2019 Blue Ridge Community College Crime & Safety Report

Is Blue Ridge Community College safe? Below we'll take a look at crime statistics for the college campus and surrounding areas.

Info in this crime and safety report on BRCC:

• Understanding the Stats
• BRCC Crime Overall
• On-Campus Crime
• Crime in the Weyers Cave Neighborhood
• References

Understanding the Crime Stats for BRCC

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

Many colleges and universities report zero incidents in some or all 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.

While zero reported crimes may seem like a good sign, it does not necessarily indicate that the school has been safer. It may just be that the school doesn't have as strict reporting as others. Likewise, a high number of incidents may just mean that the school is stricter about law enforcement and reporting.

BRCC Overall Crime Stats

In 2019, Blue Ridge Community College reported 2 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 0.52 incidents per 1,000 students, considering that the student body population is 3,834.

Below, you can see the number of incidents by category as well as the maximum number of incidents reported by any school for comparison's purposes.

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	0	1,670	0.00	4,000.00
Arrests for Possession	2	880	0.52	1,352.94
Violence Against Women	0	334	0.00	1,000.00
Disciplinary Actions	0	2,670	0.00	4,574.85

BRCC Overall Crime by Category

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

Around 100.0% of the crime and safety-related incidents at Blue Ridge Community College resulted in arrests for possession.

Comparison to Other Schools in the Nation

The charts below show how BRCC 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.

BRCC Overall Crime by Location

The chart below shows what percentage of BRCC crime and safety incidents happened in each location.

BRCC On-Campus Crime Stats

In 2019, Blue Ridge Community College reported 1 incidents related to crime and safety that involved students on campus. Since the number of students at the school that year was 3,834, that's 0.26 incidents per 1,000 students.

Below, you can see the number of incidents by category as well as the maximum number of incidents reported by any school for comparison's purposes.

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	0	1,585	0.00	4,000.00
Arrests for Possession	1	813	0.26	888.89
Violence Against Women	0	331	0.00	1,000.00
Disciplinary Actions	0	2,645	0.00	4,544.91

BRCC On-Campus Crime by Category

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

Weyers Cave Neighborhood Student-Related Crime Stats

In 2019, Blue Ridge Community College reported 1 incidents related to crime and safety that involved students on public property in the surrounding Weyers Cave neighborhood. Since the number of students at the school that year was 3,834, that's 0.26 incidents per 1,000 students.

Below, you can see the number of incidents by category as well as the maximum number of incidents reported by any school for comparison's purposes.

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	0	67	0.00	666.67
Arrests for Possession	1	245	0.26	1,294.12
Violence Against Women	0	24	0.00	555.56
Disciplinary Actions	0	137	0.00	137.93

BRCC Student-Related Crime in Weyers Cave Neighborhood by Category

The percentage breakdown of BRCC student-related crime and safety incidents by category in the surrounding Weyers Cave neighborhood is shown in the following chart.

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.