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Lowest violent-offence rates

Murder, sex offences, robbery and aggravated assault reported on campus geography, three years averaged, per 1,000 students.

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0.00
#1 · Brooklyn College
Division III · City University of New York Athletic Conference · Brooklyn, NY
1.19
Median
of 235 schools, Division III
0.05
10th place
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Top 15

  1. 1Brooklyn CollegeDivision III · City University of New York Athletic Conference · Brooklyn, NY0.00
  2. 2Edgewood UniversityDivision III · Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference · Madison, WI0.00
  3. 3Medgar Evers CollegeDivision III · City University of New York Athletic Conference · Brooklyn, NY0.00
  4. 4Mount Saint Mary College (New York)Division III · Skyline Conference · Newburgh, NY0.00
  5. 5St. Joseph's University, New York L.I.Division III · Skyline Conference · Patchogue, NY0.00
  6. 6St. Joseph's University NY (Brooklyn)Division III · Skyline Conference · Brooklyn, NY0.00
  7. 7Utica UniversityDivision III · Empire 8 · Utica, NY0.00
  8. 8Baruch CollegeDivision III · City University of New York Athletic Conference · New York, NY0.02
  9. 9Lehman CollegeDivision III · City University of New York Athletic Conference · Bronx, NY0.05
  10. 10Yeshiva UniversityDivision III · Skyline Conference · New York, NY0.05
  11. 11York College (New York)Division III · City University of New York Athletic Conference · Jamaica, NY0.05
  12. 12University of Massachusetts BostonDivision III · Little East Conference · Boston, MA0.06
  13. 13Belhaven UniversityDivision III · Collegiate Conference of the South · Jackson, MS0.08
  14. 14Fairleigh Dickinson University, FlorhamDivision III · Middle Atlantic Conference Freedom · Madison, NJ0.08
  15. 15Clarkson UniversityDivision III · Liberty League · Potsdam, NY0.10

Every school, Division III

0.0010.08
#1 · Brooklyn Collegeevery school

The spread across 235 schools; the median is 1.19.

How it is measured

Campuses with at least 2,000 students. Low counts can mean a safe campus or weak reporting; read with the school’s own climate surveys.

