2019 Bryn Mawr College Crime & Safety Report

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

What you'll find in our crime and safety report on Bryn Mawr:

• Understanding the Stats
• Bryn Mawr Crime Overall
• On-Campus Crime
• Crime on Off-Campus Affiliated Property
• Residence Hall Crime
• Crime in the Bryn Mawr Neighborhood
• References

A Word About the Crime Stats for Bryn Mawr

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.

Bryn Mawr Overall Crime Stats

In 2019, Bryn Mawr College reported 44 incidents related to crime and safety that involved students at or near campus or on other properties associated with the school. Since the number of students at the school that year was 1,723, that's 25.54 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	11	1,670	6.38	4,000.00
Arrests for Possession	5	880	2.90	1,352.94
Violence Against Women	2	334	1.16	1,000.00
Disciplinary Actions	26	2,670	15.09	4,574.85

Bryn Mawr Overall Crime by Category

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

Disciplinary actions account for 59.1% of all crime and safety incidents at the school. Around 11.4% of the crime and safety-related incidents at Bryn Mawr College resulted in arrests for possession. About 25.0% of incidents were arrests for major crimes. Acts of violence against women accounted for 4.5% of incidents.

Comparison to Other Schools in the Nation

The charts below show how Bryn Mawr 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.

Bryn Mawr Overall Crime by Location

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

Bryn Mawr On-Campus Crime Stats

Bryn Mawr College reported 40 incidents related to crime and safety in 2019. These student-involved incidents took place on campus. Based on a student body population of 1,723, that's 23.22 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	7	1,585	4.06	4,000.00
Arrests for Possession	5	813	2.90	888.89
Violence Against Women	2	331	1.16	1,000.00
Disciplinary Actions	26	2,645	15.09	4,544.91

Bryn Mawr On-Campus Crime by Category

The percentage breakdown of Bryn Mawr on-campus crime and safety incidents by category is shown in the following chart.

Bryn Mawr Affiliated Off-Campus Crime Stats

Bryn Mawr College reported 4 incidents related to crime and safety in 2019. These student-involved incidents took place on affiliated off-campus properties. Since the number of students at the school that year was 1,723, that's 2.32 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	4	164	2.32	333.33
Arrests for Possession	0	64	0.00	111.11
Violence Against Women	0	100	0.00	194.44
Disciplinary Actions	0	144	0.00	305.56

Bryn Mawr Affiliated Off-Campus Crime by Category

The chart below shows what percentage of Bryn Mawr crime and safety incidents on affiliated off-campus properties are in each category.

Bryn Mawr Residence Hall Crime Stats

Bryn Mawr College reported 39 safety-related incidents involving students in residence halls in 2019. Note that these numbers are also included in the on-campus crimes category. Based on a student body population of 1,723, that's 22.63 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	6	167	3.48	101.80
Arrests for Possession	5	715	2.90	180.35
Violence Against Women	2	140	1.16	53.89
Disciplinary Actions	26	2,507	15.09	4,029.94

Bryn Mawr Residence Hall Crime by Category

The percentage breakdown of Bryn Mawr crime and safety incidents by category in residence halls 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
• Image Credit: By Smallbones under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.