Universities Release Annual Clery Act Campus Safety Data
Newly published reports from Miami University, Bowdoin College and Emory University reveal key trends in campus crime, fire safety and hazing.
- By Jesse Jacobs
- October 07, 2026
Colleges and universities across the nation have published their annual security and fire safety disclosures in compliance with the federal Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act. The mandated reports provide public access to campus crime statistics, emergency procedures and fire safety records spanning the previous three calendar years.
According to an official public safety disclosure from Miami University, safety and fire data was compiled from local law enforcement agencies and internal administrative offices across its regional and international branches, including the Oxford, Hamilton, Middletown, Voice of America Learning Center, Cincinnati and Luxembourg campuses. Compiled in cooperation with residence life, student life and athletic departments, the university submitted its annual statistics directly to the U.S. Department of Education.
A report from The Bowdoin Orient detailed how Bowdoin College campus safety officials recorded a rise in liquor law violations, which increased from 53 incidents in 2024 to 79 in 2025. It was noted that residential facility drinking violations jumped from 28 to 65 during the same period. The college documented one case of hazing in 2025 after recording zero incidents in the previous two years. Reported rape offenses dropped to three cases in 2025, down from five in 2023 and four in 2024. Property damage from six reported fires over the three-year tracking period totaled approximately $845.
Meanwhile, reporting from The Emory Wheel highlighted updated safety metrics covering Emory University's Atlanta and Oxford College campuses. The report further detailed that criminal offenses on the Atlanta campus rose slightly from 59 cases in 2024 to 62 in 2025. While burglaries and robberies fell from 34 to 28, motor vehicle thefts doubled from five to 12. Reported fondling offenses doubled to 10 cases, while rape reports decreased from 12 to eight.
Under Georgia's Max Gruver Act, Emory included hazing statistics in its annual disclosure for the first time, logging 11 reported hazing cases on the Atlanta campus and zero at Oxford. On-campus drug law violations resulting in disciplinary referrals doubled on the Atlanta campus from 19 to 38 cases, while liquor law referrals dipped from 125 to 114.