<p>I would not give much credit to such reported crime stat comparisons, as there’s not much consistency in reporting. </p>
<p>The crime reports are probably more useful in telling you what kinds of problems a campus has than as a comparative tool.</p>
<p>Also consider that a rural campus like Dartmouth, or a suburban one like Princeton probably do most of the policing themselves, and therefore most of the reporting, whereas an urban campus like Penn or Harvard will have a lot of “action” taking place in areas covered by the local Philly or Cambridge police, and hence not reported as campus crime.</p>