Clery Act geography

  1. On campus
  2. Non-campus buildings or property that your institution owns or controls
  3. Public property within or immediately adjacent to the campus
  4. Campus housing
    • Under the Clery Act, an institution that has on-campus student housing facilities must separately disclose two sets of on-campus statistics:
      • The total number of crimes that occurred on campus, including crimes that occurred in student housing facilities; and
      • The number of crimes that occurred in on-campus student housing.

On campus

Any building or property owned or controlled by an institution within the same reasonably contiguous geographic area and used by the institution in direct support of, or in a manner related to, the institution’s educational purposes, including residence halls; and Any building or property that is within or reasonably contiguous to paragraph (1) of this definition, that is owned by the institution but controlled by another person, is frequently used by students, and supports institutional purposes (such as a food or other retail vendor).

Non-campus

Any building or property owned or controlled by a student organization that is officially recognized by the institution; or any building or property owned or controlled by an institution 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.

Public property

All public property, including thoroughfares, streets, sidewalks, and parking facilities, that is within the campus, or immediately adjacent to and accessible from the campus.

Student housing

Any student housing facility that is owned or controlled by the institution, or is located on property that is owned or controlled by the institution, and is within the reasonably contiguous geographic area that makes up the campus is considered an on-campus student housing facility.