organization; and
    • causes or creates a risk, above the reasonable risk encountered in the course of participation in the institution of higher education or the organization (such as the physical preparation necessary for participation in an athletic team), of physical or psychological injury including:
      • whipping, beating, striking, electronic shocking, placing of a harmful substance on someone’s body, or similar activity
      • causing, coercing, or otherwise inducing sleep deprivation, exposure to the elements, confinement in a small space, extreme calisthenics, or other similar activity;
      • causing, coercing, or otherwise inducing another person to consume food, liquid, alcohol, drugs, or other substances;
      • causing, coercing, or otherwise inducing another person to perform sexual acts;
      • any activity that places another person in reasonable fear of bodily harm through the use of threatening words or conduct;
      • any activity against another person that includes a criminal violation of local, State, Tribal, or Federal law; and
      • any activity that induces, causes, or requires another person to perform a duty or task that involves a criminal violation of local, State, Tribal, or Federal law.
  • Sexual Assault 18-3-402
    • (1) Any actor who knowingly inflicts sexual intrusion or sexual penetration on a victim commits sexual assault if:
      • (a)The actor causes submission of the victim by means of sufficient consequence reasonably calculated to cause submission against the victim's will; or
      • (b) The actor knows that the victim is incapable of appraising the nature of the victim's conduct; or
      • (c) The actor knows that the victim submits erroneously, believing the actor to be the victim's spouse; or
      • (d) At the time of the commission of the act, the victim is less than fifteen years of age and the actor is at least four years older than the victim and is not the spouse of the victim; or
      • (e) At the time of the commission of the act, the victim is at least fifteen years of age but less than seventeen years of age and the actor is at least ten years older than the victim and is not the spouse of the victim; or
      • (f) The victim is in custody of law or detained in a hospital or other institution and the actor has supervisory or disciplinary authority over the victim and uses this position of authority to coerce the victim to submit, unless the act is incident to a lawful search; or
      • (g) The actor, while purporting to offer a medical service, engages in treatment or examination of a victim for other than a bona fide medical purpose or in a manner substantially inconsistent with reasonable medical practices; or
      • (h) The victim is physically helpless and the actor knows the victim is physically helpless and the victim has not consented.