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2019 Georgia Southwestern State University Crime & Safety Report

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

Our crime and safety report on GSW includes:

A Word About the Crime Stats for GSW

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.

GSW Overall Crime Stats

36 Total Number of Incidents
12.20 Incidents per 1000 Students
In 2019, Georgia Southwestern State University reported 36 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 12.20 incidents per 1,000 students, considering that the student body population is 2,950.

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 Crimes01,6700.004,000.00
Arrests for Possession268808.811,352.94
Violence Against Women23340.681,000.00
Disciplinary Actions82,6702.714,574.85

GSW Overall Crime by Category

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

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Disciplinary actions account for 22.2% of all crime and safety incidents at the school. Around 72.2% of the crime and safety-related incidents at Georgia Southwestern State University resulted in arrests for possession. Acts of violence against women accounted for 5.6% of incidents.

Comparison to Other Schools in the Nation

The charts below show how GSW 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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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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Violence Against Women  (Incidents per 1000 Students)
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Disciplinary Actions  (Incidents per 1000 Students)
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GSW Overall Crime by Location

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

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GSW On-Campus Crime Stats

36 Total Number of Incidents
12.20 Incidents per 1000 Students
In 2019, Georgia Southwestern State University reported 36 incidents related to crime and safety that involved students on campus. That works out to 12.20 incidents per 1,000 students, considering that the student body population is 2,950.

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 Crimes01,5850.004,000.00
Arrests for Possession268138.81888.89
Violence Against Women23310.681,000.00
Disciplinary Actions82,6452.714,544.91

GSW On-Campus Crime by Category

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

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GSW Residence Hall Crime Stats

25 Total Number of Incidents
8.47 Incidents per 1000 Students
Georgia Southwestern State University reported 25 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. Based on a student body population of 2,950, that's 8.47 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 Crimes01670.00101.80
Arrests for Possession217157.12180.35
Violence Against Women11400.3453.89
Disciplinary Actions32,5071.024,029.94

GSW Residence Hall Crime by Category

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

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References

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