2019 Allen University Crime & Safety Report

Is Allen University safe? Below we'll take a look at crime statistics for the college campus and surrounding areas.

Our crime and safety report on Allen U includes:

• Understanding the Stats
• Allen U Crime Overall
• On-Campus Crime
• Residence Hall Crime
• Crime in the Columbia Neighborhood
• References

Understanding the Crime Stats for Allen U

Crime & Safety Definitions

Our crime statistics come from the U.S. Department of Education's Campus Safety and Security data. The four types of crimes we will be analyzing are violence against women, arrests for major crimes, arrests for possession, and disciplinary actions.

Murder, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, and arson are the types of things included in the arrests for major crimes category. The violence against women grouping includes things such as domestic violence, date rape, and stalking. The arrests for possession classification deals with things such as weapons possession, alcohol violations, and drug violations. The disciplinary actions category involves possession of weapons, alcohol violations, and drug violations in the cases where no arrest occurred but some action was taken.

Number of Incidents

It is not unusual for institutions to report that no incidents occurred in some of these categories. In fact, 56% of the schools we cover reported no arrests for major crimes, 67% reported no violence against women, 70% reported no arrests for possession, and 68% reported no disciplinary actions.

Zero incidents of reported crime may be nice to see, but it does not necessarily mean the school is safer, as it could indicate lax reporting. Likewise, a high number of incidents may just mean that the school is stricter about law enforcement and reporting.

Allen U Overall Crime Stats

In 2019, Allen University reported 7 incidents related to crime and safety that involved students at or near campus or on other properties associated with the school. That works out to 8.57 incidents per 1,000 students, considering that the student body population is 817.

In order to make this data a little clearer, the table below shows the number of incidents by category and the maximum number of incidents reported by a school in that category.

Category	Number of Incidents	Max Number of Incidents (at any school)	Number of Incidents per 1,000 students	Max Number of Incidents per 1000 students (at any school)
Arrests for Major Crimes	1	1,670	1.22	4,000.00
Arrests for Possession	2	880	2.45	1,352.94
Violence Against Women	0	334	0.00	1,000.00
Disciplinary Actions	4	2,670	4.90	4,574.85

Allen U Overall Crime by Category

The chart below shows what percentage of Allen U crime and safety incidents are in each category.

Disciplinary actions account for 57.1% of all crime and safety incidents at the school. Around 28.6% of the crime and safety-related incidents at Allen University resulted in arrests for possession. About 14.3% of incidents were arrests for major crimes.

Comparison to Other Schools in the Nation

The charts below show how Allen U compares to other colleges and universities in the nation when it comes to each category of crime and safety-related incidents. Note that this does not take school size into account so larger schools are likely to have more incidents.

We can factor in the size of the school and look at the incidents per thousand students as well.

Allen U Overall Crime by Location

The percentage breakdown of Allen U crime and safety incidents by location is shown in the following chart.

Allen U On-Campus Crime Stats

Allen University reported 7 safety-related incidents involving students on campus in 2019. That works out to 8.57 incidents per 1,000 students, considering that the student body population is 817.

In order to make this data a little clearer, the table below shows the number of incidents by category and the maximum number of incidents reported by a school in that category.

Category	Number of Incidents	Max Number of Incidents (at any school)	Number of Incidents per 1,000 students	Max Number of Incidents per 1000 students (at any school)
Arrests for Major Crimes	1	1,585	1.22	4,000.00
Arrests for Possession	2	813	2.45	888.89
Violence Against Women	0	331	0.00	1,000.00
Disciplinary Actions	4	2,645	4.90	4,544.91

Allen U On-Campus Crime by Category

The chart below shows what percentage of Allen U on-campus crime and safety incidents are in each category.

Allen U Residence Hall Crime Stats

Allen University reported 6 safety-related incidents involving students in residence halls in 2019. Note that these numbers are also included in the on-campus crimes category. Since the number of students at the school that year was 817, that's 7.34 incidents per 1,000 students.

In order to make this data a little clearer, the table below shows the number of incidents by category and the maximum number of incidents reported by a school in that category.

Category	Number of Incidents	Max Number of Incidents (at any school)	Number of Incidents per 1,000 students	Max Number of Incidents per 1000 students (at any school)
Arrests for Major Crimes	1	167	1.22	101.80
Arrests for Possession	1	715	1.22	180.35
Violence Against Women	0	140	0.00	53.89
Disciplinary Actions	4	2,507	4.90	4,029.94

Allen U Residence Hall Crime by Category

The chart below shows what percentage of Allen U crime and safety incidents in residence halls are in each category.

References

• National Center for Education Statistics
• U.S. Department of Education Campus Safety and Security
• College Scorecard
• Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System

More about our data sources and methodologies.