Daily Crime & Fire Log

Daily Crime & Fire Log

The Daily Crime and Fire Log displays statistics on crimes, arrests, and disciplinary referrals for reported incidents. These statistics are compiled from reports submitted to University Police, the Office of Student Conduct & Community Standards, the Title IX Office, Campus Security Authorities, other university departments, and law enforcement agencies in jurisdictions where the university owns or controls property used for programs involving its students. To request a printed copy, please visit University Police located at 2010 Kenan Drive, Winston-Salem, NC 27127 during normal business hours 8:00 am -5:00 pm, Monday through Friday.  

Daily Crime and Fire Log

Daily Crime and Fire Log displays the most recent 60-day crimes and fires.

Case # Occurred on/or Between Reported Nature Location Disposition
25-025 2025-07-13
4:40
2025-07-13
4:43
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property 1515 Robert Ward Dr.
Active
25-024 2025-07-09
7:33
2025-07-09
7:33
Warrant Service 65 E. Acadia Ave.
Clear by Arrest
25-023 2025-06-27
9:10
2025-06-27
9:32
Larceny 1821 Kenan Dr.
Clear by Arrest
25-022 2025-06-25
21:02
2025-06-25
21:02
Larceny 65 E Acadia Ave.
Closed by other means

Aggregate traffic stop information is available through the State of North Carolina traffic stop reporting database

Dispositions and Descriptions 

Below is an explanation of the dispositions used on the daily crime and fire log. 

  • Active – The case is open and being investigated. 
  • Closed by Arrest - The case is closed, and an individual(s) was arrested. 
  • Closed by Exception - Case is closed and has an applicable clearance. 
  • Closed by Other Means - The incident has been investigated, and all leads are exhausted. 
  • Inactive - The incident has been investigated and there are no leads or evidence to further investigate. 
  • Located - Missing Persons and runaways only. 
  • Unfounded - The incident was investigated by a sworn law enforcement officer and determined to be false or baseless. 

Clery Crimes Categories and Definitions 

Aggravated Assault

An unlawful attack by one person upon another for the purpose of inflicting severe or aggravated bodily injury. This type of assault is usually accompanied by the use of a weapon or by means likely to produce death or great bodily harm.

(It is not necessary that injury result from an aggravated assault when a gun, knife, or other weapon is used, which could and probably would result in serious personal injury if the crime were successfully completed.)

Arson

Any willful or malicious burning or attempt to burn, with or without intent to defraud, a dwelling house, public building, motor vehicle or aircraft, personal property of another, etc.

Burglary

The unlawful entry of a structure to commit a felony or a theft. For reporting purposes, this definition includes unlawful entry with intent to commit a larceny or felony, breaking and entering with intent to commit a larceny, housebreaking, safecracking, and all attempts to commit any of the aforementioned.

Criminal Homicide - Manslaughter by Negligence

The killing of another person through gross negligence.

Criminal Homicide - Murder and Non-negligent Mansluaghter

The willful (non-negligent) killing of one human being by another.

Dating Violence

Violence committed by a person who is or has been in a social relationship of a romantic or intimate nature with the victim.

  1. The existence of such a relationship shall be based on the reporting party’s statement and with consideration of the length of the relationship, the type of relationship, and the frequency of interaction between the persons involved in the relationship.
  2. For the purposes of this definition
    1. Dating Violence includes but is not limited to, sexual or physical abuse or the threat of such abuse.
    2. Dating violence does not include acts covered under the definition of domestic violence.
  3. For the purposes of complying with the requirements of this section and §668.41, any incident meeting this definition is considered a crime for the purposes of Clery Act reporting.

Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property

To willfully or maliciously destroy, damage, deface, or otherwise injure real or personal property without the consent of the owner or the person having custody or control of it. 

Domestic Violence

  1. Felony or misdemeanor crime of violence committed:
    1. By a current or former spouse or intimate partner of the victim; 
    2. By a person with whom the victim shares a child in common;
    3. By a person who is cohabitating with, or has cohabitated with, the victim as a spouse or intimate partner;
    4. By a person similarly situated to a spouse of the victim under the domestic or family violence laws of the jurisdiction in which the crime of violence occurred or
    5. By any other person against an adult or youth victim who is protected from that person’s acts under the domestic or family violence laws of the jurisdiction in which the crime of violence occurred.
  2. For the purposes of complying with the requirements of this section and §668.41, any incident meeting this definition is considered a crime for the purposes of Clery Act reporting.

Drug Abuse Violations

The violation of laws prohibiting the production, distribution, and/or use of certain controlled substances and the equipment or devices utilized in their preparation and/or use. The unlawful cultivation, manufacture, distribution, sale, purchase, use, possession, transportation, or importation of any controlled drug or narcotic substance. Arrests for violations of State and local laws, specifically those relating to the unlawful possession, sale, use, growing, manufacturing, and making of narcotic drugs.

