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Three arsons reported on University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign campus in 2017

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There were 3 on-campus arsons in 2017 on the campus of University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, located in Champaign, according to the most recent crime statistics available on the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) website.

In 2016, there were 3 arsons on the campus; and in 2015, there were 2 arsons. Overall, in the three year period from 2015 through 2017, 62 percent of on-campus arsons happened in residence halls. The following table shows how many of these on-campus criminal offenses were committed in residence halls:


YearOn-campus arsonsIn residence halls% In residence halls
20173133%
20163266%
201522100%

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