University Park Campus (UPC)
Health Sciences Campus (HSC)
Clery Geography Versus Patrol and Response Area
Clery Geography differs from DPS’s patrol and response areas around UPC and HSC, which include a 2.5 mile radius zone of USC-owned property as well as private and public spaces. DPS monitors this larger geographic area to ensure community safety; Clery geography is used specifically for federal crime reporting and only includes USC-owned property and designated adjacent property and city streets. Read more about Clery requirements.
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Clery Act Geography Definitions
The following definitions apply to the geographical locations of incidents disclosed in the crime statistics tables contained in the Annual Security and Fire Safety Report.
- On-Campus: Any building or property owned or controlled by an institution within the same reasonably contiguous geographic area and used by the institution in direct support of, or in a manner related to, the institution’s educational purposes, including residence halls; and any building or property that is within or reasonably contiguous to the property described above in this definition, that is owned by the institution but controlled by another person, is frequently used by students, and supports institutional purposes (such as a food or other retail vendor).
- On-Campus, Student Housing Facilities: An institution that has on-campus student housing facilities must separately disclose two sets of on-campus statistics: the total number of crimes that occurred on campus, including crimes that occurred in student housing facilities, and the number of crimes that occurred in on-campus student housing facilities as a subset of the total. In other words, if a Clery Act crime is reported to have occurred in an on-campus residence hall, the incident is counted twice. It is reported in the overall on-campus statistics table and once in the on-campus residence hall statistics table.
- Public Property: All public property, including thoroughfares, streets, sidewalks, and parking facilities, that is within the campus, or immediately adjacent to and accessible from the campus.
- Non-Campus: Any building or property owned or controlled by a student organization that is officially recognized by the institution; or any building or property owned or controlled by an institution that is used in direct support of, or in relation to, the institution’s educational purposes, is frequently used by students, and is not within the same reasonably contiguous geographic area of the institution. The university owns or controls several different types of non-campus properties, including but not limited to property owned by USC recognized student organizations including some fraternity and sorority houses, student housing, sporting venues, academic facilities, administrative support services, child care facilities and parking.
