2019 Delaware County Community College Crime & Safety Report

Is Delaware County Community College safe? On this page, we'll examine crime statistics for the college campus and surrounding areas.

Info in this crime and safety report on Delaware County Community College:

• Understanding the Stats
• Delaware County Community College Crime Overall
• On-Campus Crime
• Crime in the Media Neighborhood
• References

A Word About the Crime Stats for Delaware County Community College

Types of Crime & Safety Incidents

We have compiled this information on crime statistics from the U.S. Department of Education's Campus Safety and Security data. The types of crimes are divided into the following categories: arrests for major crimes, arrests for possession, violence against women, and disciplinary actions.

The arrests for major crimes category includes arrests for things such as murder, robbery, rape, aggravated assault, and arson. 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. Similarly, a high number of incidents could indicate that the school is more strict about reporting and law enforcement than other institutions.

Delaware County Community College Overall Crime Stats

In 2019, Delaware County Community College reported 8 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 10,703, that's 0.75 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	7	1,670	0.65	4,000.00
Arrests for Possession	0	880	0.00	1,352.94
Violence Against Women	1	334	0.09	1,000.00
Disciplinary Actions	0	2,670	0.00	4,574.85

Delaware County Community College Overall Crime by Category

The chart below shows what percentage of Delaware County Community College crime and safety incidents are in each category.

About 87.5% of incidents were arrests for major crimes. Acts of violence against women accounted for 12.5% of incidents.

Comparison to Other Schools in the Nation

The charts below show how Delaware County Community 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.

We can factor in the size of the school and look at the incidents per thousand students as well.

Delaware County Community College Overall Crime by Location

The percentage breakdown of Delaware County Community College crime and safety incidents by location is shown in the following chart.

Delaware County Community College On-Campus Crime Stats

In 2019, Delaware County Community College reported 6 incidents related to crime and safety that involved students on campus. That works out to 0.56 incidents per 1,000 students, considering that the student body population is 10,703.

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	5	1,585	0.47	4,000.00
Arrests for Possession	0	813	0.00	888.89
Violence Against Women	1	331	0.09	1,000.00
Disciplinary Actions	0	2,645	0.00	4,544.91

Delaware County Community College On-Campus Crime by Category

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

Media Neighborhood Student-Related Crime Stats

Delaware County Community College reported 2 incidents related to crime and safety in 2019. These student-involved incidents took place on Media public property in areas surrounding the campus. Based on a student body population of 10,703, that's 0.19 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	2	67	0.19	666.67
Arrests for Possession	0	245	0.00	1,294.12
Violence Against Women	0	24	0.00	555.56
Disciplinary Actions	0	137	0.00	137.93

Delaware County Community College Student-Related Crime in Media Neighborhood by Category

The chart below shows what percentage of Delaware County Community College student-related crime and safety incidents in the Media 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

More about our data sources and methodologies.