Each year, the university releases a report on crime rates and fire-related incidents on its campus, the law school’s campus and the surrounding Bexley area.
This year’s report collects data from the three previous years: 2023–2025.
The university recorded no reported fires in on-campus housing in 2025, down from three in 2024 and one in 2023. It’s the lowest total in the three-year window.
Across all three years, no fire resulted in an injury requiring medical treatment or a death. Property damage never exceeded $999 in a single incident.
Dating violence is the category that has changed most over time. Reports on campus increased from four in 2023 to six in 2024, then eased to five in 2025.
Stalking reports were uneven: three in 2023, one in 2024 and four in 2025. Rape reports on campus increased from one in 2023 and 2024 to three in 2025, all three in residential facilities. Fondling was reported once, in 2024, and domestic violence was not reported in any of the three years.
Overall, the combined on-campus total for the offenses listed above was 16 in 2023, 11 in 2024 and 14 in 2025.
Burglary dropped steadily, from six on-campus incidents in 2023 to two in 2024 and one in 2025. Residential burglaries fell from four to one to zero.
The university also reported its first hazing incident in 2025, the first year that the category was required.
The law school campus reported very little activity. The only crimes listed were one motor vehicle theft on campus and three on public property in 2024, and a single drug arrest on public property in 2025.
Judicial referrals for drug violations fell from 32 in 2023 to 29 in 2024 and 20 in 2025. Liquor law referrals moved less predictably, rising from 22 to 29 before dropping to 8 in 2025.
Drug arrests on public property increased from three in 2023 and 2024 to nine in 2025, though no drug arrests occurred on campus property in 2025.
