2019 Highline College Crime & Safety Report

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

Our crime and safety report on Highline includes:

• Understanding the Stats
• Highline Crime Overall
• On-Campus Crime
• Residence Hall Crime
• Crime in the Des Moines Neighborhood
• References

A Word About the Crime Stats for Highline

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

Many colleges and universities report zero incidents in some 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.

While zero reported crimes may seem like a good sign, it does not necessarily indicate that the school has been safer. It may just be that the school doesn't have as strict reporting as others. Likewise, a high number of incidents may just mean that the school is stricter about law enforcement and reporting.

Highline Overall Crime Stats

In 2019, Highline College reported 27 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 4.28 incidents per 1,000 students, considering that the student body population is 6,310.

Below, you can see the number of incidents by category as well as the maximum number of incidents reported by any school for comparison's purposes.

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	1.43	4,000.00
Arrests for Possession	2	880	0.32	1,352.94
Violence Against Women	6	334	0.95	1,000.00
Disciplinary Actions	10	2,670	1.58	4,574.85

Highline Overall Crime by Category

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

Disciplinary actions account for 37.0% of all crime and safety incidents at the school. Around 7.4% of the crime and safety-related incidents at Highline College resulted in arrests for possession. About 33.3% of incidents were arrests for major crimes. Acts of violence against women accounted for 22.2% of incidents.

Comparison to Other Schools in the Nation

The charts below show how Highline 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.

Highline Overall Crime by Location

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

Highline On-Campus Crime Stats

Highline College reported 27 safety-related incidents involving students on campus in 2019. That works out to 4.28 incidents per 1,000 students, considering that the student body population is 6,310.

Below, you can see the number of incidents by category as well as the maximum number of incidents reported by any school for comparison's purposes.

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	1,585	1.43	4,000.00
Arrests for Possession	2	813	0.32	888.89
Violence Against Women	6	331	0.95	1,000.00
Disciplinary Actions	10	2,645	1.58	4,544.91

Highline On-Campus Crime by Category

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

Highline Residence Hall Crime Stats

Highline College reported 8 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 6,310, that's 1.27 incidents per 1,000 students.

Below, you can see the number of incidents by category as well as the maximum number of incidents reported by any school for comparison's purposes.

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	0.16	101.80
Arrests for Possession	0	715	0.00	180.35
Violence Against Women	1	140	0.16	53.89
Disciplinary Actions	6	2,507	0.95	4,029.94

Highline Residence Hall Crime by Category

The chart below shows what percentage of Highline crime and safety incidents in residence halls 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

More about our data sources and methodologies.