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After a five-month review of local crime statistics, The Sentinel found data showing a majority of property damage and theft crimes taking place on campus parking decks across the Kennesaw campus.

This crime log data comes amid larger expressed concerns by students about parking availability during peak class times, normally around times such as 12 p.m. and 2 p.m.

Through observation of publicly available data issued by the Kennesaw State University Police Department, The Sentinel analyzed on-campus crime from September of 2025 through February of this year, finding a distinct pattern of break-ins and damage to motor vehicles on the North, Central, East and West parking decks across the Kennesaw campus.

Data Observation

Throughout the data shown, most of the crimes that take place across campus are concentrated in the North and Central Parking Decks, which are two of the biggest parking locations on campus. The East Parking Deck, one of the Kennesaw Campus’ medium-sized decks, has less activity than the North and Central Deck, while West Parking Deck comes out with the smallest number of reported cases.

What could this mean?

It’s important to note the size variations of the decks and how crime is distributed across the data referenced above. West Deck is one of the smallest parking decks on Kennesaw campus, and appears to have the lowest amount of crime, while Central Parking Deck leads in property damage and North Parking Deck leads in theft.

The Kennesaw State North Parking Deck primarily serves students who live at the University Village and the interconnected Kennesaw Point, which houses students from across the university on the north edge of Kennesaw Campus. This could help elaborate on the heightened thefts, as most theft-related offenses take place during late hours of the night.

Important Limitations of Data

Although the data cited are informative of the crime patterns on Kennesaw Campus, it’s important to note that unreported crimes and differences in traffic, especially in the summer months, play a huge role on the actual data itself.

Overall, while violent crimes such as assault and battery are not often reported across Kennesaw campus, data does show a revealing pattern in property-related offenses across campus, all with incidents falling in a small area of high-traffic locations for students.