{
  "id": "2024-09-11-arizona-state-university-tempe-residence-hall-sexual-assault",
  "slug": "arizona-state-university-tempe-residence-hall-sexual-assault-2024-09-11",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Arizona State University",
    "shortName": "ASU",
    "state": "AZ",
    "type": "public-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "ASU Alert / Clery Timely Warning",
    "enrollment": 145000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2024-09-11",
    "type": "sexual-assault",
    "cleryCategory": "timely-warning",
    "headline": "Sexual assault by an acquaintance in a residence hall prompts timely warning",
    "headlinePublic": "Sexual assault by an acquaintance in a residence hall prompts timely warning",
    "summary": "On the evening of September 11, 2024, a student at [Arizona State University's Tempe campus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arizona_State_University) was sexually assaulted by an acquaintance in a residential housing complex on the south side of campus. The [ASU Police Department received the report on September 12](https://cfo.asu.edu/ctw-sexual-assault-9-12-24) and posted a Clery timely warning the same day. The suspect, an acquaintance of the victim, was in the victim's room with others; after the others left, the assault occurred. No arrest had been made at the time the warning was issued.",
    "outcome": "Investigation ongoing at time of timely warning. Suspect was known to the victim. No public arrest reported.",
    "resolution": "under-investigation"
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestampApprox": "September 12, 2024, posted to ASU's Clery Timely Warning archive the same day the report was received",
      "channel": "email",
      "verbatimText": "Clery Timely Warning -- Sexual Assault | 9-12-24\n\nThe ASU Police Department received a report of a Sexual Assault which occurred on the evening of September 11, 2024 at a residential housing complex located on the south side of the Tempe campus.\n\nThe suspect was in the victim's room with others. After the others left, the suspect assaulted the victim.\n\nThe suspect was known to the victim and no arrest has been made.\n\nIf you have information about this incident, please contact the ASU Police Department at 480-965-3456.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://cfo.asu.edu/ctw-sexual-assault-9-12-24",
      "sourceDescription": "ASU CFO, Clery Timely Warning: Sexual Assault, 9-12-24",
      "annotations": [
        "The narrative 'suspect was in the victim's room with others; after the others left, the suspect assaulted the victim' describes a bystander-departure assault pattern, a scenario addressed in community safety education",
        "ASU maintains a Clery timely warning archive at cfo.asu.edu where each incident is published on a dedicated, date-stamped URL",
        "The 'suspect was known to the victim' disclosure indicates no stranger is at large while still triggering mandatory timely warning issuance, consistent with Clery Act requirements",
        "ASU's Tempe campus, with approximately 59,000 on-campus and surrounding students, is one of the largest single campuses in the United States, making the Clery geography and notification reach substantial"
      ],
      "characterCount": 523
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Clery Timely Warning: Sexual Assault | 9-12-24 (Arizona State University)",
      "url": "https://cfo.asu.edu/ctw-sexual-assault-9-12-24",
      "type": "official-archive",
      "accessDate": "2026-05-31"
    },
    {
      "title": "Clery Timely Warning: Crime Alerts (Arizona State University)",
      "url": "https://cfo.asu.edu/clery-timely-warning",
      "type": "official-archive",
      "accessDate": "2026-05-31"
    },
    {
      "title": "2025 Annual Security and Fire Safety Report (Arizona State University)",
      "url": "https://www.asu.edu/police/PDFs/ASU-Clery-Report.pdf",
      "type": "clery-asr",
      "accessDate": "2026-05-31"
    }
  ],
  "context": "[Arizona State University](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arizona_State_University) operates one of the largest Clery Act timely warning archives in the country at [cfo.asu.edu/clery-timely-warning](https://cfo.asu.edu/clery-timely-warning), where every qualifying incident is published on a dedicated, date-stamped URL. On the evening of September 11, 2024, a sexual assault occurred in a residential housing complex on the south side of the [Tempe campus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arizona_State_University,_Tempe_campus). The suspect was an acquaintance who had been in the victim's room with a group; when the others departed, the reported assault occurred. ASU Police received the report on [September 12, 2024](https://cfo.asu.edu/ctw-sexual-assault-9-12-24) and posted the Clery timely warning the same day. The incident occurred during the first weeks of the fall semester, within the campus safety research period known as the [Red Zone](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_zone_%28campus_safety%29), when first-year students face elevated sexual assault risk. ASU's transparent, URL-per-incident archive approach contrasts with many institutions that publish only aggregate statistics or bury timely warnings in generic alert feeds, and the Tempe campus has been the subject of [federal Clery Act review](https://www.12news.com/article/news/crime/asu-found-in-serious-violation-of-the-clery-act-us-dept-of-education-strongly-recommends-reevaluate-safety-policies-and-procedures/75-66ceeb3a-483b-47e8-aa3f-2b474329ba08) in prior years.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "ASU maintains a Clery timely warning archive with a unique URL per incident, which supports longitudinal research",
    "The assault pattern described (acquaintance in the room with a group; others depart; assault occurs) is a common scenario identified in campus sexual assault research and bystander intervention curricula",
    "The incident fell within the Red Zone, the first weeks of the fall semester, consistent with national data showing elevated sexual assault risk in early September",
    "ASU has faced federal Clery Act scrutiny in prior years, making its public-facing timely warning archive both a legal obligation and a reputational investment"
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "sexual-assault",
    "timely-warning",
    "arizona-state-university",
    "public-r1",
    "arizona",
    "tempe",
    "residence-hall",
    "acquaintance-assault",
    "red-zone",
    "clery-act"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-05-31",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-05-31",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}