The overwhelming majority – 94% – of community members at Virginia Commonwealth University reported feeling “safe” or “very safe” on campus, according to the 2025 Perception of Safety Survey. The figure is 2 percentage points higher than last year.

Nearly three-fourths of VCU community members surveyed were “not concerned at all” or “slightly concerned” for their safety while on campus. In the preceding six months, 92% of respondents had not witnessed a crime, and 97% had not been victims of crime, according to researchers.

The annual survey of randomly selected students, faculty and staff on both VCU’s Monroe Park and MCV campuses gives public safety officials a fuller picture of how their work is manifesting in the community and where improvements can be made. The 2025 survey, completed by 1,025 individuals, was conducted this spring by the Survey and Evaluation Research Laboratory through the L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs.

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