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2019 Georgia Southern University Crime & Safety Report

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

Our crime and safety report on GaSou includes:

Understanding the Crime Stats for GaSou

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.

GaSou Overall Crime Stats

484 Total Number of Incidents
18.58 Incidents per 1000 Students
Georgia Southern University reported 484 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. Based on a student body population of 26,054, that's 18.58 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 Crimes301,6701.154,000.00
Arrests for Possession908803.451,352.94
Violence Against Women183340.691,000.00
Disciplinary Actions3462,67013.284,574.85

GaSou Overall Crime by Category

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

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Disciplinary actions account for 71.5% of all crime and safety incidents at the school. Around 18.6% of the crime and safety-related incidents at Georgia Southern University resulted in arrests for possession. About 6.2% of incidents were arrests for major crimes. Acts of violence against women accounted for 3.7% of incidents.

Comparison to Other Schools in the Nation

The charts below show how GaSou 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)
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Arrests for Major Crimes  (Incidents)
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Violence Against Women  (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 Possession  (Incidents per 1000 Students)
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Arrests for Major Crimes  (Incidents per 1000 Students)
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Violence Against Women  (Incidents per 1000 Students)
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Disciplinary Actions  (Incidents per 1000 Students)
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GaSou Overall Crime by Location

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

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GaSou On-Campus Crime Stats

464 Total Number of Incidents
17.81 Incidents per 1000 Students
Georgia Southern University reported 464 incidents related to crime and safety in 2019. These student-involved incidents took place on campus. Since the number of students at the school that year was 26,054, that's 17.81 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 Crimes301,5851.154,000.00
Arrests for Possession818133.11888.89
Violence Against Women183310.691,000.00
Disciplinary Actions3352,64512.864,544.91

GaSou On-Campus Crime by Category

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

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GaSou Affiliated Off-Campus Crime Stats

1 Total Number of Incidents
0.04 Incidents per 1000 Students
Georgia Southern University 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 0.04 incidents per 1,000 students, considering that the student body population is 26,054.

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 Actions11440.04305.56

GaSou Affiliated Off-Campus Crime by Category

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

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GaSou Residence Hall Crime Stats

316 Total Number of Incidents
12.13 Incidents per 1000 Students
Georgia Southern University reported 316 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 26,054, that's 12.13 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 Crimes201670.77101.80
Arrests for Possession457151.73180.35
Violence Against Women121400.4653.89
Disciplinary Actions2392,5079.174,029.94

GaSou Residence Hall Crime by Category

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

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19 Total Number of Incidents
0.73 Incidents per 1000 Students
In 2019, Georgia Southern University reported 19 incidents related to crime and safety that involved students on public property in the surrounding Statesboro neighborhood. That works out to 0.73 incidents per 1,000 students, considering that the student body population is 26,054.

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 Crimes0670.00666.67
Arrests for Possession92450.351,294.12
Violence Against Women0240.00555.56
Disciplinary Actions101370.38137.93

The chart below shows what percentage of GaSou student-related crime and safety incidents in the Statesboro neighborhood surrounding the campus are in each category.

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References

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