Crime On Campus - Elite Private Universities

collegehelp
Thu, 24 Apr 2008 23:04:44 +0000

On-campus crime 2006 from IPEDS

crimes include:
Weapons
Drugs
Liquor
Robbery
Rape
Aggravated Assault
Burglary
Motor Veh Theft
Arson

school, undergrad enrollment, total crimes, enrollment divided by crimes

I chose undergrad enrollment because I just don’t think grad students commit many offenses. What do you think?

I don’t see a relationship between crime and urban campuses.
I can break this down by type of crime.

sorted with “safest” campuses at the top

Georgetown 6630 28 237
Cornell 13562 60 226
Penn 9464 54 175
Boston College 9020 90 100
Princeton 4790 57 84
Brown 5750 71 81
Duke 6294 88 72
Chicago 4678 74 63
Wake Forest 4236 92 46
Yale 5304 122 43
Northwestern 7989 188 42
Columbia 6399 153 42
Vanderbilt 6304 172 37
Rice 2977 89 33
Notre Dame 8338 297 28
Dartmouth 4036 147 27
Stanford 6392 242 26
Harvard 6712 297 23