College Factual  by our College Data Analytics Team
       Unbiased Factual Guarantee

2019 Davidson College Crime & Safety Report

Is Davidson 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 Davidson:

A Word About the Crime Stats for Davidson

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.

Davidson Overall Crime Stats

220 Total Number of Incidents
119.76 Incidents per 1000 Students
Davidson College reported 220 incidents related to crime and safety in 2019. These student-involved incidents took place at or near campus or on other properties affiliated with the school. Since the number of students at the school that year was 1,837, that's 119.76 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 Crimes301,67016.334,000.00
Arrests for Possession18800.541,352.94
Violence Against Women23341.091,000.00
Disciplinary Actions1872,670101.804,574.85

Davidson Overall Crime by Category

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

undefined

Disciplinary actions account for 85.0% of all crime and safety incidents at the school. Around 0.5% of the crime and safety-related incidents at Davidson College resulted in arrests for possession. About 13.6% of incidents were arrests for major crimes. Acts of violence against women accounted for 0.9% of incidents.

Comparison to Other Schools in the Nation

The charts below show how Davidson 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)
fewer
more
Arrests for Major Crimes  (Incidents)
fewer
more
Violence Against Women  (Incidents)
fewer
more
Disciplinary Actions  (Incidents)
fewer
more

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)
fewer
more
Arrests for Major Crimes  (Incidents per 1000 Students)
fewer
more
Violence Against Women  (Incidents per 1000 Students)
fewer
more
Disciplinary Actions  (Incidents per 1000 Students)
fewer
more

Davidson Overall Crime by Location

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

undefined

Davidson On-Campus Crime Stats

218 Total Number of Incidents
118.67 Incidents per 1000 Students
Davidson College reported 218 incidents related to crime and safety in 2019. These student-involved incidents took place on campus. That works out to 118.67 incidents per 1,000 students, considering that the student body population is 1,837.

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 Crimes301,58516.334,000.00
Arrests for Possession18130.54888.89
Violence Against Women23311.091,000.00
Disciplinary Actions1852,645100.714,544.91

Davidson On-Campus Crime by Category

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

undefined

Davidson Affiliated Off-Campus Crime Stats

2 Total Number of Incidents
1.09 Incidents per 1000 Students
Davidson College reported 2 safety-related incidents involving students on affiliated off-campus properties in 2019. That works out to 1.09 incidents per 1,000 students, considering that the student body population is 1,837.

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 Crimes01640.00333.33
Arrests for Possession0640.00111.11
Violence Against Women01000.00194.44
Disciplinary Actions21441.09305.56

Davidson Affiliated Off-Campus Crime by Category

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

undefined

Davidson Residence Hall Crime Stats

190 Total Number of Incidents
103.43 Incidents per 1000 Students
Davidson College reported 190 incidents related to crime and safety in 2019 that took place in residence halls. Note that these numbers are also included in the on-campus crimes category. Since the number of students at the school that year was 1,837, that's 103.43 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 Crimes1916710.34101.80
Arrests for Possession07150.00180.35
Violence Against Women01400.0053.89
Disciplinary Actions1712,50793.094,029.94

Davidson Residence Hall Crime by Category

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

undefined

References

More about our data sources and methodologies.

Popular Reports

College Rankings
Best by Location
Degree Guides by Major
Graduate Programs

Compare Your School Options