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2019 Rowan College at Burlington County Crime & Safety Report

Is RCBC 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 RCBC:

A Word About the Crime Stats for RCBC

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 uncommon for a school to report zero incidents for any 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.

Although zero incidents of reported crime is nice, it doesn't necessarily mean that the school is safer. It could indicate lax reporting. Likewise, a high number of incidents may just mean that the school is stricter about law enforcement and reporting.

RCBC Overall Crime Stats

22 Total Number of Incidents
2.61 Incidents per 1000 Students
Rowan College at Burlington County reported 22 safety-related incidents involving students on or near campus or at other properties affiliated with the school in 2019. Based on a student body population of 8,439, that's 2.61 incidents per 1,000 students.

The table below gives the number of incidents by category, and for comparision, also states the max number of incidents reported by any school in our analysis.

CategoryNumber of IncidentsMax Number of Incidents (at any school)Number of Incidents per 1,000 studentsMax Number of Incidents per 1000 students (at any school)
Arrests for Major Crimes21,6700.244,000.00
Arrests for Possession158801.781,352.94
Violence Against Women23340.241,000.00
Disciplinary Actions32,6700.364,574.85

RCBC Overall Crime by Category

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

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Disciplinary actions account for 13.6% of all crime and safety incidents at the school. Around 68.2% of the crime and safety-related incidents at Rowan College at Burlington County resulted in arrests for possession. About 9.1% of incidents were arrests for major crimes. Acts of violence against women accounted for 9.1% of incidents.

Comparison to Other Schools in the Nation

The charts below show how RCBC 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.

Arrests for Possession  (Incidents)
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Arrests for Major Crimes  (Incidents)
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Violence Against Women  (Incidents)
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Disciplinary Actions  (Incidents)
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We can factor in the size of the school and look at the incidents per thousand students as well.

Arrests for Possession  (Incidents per 1000 Students)
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Arrests for Major Crimes  (Incidents per 1000 Students)
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Violence Against Women  (Incidents per 1000 Students)
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Disciplinary Actions  (Incidents per 1000 Students)
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RCBC Overall Crime by Location

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

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RCBC On-Campus Crime Stats

4 Total Number of Incidents
0.47 Incidents per 1000 Students
Rowan College at Burlington County reported 4 safety-related incidents involving students on campus in 2019. Based on a student body population of 8,439, that's 0.47 incidents per 1,000 students.

The table below gives the number of incidents by category, and for comparision, also states the max number of incidents reported by any school in our analysis.

CategoryNumber of IncidentsMax Number of Incidents (at any school)Number of Incidents per 1,000 studentsMax Number of Incidents per 1000 students (at any school)
Arrests for Major Crimes11,5850.124,000.00
Arrests for Possession08130.00888.89
Violence Against Women13310.121,000.00
Disciplinary Actions22,6450.244,544.91

RCBC On-Campus Crime by Category

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

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RCBC Affiliated Off-Campus Crime Stats

1 Total Number of Incidents
0.12 Incidents per 1000 Students
Rowan College at Burlington County reported 1 safety-related incidents involving students on affiliated off-campus properties in 2019. That works out to 0.12 incidents per 1,000 students, considering that the student body population is 8,439.

The table below gives the number of incidents by category, and for comparision, also states the max number of incidents reported by any school in our analysis.

CategoryNumber of IncidentsMax Number of Incidents (at any school)Number of Incidents per 1,000 studentsMax Number of Incidents per 1000 students (at any school)
Arrests for Major Crimes01640.00333.33
Arrests for Possession0640.00111.11
Violence Against Women01000.00194.44
Disciplinary Actions11440.12305.56

RCBC Affiliated Off-Campus Crime by Category

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

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17 Total Number of Incidents
2.01 Incidents per 1000 Students
In 2019, Rowan College at Burlington County reported 17 incidents related to crime and safety that involved students on public property in the surrounding Mount Laurel neighborhood. Based on a student body population of 8,439, that's 2.01 incidents per 1,000 students.

The table below gives the number of incidents by category, and for comparision, also states the max number of incidents reported by any school in our analysis.

CategoryNumber of IncidentsMax Number of Incidents (at any school)Number of Incidents per 1,000 studentsMax Number of Incidents per 1000 students (at any school)
Arrests for Major Crimes1670.12666.67
Arrests for Possession152451.781,294.12
Violence Against Women1240.12555.56
Disciplinary Actions01370.00137.93

The chart below shows what percentage of RCBC student-related crime and safety incidents in the Mount Laurel neighborhood surrounding the campus are in each category.

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