This article contains discussions of sexual violence and stalking.
Wednesday, Sept. 30, College of William and Mary Provost Peggy Agouris emailed students, faculty and staff the 2026 Annual Campus Security and Fire Safety Report for the College’s campuses, including Williamsburg, the Batten School of Coastal and Marine Sciences and VIMS Gloucester Point, Batten School and VIMS Eastern Shore, Washington and Newport News Peninsula Center.
Agouris said this report aligns with the Clery Act, which requires academic institutions to disclose specific acts of reported crime.
The report describes public safety resources, campus notification policies and crime prevention strategies. The report did not mention the use of artificial intelligence-powered surveillance companies like Flock and ZeroEyes.
The annual report details the total number of reported offenses to the William and Mary Police Department from the past three years.
“These statistics reflect reports of crimes to WMPD that the Department has assumed to have occurred, unless investigation proved otherwise,” the report said.
The Williamsburg campus recorded the most Clery Act crimes out of the College’s locations. Campus crime data from 2023-25 show that many reported offenses occurred in residence halls. Sexual offenses declined over the period. Reported rapes fell from five in both 2023 and 2024 to two in 2025, while fondling offenses declined from 14 in 2023 to nine in 2024 and two in 2025. All reported rapes had occurred in residential halls.
Stalking also decreased from 18 reported incidents in 2023 to nine in 2024 and eight in 2025.
Dating violence remained relatively consistent, with three reported incidents in 2023, four in 2024 and three in 2025 — most or all occurred in residence halls. Three incidents of domestic violence were reported in 2023, two of which occurred in residence halls, while no domestic violence incidents were listed for 2024 or 2025.
Liquor law referrals remained the most frequently reported violations, totaling 111 in 2023, 98 in 2024 and 136 in 2025, with most occurring in residence halls. Drug law referrals declined from 28 in 2023 to 17 in 2024, and increasing slightly to 18 in 2025.
2025 saw 13 motor-vehicle thefts and five reported hazing violations, the first year the College was required to report hazing. No hate crimes were reported in any of the three years.
There was only one reported Clery Act crime for the Batten School and VIMS Gloucester Point campus, which was an on-campus drug law arrest in 2024. There were no reported Clery Act crimes for the Batten School and VIMS Eastern Shore campus.
In 2025, the Washington, D.C. campus had only one reported crime on campus, which was a count of burglary. Most of the campus’s reported statistics in the past three years came from seven weapons possession arrests on what is considered public property.
The Newport News, Va. campus had zero reported Clery crimes.
There have been zero reported hate crimes for all listed years for all campuses.
The report also lists fire logs and fire alarm activations. There was one residential fire on Jan. 26, 2025 in Barrett Hall on the Williamsburg campus. The fire was caused by candles and there were no injuries requiring treatment.
In the residence halls, fire alarms accounted for 188 out of 285, or 65%, of the Williamsburg Fire Department’s responses in the 2025 reporting period. This is a 4% decrease compared to 2024.
Students, faculty and staff can request a paper copy of the annual report from the Office of Compliance and Equity at zero cost.
