The University Police record statistics on reported crimes on campus, according to the methods, standards, and definitions provided by the Uniform Crime Reporting System of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Western Carolina University has filed statistics with this system since 1978. The Director of Student Community Ethics records statistics on disciplinary actions and judicial referrals.  The Student Affairs Office maintains statistics of crimes not reported to police, but reported by non-police campus security authorities in an annual survey conducted by the Vice Chancellor or designee.

To the extent that reports can be obtained from local law-enforcement agencies, university crime statistics recorded since September 1991 include incidents that occurred at off-campus locations occupied by registered student organizations or on university-owned property that is not part of the main campus.

Definitions
For the use of this report "Campus" is defined as any building or property owned or controlled by an institution of higher education within the same reasonably contiguous geographic area of the institution and used by the institution in direct support of, or in a manner related to, the institution's educational purposes, including residence halls; and property within the same reasonably contiguous geographic area of the institution that is owned by the institution but controlled by another person, is used by students, and supports institutional purposes (such as a food or other retail vendor). "Public" is defined as all public property that is within the same reasonably contiguous geographic area of the institution, such as a sidewalk, a street, other thoroughfare, or parking facility, and is adjacent to a facility owned or controlled by the institution if the facility is used by the institution in direct support of, or in a manner related to the institution's educational purposes. "Residence" is defined as an on-campus residence hall and is a subset of "Campus" total. "Non-Campus" is defined as any building or property owned or controlled by a student organization recognized by the institution and any building or property (other than a branch campus) owned or controlled by an institution of higher education 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. "Hate" crimes are a subset of the total of all other columns and are those which met the FBI definition of hate crimes.

WCU Crime Statistics

Criminal Offenses - On-campus

Criminal Offense

Total Occurrences on Campus

	2005	2006	2007
a. Murder/Non-negligent manslaughter	0	0	0
b. Negligent manslaughter	0	0	0
c. Forcible sex offenses (including forcible rape)	1	5	1
d. Nonforcible sex offenses	1	0	0
e. Robbery	0	0	0
f. Aggravated assault	13	5	1
g. Burglary	17	9	33
h. Motor vehicle theft	0	4	2
i. Arson	3	2	1

Criminal Offenses - On-campus Residence***

Criminal Offense

Total Occurrences on Campus

	2005	2006	2007
a. Murder/Non-negligent manslaughter	0	0	0
b. Negligent manslaughter	0	0	0
c. Forcible sex offenses (including forcible rape)	0	5	1
d. Nonforcible sex offenses	1	0	0
e. Robbery	0	0	0
f. Aggravated assault	7	5	0
g. Burglary	17	7	18
h. Motor vehicle theft	0	3	0
i. Arson	3	2	0

Criminal Offenses - Non-campus

Criminal Offense

Total Occurrences on Campus

	2005	2006	2007
a. Murder/Non-negligent manslaughter	0	0	0
b. Negligent manslaughter	0	0	0
c. Forcible sex offenses (including forcible rape)	3	2	0
d. Nonforcible sex offenses	0	0	0
e. Robbery	0	1	0
f. Aggravated assault	3	1	0
g. Burglary	0	0	1
h. Motor vehicle theft	0	0	0
i. Arson	0	0	0

Criminal Offenses - Public Property

Criminal Offense

Total Occurrences on Campus

	2005	2006	2007
a. Murder/Non-negligent manslaughter	0	0	0
b. Negligent manslaughter	0	0	0
c. Forcible sex offenses (including forcible rape)	0	0	0
d. Nonforcible sex offenses	0	0	0
e. Robbery	0	0	0
f. Aggravated assault	0	0	0
g. Burglary	0	0	0
h. Motor vehicle theft	0	1	0
i. Arson	0	0	0

Hate Crimes - On-campus, In Residence Halls, Non-Campus, and Public Property

Criminal Offense

Total Occurrences on Campus

	2005	2006	2007
a. Murder/Non-negligent manslaughter	0	0	0
b. Negligent manslaughter	0	0	0
c. Forcible sex offenses (including forcible rape)	0	0	0
d. Nonforcible sex offenses	0	0	0
e. Robbery	0	0	0
f. Aggravated assault	0	0	0
g. Burglary	0	0	0
h. Motor vehicle theft	0	0	0
i. Arson	0	0	0

Arrests - On-campus ***

Number of Arrests on Campus

	2005	2006	2007
a. Illegal weapons possessions	5	3	9
b. Drug Law violations	52	29	37
c. Liquor law violations	60	43	83

Arrests - On-campus Residence Halls

Number of Arrests in Residence Halls

	2005	2006	2007
a. Illegal weapons possessions	2	2	5
b. Drug Law violations	35	15	21
c. Liquor law violations	38	31	48

Arrests - Non-campus

Number of Arrests Non-campus

	2005	2006	2007
a. Illegal weapons possessions	1	0	0
b. Drug Law violations	11	2	6
c. Liquor law violations	10	0	5

Arrests - Public Property

Number of Arrests Public Property

	2005	2006	2007
a. Illegal weapons possessions	0	1	1
b. Drug Law violations	7	19	17
c. Liquor law violations	4	12	17

Disciplinary Actions/Judicial Referrals - On Campus ***

Number of Disciplinary Actions/Judicial Referrals

	2005	2006	2007
a. Illegal weapons possessions	26	24	19
b. Drug Law violations	154	145	106
c. Liquor law violations	391	502	381

Disciplinary Actions/Judicial Referrals - On-campus Residence Halls

Number of Disciplinary Actions/Judicial Referrals

	2005	2006	2007
a. Illegal weapons possessions	21	20	12
b. Drug Law violations	117	117	87
c. Liquor law violations	291	425	299

Disciplinary Actions/Judicial Referrals - Non-campus

Number of Disciplinary Actions/Judicial Referrals

	2005	2006	2007
a. Illegal weapons possessions	0	0	1
b. Drug Law violations	8	10	10
c. Liquor law	12	3	13

Disciplinary Actions/Judicial Referrals - Public Property

Number of Disciplinary Actions/Judicial Referrals

	2005	2006	2007
a. Illegal weapons possessions	0	2	0
b. Drug Law violations	2	13	1
c. Liquor law violations	2	14	9

There were no crimes (in the categories listed above) at the Highlands Biological Station or the Cherokee Center. WCU students enrolled in courses offered in Asheville may obtain copies of the UNCA Clery Act Report at the UNCA Public Safety Office in Vance Hall.

The Clery Act was amended in 1998. Any marked increase across years or in the revised statistics from previous years can be accounted for by the fact that the geographic boundaries for reporting were greatly expanded in 1998, and reporting of drug, alcohol, and weapons violations has also been broadened to include not only arrests, but also disciplinary referrals. Disciplinary action and referrals for 2005, 2006, and 2007 include all disciplinary cases for alcohol, drug, and weapons violations.

*** This category includes all on-campus incidents, including those listed in the category below, "On-campus residence halls." Therefore, the two categories are not cumulative, but duplicative.