Updated Oct. 14, 2024: Since the original posting on Oct. 1, the 2023 Annual Security and Fire Safety Report was updated to reflect current year policy. No reported crime numbers changed.
Linfield University’s 2023 Annual Security and Fire Safety Report is now available online. Posted on Tuesday, Oct. 1, the yearly report includes safety processes, emergency procedures and crime statistics for Linfield’s campuses in McMinnville and Portland.
The report is a requirement of federal law, including the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act and the Higher Education Opportunity Act.
The report includes statistics for the previous three calendar years concerning reported crimes that occurred on-campus; in certain off-campus buildings or property owned or controlled by the university; and on public property within, or immediately adjacent to and accessible from, a university campus. Data included in this report includes statistics from Linfield’s McMinnville and Portland campuses.
In addition, the report includes links to institutional policies concerning campus security. This includes:
- Information about Linfield’s sexual misconduct and relationship violence procedures. For more information, contact the Title IX coordinator at titleix@linfield.edu, or visit https://www.linfield.edu/safety/sexual-misconduct/index.html.
- A listing of policies applicable to students as outlined in the Student Policy Guide at https://catalog.linfield.edu/spg/.
- Information about Linfield’s emergency notification system, CatAlert. More information about CatAlert is at linfield.edu/catalert.
- An overview of Linfield’s crime reduction programs. More information is at https://www.linfield.edu/linfield-public-safety/index.html.
Overall, reported crime increased slightly on the McMinnville campus from 2022 to 2023; the Portland campus stayed even with no reported crimes. The most reported crime in McMinnville was liquor law referrals, which rose from 48 to 59 incidents. No bias-reported crimes were reported on either campus. Seven crimes or incidents pursuant to the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) was reported on the McMinnville campus and none on the Portland campus in 2023.
The Annual Security Report is available at https://linfield.edu/linfield-public-safety/incident-reports.html. Paper copies are available by contacting Linfield Public Safety, 900 SE Baker Street, McMinnville, Oregon 97128, or 503-883-7233.
More information about safety and security initiatives at Linfield are online at linfield.edu/safety.
