Choosing a postsecondary institution is a major decision for students and their families. Along with academic, financial and geographic considerations, the issue of campus safety is a vital concern. In 1990, Congress enacted the Crime Awareness and Campus Security Act (Title II of Public Law 101–542), which amended the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA). This act required all postsecondary institutions participating in Title IV student financial aid programs to disclose campus crime statistics and security information. The act was amended in 1992, 1998 and 2000. The 1998 amendments renamed the law the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act (Clery Act) in memory of a student who was slain in her residence hall room in 1986. Upon passage of the Stop Campus Hazing Act (SCHA) in 2024, the Clery Act became formerly known as the "Jeanne Clery Campus Safety Act."
The Clery Act requires higher education institutions to give timely warnings of crimes that represent a threat to the safety of students or employees and to make public their campus security policies. It also requires that crime data are collected, reported and disseminated to the campus community and are also submitted to the U.S. Department of Education. The act is intended to provide students and their families, as higher education consumers, with accurate, complete and timely information about safety on campus so that they can make informed decisions. In accordance with the SCHA, the Clery Act also requires higher education institutions to provide information on hazing policy and include hazing incidents in the Annual Security & Fire Safety Report (ASR/ASFSR), beginning with the October 1, 2026 report. More information on the Clery Act is available by clicking here.
Security, Crime Reporting, and Fire Safety Information
As required by the Jeanne Clery Campus Safety Act, the Office of Campus Safety compiles the Clery Act data and each year posts the Annual Security and Fire Safety Report (PDF) (ASR/ASFSR). The current report contains crime statistics and reporting information for crimes occurring on or near the University of Findlay campus between January 1, 2024 – December 31, 2024. The report provides policy information, statistics about campus crime (arrests, criminal offenses, hate crimes, unfounded crimes, VAWA offenses, and disciplinary actions), and statistics about fire safety in on-campus housing locations (fires, injuries or deaths). Please note, beginning with the October 1, 2026 Annual Security and Fire Safety Report, Clery Crimes will also include Hazing, as that term is defined by the Stop Campus Hazing Act (SCHA). The University of Findlay's Annual Security and Fire Safety Report combines statistics from the Main Campus, English Farm, Western Farm, and All Hazards Training Center into the annual report.
Contact the Office of Campus Safety to request reports from previous years.
If you have questions regarding the ASR/ASFSR, please email [email protected].
Updated September 30, 2025