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#SchoolViolent offences per 1,000 students a yearStudentsSetting
1Brooklyn College
Division III · City University of New York Athletic Conference · Brooklyn, NY
0.0013,935City
2Edgewood University
Division III · Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference · Madison, WI
0.002,001City
3Medgar Evers College
Division III · City University of New York Athletic Conference · Brooklyn, NY
0.003,846City
4Mount Saint Mary College (New York)
Division III · Skyline Conference · Newburgh, NY
0.002,246City
5St. Joseph's University, New York L.I.
Division III · Skyline Conference · Patchogue, NY
0.004,050City
6St. Joseph's University NY (Brooklyn)
Division III · Skyline Conference · Brooklyn, NY
0.004,050City
7Utica University
Division III · Empire 8 · Utica, NY
0.003,733City
8Baruch College
Division III · City University of New York Athletic Conference · New York, NY
0.0219,698City
9Lehman College
Division III · City University of New York Athletic Conference · Bronx, NY
0.0512,894City
10Yeshiva University
Division III · Skyline Conference · New York, NY
0.056,826City
11York College (New York)
Division III · City University of New York Athletic Conference · Jamaica, NY
0.056,161City
12University of Massachusetts Boston
Division III · Little East Conference · Boston, MA
0.0615,810City
13Belhaven University
Division III · Collegiate Conference of the South · Jackson, MS
0.083,616City
14Fairleigh Dickinson University, Florham
Division III · Middle Atlantic Conference Freedom · Madison, NJ
0.087,607Suburb
15Clarkson University
Division III · Liberty League · Potsdam, NY
0.103,603Town
16LeTourneau University
Division III · Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference · Longview, TX
0.103,389City
17McMurry University
Division III · American Southwest Conference · Abilene, TX
0.102,549City
18DeSales University
Division III · Middle Atlantic Conference Freedom · Center Valley, PA
0.112,919Suburb
19Eastern University
Division III · Middle Atlantic Conference Commonwealth · St Davids, PA
0.116,981Suburb
20Mount Aloysius College
Division III · Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference · Cresson, PA
0.112,967Town
21Immaculata University
Division III · Atlantic East Conference · Immaculata, PA
0.132,407Suburb
22Lancaster Bible College
Division III · United East Conference · Lancaster, PA
0.132,455Suburb
23Marywood University
Division III · Middle Atlantic Conference Freedom · Scranton, PA
0.132,850City
24Carlow University
Division III · Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference · Pittsburgh, PA
0.142,310City
25John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Division III · City University of New York Athletic Conference · New York, NY
0.1513,510City
26Mississippi University for Women
Division III · St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference · Columbus, MS
0.152,227Town
27Hunter College
Division III · City University of New York Athletic Conference · New York, NY
0.1622,879City
28Aurora University
Division III · Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference · Aurora, IL
0.175,935Suburb
29Regent University
Division III · Coast-To-Coast Athletic Conference · Virginia Beach, VA
0.1910,168City
30University of Wisconsin-Stout Polytechnic
Division III · Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference · Menomonie, WI
0.246,951Town
31University of Wisconsin-Superior
Division III · Upper Midwest Athletic Conference · Superior, WI
0.242,726Suburb
32North Park University
Division III · College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin · Chicago, IL
0.262,624City
33University of Mount Saint Vincent
Division III · Skyline Conference · Bronx, NY
0.263,202City
34Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Division III · New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference · Worcester, MA
0.267,353City
35Manhattanville University
Division III · Skyline Conference · Purchase, NY
0.272,379Suburb
36Mount St. Joseph University
Division III · Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference · Cincinnati, OH
0.292,083Suburb
37Saint Mary's University of Minnesota
Division III · Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference · Winona, MN
0.303,831Town
38Kean University
Division III · New Jersey Athletic Conference · Union, NJ
0.3113,352Suburb
39Lakeland University
Division III · Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference · Plymouth, WI
0.362,786Rural
40Simmons University
Division III · Great Northeast Athletic Conference · Boston, MA
0.365,053City
41Shenandoah University
Division III · Old Dominion Athletic Conf. · Winchester, VA
0.374,343City
42Wilkes University
Division III · Landmark Conference · Wilkes-Barre, PA
0.375,198City
43Farmingdale State College
Division III · Skyline Conference · Farmingdale, NY
0.409,541Suburb
44New England College
Division III · Great Northeast Athletic Conference · Henniker, NH
0.412,856Rural
45Illinois Institute of Technology
Division III · Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference · Chicago, IL
0.428,563City
46Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Division III · Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference · Terre Haute, IN
0.432,250City
47Whitworth University
Division III · Northwest Conference · Spokane, WA
0.432,345Suburb
48La Roche University
Division III · Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference · Pittsburgh, PA
0.462,618Suburb
49California Lutheran University
Division III · Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conf. · Thousand Oaks, CA
0.503,413City
50Gwynedd Mercy University
Division III · Atlantic East Conference · Gwynedd Valley, PA
0.502,165Suburb
