Executive Director of Bryn Mawr Campus Safety Lillian Burroughs has released the annual Campus Security Crime Report and Annual Fire Safety Report, detailing campus crime statistics from the past year.
Released annually in late September, the report was sent in a mass email to the Bryn Mawr community on Sept. 30, and contained a PDF of the report as well as a written overview by Burroughs of the report’s contents. The annual report is required by the Federal Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and the Campus Crime Statistics Act, detailing the role of Campus Safety in the Bi-Co as well as definitions of crimes, drug and alcohol policies, weapons policies, and policies concerning sexual assault and dating violence. The end of the report is devoted almost entirely to fire safety and crime statistics dating back to 2022.
No significant changes have been made to the alcohol, controlled substance, or weapons policy from 2024 to 2025. Like the previous editions, the 2025 report contains the definitions of specific crimes pertaining to alcohol, weapons, and controlled substances under Pennsylvania law as well as potential penalties if convicted for one of these crimes. The alcohol and drug section is extensive, containing tables describing different drugs, their likelihood of dependence, possible effects, effects of overdose, and withdrawal symptoms. The alcohol policy specifically details locations on Bryn Mawr and Haverford’s campuses where students are prohibited from consuming alcohol— no changes have been made to these locations since 2024. This section also contains federal penalties for drug, alcohol, and weapons-related crimes, as well as a directory of services for students needing help with alcohol-related issues and a list of alcohol and drug awareness programming for the campus community.
Similarly, no significant changes have been made either to the section concerning sexual assault and dating violence, which details definitions of various crimes relating to sexual assault and dating violence under Pennsylvania law. This section also contains the official Bi-College guidance for consent, which has not changed from its 2024 iteration. A section on risk reduction in situations of domestic and sexual violence is also included, as well as procedures victims should follow if a sexual or domestic violence crime occurs. This section has also not deviated from its 2024 edition.
The section on Title IX, while extensive, has also not changed significantly from 2024, giving an overview of the Title IX policy in its current iteration as well as processes for filing a Title IX report on campus, hearing procedures, sanctions, resolution processes, appeals, and notices of allegations. The only significant change in this section is in its directory, which has changed to reflect the appointment of Cary Carr, the new Title IX Coordinator.
The back end of the report includes crime statistics for Bryn Mawr campus for the years 2022, 2023, and 2024. In the year 2024, there were zero reports of murder or manslaughter by negligence. There two total reported sexual offenses on campus, one of which happened in 2023 but was reported in 2024, and two reported cases of rape. There were no reports of fondling, incest, or statutory rape, and no instances of aggravated assault, robbery, burglary, motor vehicle theft, or arson. While there were 26 liquor law violations and intoxication reports, none of these resulted in arrests. 20 of the liquor law violations happened in residential facilities, whereas six happened on public property. There were seven drug law violations, but zero resulted in arrests as well. There were no reports of or arrests for illegal weapons possession.
Under the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), there were five reported cases of dating violence, all of which happened in residential facilities. There were zero reports of domestic violence or stalking in 2023. There was one reported hate crime on campus in 2024, which happened on public property. None of these crimes were considered unfounded.
Following the crime statistics is the annual fire safety report, which includes an overview of campus fire safety policies, fire prevention, evacuation instructions for residential buildings, and fire prevention information for all buildings on campus. Each residential building has two evacuation drills a year, as indicated by the table. This section also includes fire safety statistics by building for 2022, 2023, and 2024. There were no reported fires in any residential buildings in 2024.
With no significant upticks or downturns from 2023, the crime and fire statistics reflect the few changes in policy throughout the report.