Hate Crime

A crime reported to local police agencies or to a campus security authority that manifests evidence that the victim was intentionally selected because of the perpetrator’s bias against the victim. For the purposes of this section, the categories of bias include the victim’s actual or perceived race, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, ethnicity, national origin, and disability.

Hazing

Any intentional, knowing, or reckless act committed by a person (whether individually or in concert with other persons) against another person or persons regardless of the willingness of such other person or persons to participate, that:

  •  Is committed in the course of an initiation into, an affiliation with, or the maintenance of membership in, a student organization; and 
  • Causes or creates a risk, above the reasonable risk encountered in the course of participation in the institution of higher education or the organization (such as the physical preparation necessary for participation in an athletic team), of physical or psychological injury including 
    • whipping, beating, striking, electronic shocking, placing of a harmful substance on someone’s body, or similar activity; 
    • causing, coercing, or otherwise inducing sleep deprivation, exposure to the elements, confinement in a small space, extreme calisthenics, or other similar activity; 
    • causing, coercing, or otherwise inducing another person to consume food, liquid, alcohol, drugs, or other substances; 
    • causing, coercing, or otherwise inducing another person to perform sexual acts; 
    • any activity that places another person in reasonable fear of bodily harm through the use of threatening words or conduct; 
    • any activity against another person that includes a criminal violation of local, State, Tribal, or Federal law; and 
    • any activity that induces, causes, or requires another person to perform a duty or task that involves a criminal violation of local, State, Tribal, or Federal law. 

Intimidation

To unlawfully place another person in reasonable fear of bodily harm through the use of threatening words and/or other conduct, but without displaying a weapon or subjecting the victim to actual physical attack.

Larceny - Theft (Except Motor Vehicle Theft)

The unlawful taking, carrying, leading, or riding away of property from the possession or constructive possession of another. Attempted larcenies are included. Embezzlement, confidence games, forgery, worthless checks, etc., are excluded.

Liquor Law Violations

The violation of State or local laws or ordinances prohibiting the manufacture, sale, purchase, transporting, possession, or use of alcoholic beverages, not including driving under the influence and drunkenness.

Motor Vehicle Theft

The theft or attempted theft of a motor vehicle. (Classify as motor vehicle theft in all cases where automobiles are taken by persons not having lawful access even though the vehicles are later abandoned – including joyriding.)

Other Assaults, Simple Not Aggravated

An unlawful physical attack by one person upon another where neither the offender displays a weapon nor the victim suffers obvious severe or aggravated bodily injury involving apparent broken bones, loss of teeth, possible internal injury, severe laceration, or loss of consciousness.

Robbery

The taking or attempting to take anything of value from the care, custody, or control of a person or persons by force or threat of force or violence and/or by putting the victim in fear.

Sex Offenses

Any sexual act directed against another person without the consent of the victim, including instances where the victim is incapable of giving consent.

Sexual Assault

An offense that meets the definition of rape, fondling, incest, or statutory rape as used in the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting program.

  • Rape is the penetration, no matter how slight, of the vagina or anus with any body part or object or oral penetration by a sex organ of another person without the consent of the victim.
  • Fondling is the touching of the private parts of another person for the purposes of sexual gratification without the consent of the victim, including instances where the victim is incapable of giving consent because of their age or because of their temporary or permanent mental incapacity.
  • Incest is sexual intercourse between persons who are related to each other within the degrees wherein marriage is prohibited by law.
  • Statutory Rape is sexual intercourse with a person who is under the statutory age of consent.

Stalking

  1. Engaging in a course of conduct directed at a specific person that would cause a reasonable person to
    1. Fear for the person’s safety or the safety of others; or
    2. Suffer substantial emotional distress.
  2. For the purpose of this definition
    1. A course of conduct means two or more acts, including, but not limited to, acts in which the stalker directly, indirectly, or through third parties, by any action, method, device, or means follows, monitors, observes, surveils, threatens, or communicates to or about a person, or interferes with a person’s property.
    2. A reasonable person means a reasonable person under similar circumstances and with similar identities to the victim.
    3. Substantial emotional distress means significant mental suffering or anguish that may but does not necessarily, require medical or other professional treatment or counseling.
  3. For the purposes of complying with the requirements of this section and section 668.41, any incident meeting this definition is considered a crime for the purposes of Clery Act reporting.

Weapons: Carrying, Possessing, Etc.

The violation of laws or ordinances prohibiting the manufacture, sale, purchase, transportation, possession, concealment, or use of firearms, cutting instruments, explosives, incendiary devices, or other deadly weapons.