51Ramapo College
Division III · New Jersey Athletic Conference · Mahwah, NJ
0.505,521Suburb
52University of Chicago
Division III · University Athletic Association · Chicago, IL
0.5018,339City
53Concordia University Wisconsin
Division III · Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference · Mequon, WI
0.515,063Suburb
54Montclair State University
Division III · New Jersey Athletic Conference · Montclair, NJ
0.5122,570Suburb
55Dominican University (Illinois)
Division III · Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference · River Forest, IL
0.533,424Suburb
56William Paterson University of New Jersey
Division III · New Jersey Athletic Conference · Wayne, NJ
0.549,426Suburb
57Carnegie Mellon University
Division III · University Athletic Association · Pittsburgh, PA
0.5515,596City
58St. Catherine University
Division III · Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference · St. Paul, MN
0.553,533City
59Western Connecticut State University
Division III · Little East Conference · Danbury, CT
0.564,137City
60Neumann University
Division III · Middle Atlantic Conference Commonwealth · Aston, PA
0.592,171Suburb
61Stevens Institute of Technology
Division III · Middle Atlantic Conference Freedom · Hoboken, NJ
0.598,842Suburb
62Rivier University
Division III · Great Northeast Athletic Conference · Nashua, NH
0.602,879City
63George Fox University
Division III · Northwest Conference · Newberg, OR
0.614,531Town
64State University of New York Polytechnic Institute
Division III · Empire 8 · Utica, NY
0.612,704Suburb
65The City College of New York
Division III · City University of New York Athletic Conference · New York, NY
0.6215,012City
66Emerson College
Division III · New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference · Boston, MA
0.635,670City
67Suffolk University
Division III · Conference of New England · Boston, MA
0.636,697City
68University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
Division III · Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference · Oshkosh, WI
0.6413,761City
69Marymount University (Virginia)
Division III · Atlantic East Conference · Arlington, VA
0.663,667City
70New York University
Division III · University Athletic Association · New York, NY
0.6657,335City
71Pennsylvania College of Technology
Division III · United East Conference · Williamsport, PA
0.664,307City
72Wesleyan University (Connecticut)
Division III · New England Small College Athletic Conference · Middletown, CT
0.663,271City
73Fitchburg State University
Division III · Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference · Fitchburg, MA
0.686,296Suburb
74Catholic University
Division III · Landmark Conference · Washington, DC
0.705,171City
75University of St. Thomas (Texas)
Division III · Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference · Houston, TX
0.703,813City
76University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
Division III · Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference · La Crosse, WI
0.7010,299City
77St. John Fisher University
Division III · Empire 8 · Rochester, NY
0.723,674Suburb
78University of Northwestern-St. Paul
Division III · Upper Midwest Athletic Conference · St. Paul, MN
0.723,262Suburb
79Webster University
Division III · St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference · St. Louis, MO
0.737,606Suburb
80Rhode Island College
Division III · Little East Conference · Providence, RI
0.765,767Suburb
81University of New England
Division III · Conference of New England · Biddeford, ME
0.766,473Suburb
82State University of New York at Canton
Division III · State University of New York Athletic Conference · Canton, NY
0.772,919Town
83Hood College
Division III · Middle Atlantic Conference Commonwealth · Frederick, MD
0.792,078City
84Trine University
Division III · Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association · Angola, IN
0.794,471Town
85Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Division III · Liberty League · Troy, NY
0.807,024City
86Augsburg University
Division III · Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference · Minneapolis, MN
0.823,161City
87Western New England University
Division III · Conference of New England · Springfield, MA
0.823,574City
88Alvernia University
Division III · Middle Atlantic Conference Commonwealth · Reading, PA
0.832,485City
89Russell Sage College
Division III · Empire 8 · Troy, NY
0.842,064City
90University of La Verne
Division III · Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conf. · La Verne, CA
0.865,596Suburb
91University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
Division III · Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference · Eau Claire, WI
0.869,991City
92Pacific University (Oregon)
Division III · Northwest Conference · Forest Grove, OR
0.883,479Suburb
93Husson University
Division III · North Atlantic Conference · Bangor, ME
0.893,133City
94Franciscan University of Steubenville
Division III · Presidents' Athletic Conference · Steubenville, OH
0.923,750City
95Lebanon Valley College
Division III · Middle Atlantic Conference Freedom · Annville, PA
0.932,142Suburb
96Washington University in St. Louis
Division III · University Athletic Association · St. Louis, MO
0.9616,500Suburb
97State University of New York at Old Westbury
Division III · Skyline Conference · Old Westbury, NY
0.994,449Suburb
98University of Wisconsin-Platteville
Division III · Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference · Platteville, WI
0.996,696Town
99Otterbein University
Division III · Ohio Athletic Conference · Westerville, OH
1.002,357Suburb
100Brandeis University
Division III · University Athletic Association · Waltham, MA
1.025,302City
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