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Monitoring and Recording Criminal Activity 

In compliance with the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act, the Southern Methodist University tracks and records index crimes occurring on the SMU-Main campus, SMU-in-Plano campus and the SMU-in-Taos campus as well as those areas immediately contiguous to the main campus where many students live and frequently access.  These crimes are categorized as:

  • Non-campus buildings or property owned or controlled by student organizations that are recognized by the University.
  • Non-campus buildings or property owned or controlled by the University that are used in direct support of, or in relation to, the University’s educational purposes, are frequently used by students, and are not in the same reasonable contiguous geographic area of the University; and
  • Public property including thoroughfares, streets, sidewalks, and parking facilities that are within the campus or immediately adjacent to and accessible from the campus.  The jurisdiction of the SMU Police department does not extend to public property contiguous to the campus; therefore the department has a limited role in investigating criminal activity at these locations.  The department’s role is limited to information sharing, cooperation, and coordination with the investigating local law enforcement agency.

The links above provide access to crime statistics for each campus.  Statistics include the previous three years of reported crimes, as well as crimes reported for the current calendar year.