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2019 College of San Mateo Crime & Safety Report

Is College of San Mateo 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 CSM:

Understanding the Crime Stats for CSM

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.

CSM Overall Crime Stats

3 Total Number of Incidents
0.37 Incidents per 1000 Students
College of San Mateo reported 3 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 8,163, that's 0.37 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.

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 Crimes21,6700.254,000.00
Arrests for Possession08800.001,352.94
Violence Against Women03340.001,000.00
Disciplinary Actions12,6700.124,574.85

CSM Overall Crime by Category

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

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Disciplinary actions account for 33.3% of all crime and safety incidents at the school. About 66.7% of incidents were arrests for major crimes.

Comparison to Other Schools in the Nation

The charts below show how CSM 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 Major Crimes  (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 Major Crimes  (Incidents per 1000 Students)
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Disciplinary Actions  (Incidents per 1000 Students)
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CSM Overall Crime by Location

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

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CSM On-Campus Crime Stats

3 Total Number of Incidents
0.37 Incidents per 1000 Students
College of San Mateo reported 3 incidents related to crime and safety in 2019. These student-involved incidents took place on campus. Based on a student body population of 8,163, that's 0.37 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.

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 Crimes21,5850.254,000.00
Arrests for Possession08130.00888.89
Violence Against Women03310.001,000.00
Disciplinary Actions12,6450.124,544.91

CSM On-Campus Crime by Category

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

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References

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