Troy releases annual Clery Report, outlines reported campus crime

Troy University released the annual Clery report, a document filled with every documented campus crime occurring over the past three years, last Thursday.

The report is required by law and provides transparent crime statistics to students, so they can make informed safety decisions.

The report does not include statistics from this year, only crimes from 2025, 2024 and 2023. The dates for the reported crimes span Jan.1, 2023, to Dec. 31, 2025.

Additionally, the report does not outline every crime made on campus, only the crimes reported to campus police.

The largest numbers on the Clery report come from on-campus liquor law disciplinary actions and arrests.

Those disciplinary actions remained consistent over the past three years, with 13 in 2023, 14 in 2024 and 14 in 2025. All 14 of those 2025 disciplinary actions occurred within on-campus housing.

What has not remained consistent are the liquor law arrests. Between 2023 and 2024, zero liquor law arrests were on campus. However, in 2025, 14 arrests were made, all within on-campus housing.

The past three years have also seen an increase in disciplinary actions and arrests for drug abuse violations on campus.

Those disciplinary actions went from four in 2023, to five in 2024 and finally to eight in 2025. Additionally, those drug abuse arrests rose from two in 2023, to eight in 2024 before reaching ten instances in 2025.

Troy University Police Department (TUPD) Police Chief George Beaudry said he thinks part of those increases result from resident assistants (RAs) having to be more rigorous due to increase complaints of drug and alcohol use in campus dorms.

"They're having to respond to what they're being met with,” Beaudry said. “We're getting more and more complaints from students because [marijuana] is becoming problematic within our dorms and on campus in general.

“There's a lot more calls coming in and a lot more complaints being made to housing, and in return housing is coming back in and saying, 'Hey, we have to be a little bit more aggressive with how we look into and investigate these things.’”

The report shows two instances of reported rape in 2023, with a single instance of reported rape in both 2024 and 2025.

“It's an under-reported crime,” Beaudry said. “We have a lot more male victims than ever get reported because generally there's a stigma for male victims to report sex offences.

“We know that through statistics and through research. [Sexual assault] is happening on college campuses all across the country and it's just not getting reported.”

According to the report, there were no hate crimes reported between 2023 and 2025.

Beaudry said hate crimes are another crime that goes under-reported, and they happen a lot more than TUPD ever hears about.

On-campus burglary reports jumped from no instances in 2024 to three in 2025, and on-campus robbery reports rose from none to one in those same years. There were no reported burglaries or robberies off campus in the past three years.

Aggravated assault reports have consistently declined, with two instances in 2023, one in 2024 and none in 2025. That said, though, 2025 saw a large increase in reported domestic violence, with four cases in 2025 opposed to zero in both 2023 and 2024.

Beaudry attributes the high amount of domestic violence instances to the state of the world and the increase in domestic violence reporting to a more active Title IX leadership.

“Students are a cross-section of our society and domestic violence is happening everywhere,” Beaudry said. “We live in a broken world and we're going to see the same crimes on campus that we see off campus.

"We've got a very proactive Title IX leader over there now that is also working with students a lot, so I think that could have something to do with the increase in reporting."

Disciplinary actions for carrying or possessing weapons on campus rose from none in 2023 and 2024 to two in 2025. Arrests for the same charge rose from one in 2023 to seven in 2024, before calming down to three in 2025.

Troy University’s Title IX Coordinator Grace Wagstaff encouraged students to report crimes they see.

“Reporting a crime can feel like a really big step, especially when someone isn’t sure what will happen next, but reporting gives us an opportunity to respond, connect people with support and make sure concerns aren’t going unnoticed,” Wagstaff said. “Being a problem-spotter helps us be problem-solvers.

“Every report helps us better understand what our campus community is experiencing and where we may need to do more.

To report a crime, call TUPD at 334-670-3215, text TROJANTIP and a message to 79516, use the Omnilert app or call 911. 334-670-3215

Those wanting to look over the entire Clery report can find the document in their Troy University email by searching for Annual Safety Report. Those with questions are encouraged to email Dean of Student Services Herbert Reeves at hreeves@troy.edu.

“Most importantly, we want students to know that they don’t have to navigate a difficult situation alone – we want them to have a place to turn,” Wagstaff said. “We want students to know that we take their safety, their concerns and their experience seriously."