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2019 Cerritos College Crime & Safety Report

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

Our crime and safety report on Cerritos College includes:

A Word About the Crime Stats for Cerritos College

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.

Cerritos College Overall Crime Stats

6 Total Number of Incidents
0.27 Incidents per 1000 Students
In 2019, Cerritos College reported 6 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 22,287, that's 0.27 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 Crimes41,6700.184,000.00
Arrests for Possession18800.041,352.94
Violence Against Women13340.041,000.00
Disciplinary Actions02,6700.004,574.85

Cerritos College Overall Crime by Category

The percentage breakdown of Cerritos College crime and safety incidents by category is shown in the following chart.

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Around 16.7% of the crime and safety-related incidents at Cerritos College resulted in arrests for possession. About 66.7% of incidents were arrests for major crimes. Acts of violence against women accounted for 16.7% of incidents.

Comparison to Other Schools in the Nation

The charts below show how Cerritos College 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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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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Cerritos College Overall Crime by Location

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

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Cerritos College On-Campus Crime Stats

4 Total Number of Incidents
0.18 Incidents per 1000 Students
Cerritos College reported 4 safety-related incidents involving students on campus in 2019. That works out to 0.18 incidents per 1,000 students, considering that the student body population is 22,287.

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 Crimes31,5850.134,000.00
Arrests for Possession08130.00888.89
Violence Against Women13310.041,000.00
Disciplinary Actions02,6450.004,544.91

Cerritos College On-Campus Crime by Category

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

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2 Total Number of Incidents
0.09 Incidents per 1000 Students
Cerritos College reported 2 incidents related to crime and safety in 2019. These student-involved incidents took place on Norwalk public property in areas surrounding the campus. Based on a student body population of 22,287, that's 0.09 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 Crimes1670.04666.67
Arrests for Possession12450.041,294.12
Violence Against Women0240.00555.56
Disciplinary Actions01370.00137.93

The percentage breakdown of Cerritos College student-related crime and safety incidents by category in the surrounding Norwalk neighborhood is shown in the following chart.

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