2019 Hamilton College Crime & Safety Report

Is Hamilton 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 Hamilton:

• Understanding the Stats
• Hamilton Crime Overall
• On-Campus Crime
• Residence Hall Crime
• Crime in the Clinton Neighborhood
• References

Understanding the Crime Stats for Hamilton

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

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. Similarly, a high number of incidents could indicate that the school is more strict about reporting and law enforcement than other institutions.

Hamilton Overall Crime Stats

Hamilton College reported 108 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. Since the number of students at the school that year was 2,012, that's 53.68 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	21	1,670	10.44	4,000.00
Arrests for Possession	1	880	0.50	1,352.94
Violence Against Women	3	334	1.49	1,000.00
Disciplinary Actions	83	2,670	41.25	4,574.85

Hamilton Overall Crime by Category

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

Disciplinary actions account for 76.9% of all crime and safety incidents at the school. Around 0.9% of the crime and safety-related incidents at Hamilton College resulted in arrests for possession. About 19.4% of incidents were arrests for major crimes. Acts of violence against women accounted for 2.8% of incidents.

Comparison to Other Schools in the Nation

The charts below show how Hamilton 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.

Hamilton Overall Crime by Location

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

Hamilton On-Campus Crime Stats

Hamilton College reported 108 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 2,012, that's 53.68 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	21	1,585	10.44	4,000.00
Arrests for Possession	1	813	0.50	888.89
Violence Against Women	3	331	1.49	1,000.00
Disciplinary Actions	83	2,645	41.25	4,544.91

Hamilton On-Campus Crime by Category

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

Hamilton Residence Hall Crime Stats

Hamilton College reported 92 safety-related incidents involving students in residence halls in 2019. These counts are also included in the on-campus crimes category. Since the number of students at the school that year was 2,012, that's 45.73 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	14	167	6.96	101.80
Arrests for Possession	1	715	0.50	180.35
Violence Against Women	1	140	0.50	53.89
Disciplinary Actions	76	2,507	37.77	4,029.94

Hamilton Residence Hall Crime by Category

The percentage breakdown of Hamilton 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 Lvklock under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.