2019 Franciscan University of Steubenville Crime & Safety Report

Is Franciscan U safe? Below we'll take a look at crime statistics for the college campus and surrounding areas.

Our crime and safety report on Franciscan U includes:

• Understanding the Stats
• Franciscan U Crime Overall
• On-Campus Crime
• Crime on Off-Campus Affiliated Property
• Residence Hall Crime
• Crime in the Steubenville Neighborhood
• References

Understanding the Crime Stats for Franciscan U

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 uncommon for a school to report zero incidents for any 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.

Although zero incidents of reported crime is nice, it doesn't necessarily mean that the school is safer. It could indicate lax reporting. Likewise, a high number of incidents may just mean that the school is stricter about law enforcement and reporting.

Franciscan U Overall Crime Stats

In 2019, Franciscan University of Steubenville reported 104 incidents related to crime and safety that involved students at or near campus or on other properties associated with the school. That works out to 34.22 incidents per 1,000 students, considering that the student body population is 3,039.

The table below gives the number of incidents by category, and for comparision, also states the max number of incidents reported by any school in our analysis.

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	9	1,670	2.96	4,000.00
Arrests for Possession	1	880	0.33	1,352.94
Violence Against Women	3	334	0.99	1,000.00
Disciplinary Actions	91	2,670	29.94	4,574.85

Franciscan U Overall Crime by Category

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

Disciplinary actions account for 87.5% of all crime and safety incidents at the school. Around 1.0% of the crime and safety-related incidents at Franciscan University of Steubenville resulted in arrests for possession. About 8.7% of incidents were arrests for major crimes. Acts of violence against women accounted for 2.9% of incidents.

Comparison to Other Schools in the Nation

The charts below show how Franciscan U 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.

Franciscan U Overall Crime by Location

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

Franciscan U On-Campus Crime Stats

Franciscan University of Steubenville reported 100 safety-related incidents involving students on campus in 2019. Since the number of students at the school that year was 3,039, that's 32.91 incidents per 1,000 students.

The table below gives the number of incidents by category, and for comparision, also states the max number of incidents reported by any school in our analysis.

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	1,585	2.30	4,000.00
Arrests for Possession	1	813	0.33	888.89
Violence Against Women	2	331	0.66	1,000.00
Disciplinary Actions	90	2,645	29.62	4,544.91

Franciscan U On-Campus Crime by Category

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

Franciscan U Affiliated Off-Campus Crime Stats

Franciscan University of Steubenville reported 1 incidents related to crime and safety in 2019. These student-involved incidents took place on affiliated off-campus properties. That works out to 0.33 incidents per 1,000 students, considering that the student body population is 3,039.

The table below gives the number of incidents by category, and for comparision, also states the max number of incidents reported by any school in our analysis.

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	0	64	0.00	111.11
Violence Against Women	0	100	0.00	194.44
Disciplinary Actions	1	144	0.33	305.56

Franciscan U Affiliated Off-Campus Crime by Category

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

Franciscan U Residence Hall Crime Stats

Franciscan University of Steubenville reported 62 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. That works out to 20.40 incidents per 1,000 students, considering that the student body population is 3,039.

The table below gives the number of incidents by category, and for comparision, also states the max number of incidents reported by any school in our analysis.

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	167	0.33	101.80
Arrests for Possession	1	715	0.33	180.35
Violence Against Women	0	140	0.00	53.89
Disciplinary Actions	60	2,507	19.74	4,029.94

Franciscan U Residence Hall Crime by Category

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

Steubenville Neighborhood Student-Related Crime Stats

Franciscan University of Steubenville reported 3 incidents related to crime and safety in 2019. These student-involved incidents took place on Steubenville public property in areas surrounding the campus. That works out to 0.99 incidents per 1,000 students, considering that the student body population is 3,039.

The table below gives the number of incidents by category, and for comparision, also states the max number of incidents reported by any school in our analysis.

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	0.66	666.67
Arrests for Possession	0	245	0.00	1,294.12
Violence Against Women	1	24	0.33	555.56
Disciplinary Actions	0	137	0.00	137.93

Franciscan U Student-Related Crime in Steubenville Neighborhood by Category

The chart below shows what percentage of Franciscan U student-related crime and safety incidents in the Steubenville 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 rklopfer under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.