2019 Delaware Valley University Crime & Safety Report

Is DelVal 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 DelVal:

• Understanding the Stats
• DelVal Crime Overall
• On-Campus Crime
• Crime on Off-Campus Affiliated Property
• Residence Hall Crime
• Crime in the Doylestown Neighborhood
• References

Understanding the Crime Stats for DelVal

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.

DelVal Overall Crime Stats

In 2019, Delaware Valley University reported 55 incidents related to crime and safety that involved students at or near campus or on other properties associated with the school. Based on a student body population of 2,369, that's 23.22 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.

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	1,670	0.84	4,000.00
Arrests for Possession	1	880	0.42	1,352.94
Violence Against Women	4	334	1.69	1,000.00
Disciplinary Actions	48	2,670	20.26	4,574.85

DelVal Overall Crime by Category

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

Disciplinary actions account for 87.3% of all crime and safety incidents at the school. Around 1.8% of the crime and safety-related incidents at Delaware Valley University resulted in arrests for possession. About 3.6% of incidents were arrests for major crimes. Acts of violence against women accounted for 7.3% of incidents.

Comparison to Other Schools in the Nation

The charts below show how DelVal 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.

DelVal Overall Crime by Location

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

DelVal On-Campus Crime Stats

Delaware Valley University reported 49 safety-related incidents involving students on campus in 2019. That works out to 20.68 incidents per 1,000 students, considering that the student body population is 2,369.

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.

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	1,585	0.84	4,000.00
Arrests for Possession	0	813	0.00	888.89
Violence Against Women	4	331	1.69	1,000.00
Disciplinary Actions	43	2,645	18.15	4,544.91

DelVal On-Campus Crime by Category

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

DelVal Affiliated Off-Campus Crime Stats

Delaware Valley University reported 6 safety-related incidents involving students on affiliated off-campus properties in 2019. That works out to 2.53 incidents per 1,000 students, considering that the student body population is 2,369.

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.

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	164	0.00	333.33
Arrests for Possession	1	64	0.42	111.11
Violence Against Women	0	100	0.00	194.44
Disciplinary Actions	5	144	2.11	305.56

DelVal Affiliated Off-Campus Crime by Category

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

DelVal Residence Hall Crime Stats

Delaware Valley University reported 44 safety-related incidents involving students in residence halls in 2019. Note that these numbers are also included in the on-campus crimes category. Based on a student body population of 2,369, that's 18.57 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.

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	167	0.84	101.80
Arrests for Possession	0	715	0.00	180.35
Violence Against Women	4	140	1.69	53.89
Disciplinary Actions	38	2,507	16.04	4,029.94

DelVal Residence Hall Crime by Category

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

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 Delaware Valley University under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.