15 Worst College Crime Areas

astrodeb
Thu, 22 Apr 2010 13:11:05 +0000

Property crime can easily translate to violent crime when there is robbery involved (personal confrontation). Many of the “property crimes” on the UCB campus involve groups of criminals who threaten students with knives, beatings, etc. in order to steal their laptops, cell phones, and iPods. If no one is injured, the incident is recorded as a robbery, although it easily could have turned into a violent crime. The Clery Act information for each campus contains the breakdown between burglary and robbery on campus. Unfortunately, not all campuses actually contain student housing (e.g., UCSB/Isla Vista) or the urban areas which separate the student dorms from the campus (e.g., UC Berkeley).