2019 College of Saint Benedict Crime & Safety Report

Is College of Saint Benedict 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 CSB:

• Understanding the Stats
• CSB Crime Overall
• On-Campus Crime
• Crime on Off-Campus Affiliated Property
• Residence Hall Crime
• Crime in the Saint Joseph Neighborhood
• References

A Word About the Crime Stats for CSB

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.

CSB Overall Crime Stats

College of Saint Benedict reported 128 safety-related incidents involving students on or near campus or at other properties affiliated with the school in 2019. Since the number of students at the school that year was 1,748, that's 73.23 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	21	1,670	12.01	4,000.00
Arrests for Possession	1	880	0.57	1,352.94
Violence Against Women	0	334	0.00	1,000.00
Disciplinary Actions	106	2,670	60.64	4,574.85

CSB Overall Crime by Category

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

Disciplinary actions account for 82.8% of all crime and safety incidents at the school. Around 0.8% of the crime and safety-related incidents at College of Saint Benedict resulted in arrests for possession. About 16.4% of incidents were arrests for major crimes.

Comparison to Other Schools in the Nation

The charts below show how CSB 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.

CSB Overall Crime by Location

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

CSB On-Campus Crime Stats

College of Saint Benedict reported 126 safety-related incidents involving students on campus in 2019. Based on a student body population of 1,748, that's 72.08 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	20	1,585	11.44	4,000.00
Arrests for Possession	0	813	0.00	888.89
Violence Against Women	0	331	0.00	1,000.00
Disciplinary Actions	106	2,645	60.64	4,544.91

CSB On-Campus Crime by Category

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

CSB Affiliated Off-Campus Crime Stats

College of Saint Benedict reported 1 safety-related incidents involving students on affiliated off-campus properties in 2019. That works out to 0.57 incidents per 1,000 students, considering that the student body population is 1,748.

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	1	164	0.57	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

CSB Affiliated Off-Campus Crime by Category

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

CSB Residence Hall Crime Stats

In 2019, College of Saint Benedict reported 112 incidents related to crime and safety that involved students in residence halls. Note that these numbers are also included in the on-campus crimes category. That works out to 64.07 incidents per 1,000 students, considering that the student body population is 1,748.

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	6	167	3.43	101.80
Arrests for Possession	0	715	0.00	180.35
Violence Against Women	0	140	0.00	53.89
Disciplinary Actions	106	2,507	60.64	4,029.94

CSB Residence Hall Crime by Category

The percentage breakdown of CSB crime and safety incidents by category in residence halls is shown in the following chart.

Saint Joseph Neighborhood Student-Related Crime Stats

College of Saint Benedict reported 1 safety-related incidents involving students on public property in the Saint Joseph neighborhood around the campus in 2019. That works out to 0.57 incidents per 1,000 students, considering that the student body population is 1,748.

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	0.57	1,294.12
Violence Against Women	0	24	0.00	555.56
Disciplinary Actions	0	137	0.00	137.93

CSB Student-Related Crime in Saint Joseph Neighborhood by Category

The chart below shows what percentage of CSB student-related crime and safety incidents in the Saint Joseph neighborhood surrounding the campus 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
• Image Credit: By Bobak Ha’Eri under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.