2019 Hobart and William Smith Colleges Crime & Safety Report

Is Hobart and William Smith Colleges safe? Below we'll take a look at crime statistics for the college campus and surrounding areas.

Info in this crime and safety report on The Colleges:

• Understanding the Stats
• The Colleges Crime Overall
• On-Campus Crime
• Residence Hall Crime
• Crime in the Geneva Neighborhood
• References

A Word About the Crime Stats for The Colleges

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.

The Colleges Overall Crime Stats

In 2019, Hobart and William Smith Colleges reported 387 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 186.96 incidents per 1,000 students, considering that the student body population is 2,070.

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	30	1,670	14.49	4,000.00
Arrests for Possession	4	880	1.93	1,352.94
Violence Against Women	39	334	18.84	1,000.00
Disciplinary Actions	314	2,670	151.69	4,574.85

The Colleges Overall Crime by Category

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

Disciplinary actions account for 81.1% of all crime and safety incidents at the school. Around 1.0% of the crime and safety-related incidents at Hobart and William Smith Colleges resulted in arrests for possession. About 7.8% of incidents were arrests for major crimes. Acts of violence against women accounted for 10.1% of incidents.

Comparison to Other Schools in the Nation

The charts below show how The Colleges 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.

The Colleges Overall Crime by Location

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

The Colleges On-Campus Crime Stats

Hobart and William Smith Colleges reported 380 safety-related incidents involving students on campus in 2019. Since the number of students at the school that year was 2,070, that's 183.57 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	29	1,585	14.01	4,000.00
Arrests for Possession	2	813	0.97	888.89
Violence Against Women	37	331	17.87	1,000.00
Disciplinary Actions	312	2,645	150.72	4,544.91

The Colleges On-Campus Crime by Category

The percentage breakdown of The Colleges on-campus crime and safety incidents by category is shown in the following chart.

The Colleges Residence Hall Crime Stats

In 2019, Hobart and William Smith Colleges reported 342 incidents related to crime and safety that involved students in residence halls. Note that these numbers are also included in the on-campus crimes category. That works out to 165.22 incidents per 1,000 students, considering that the student body population is 2,070.

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	23	167	11.11	101.80
Arrests for Possession	2	715	0.97	180.35
Violence Against Women	20	140	9.66	53.89
Disciplinary Actions	297	2,507	143.48	4,029.94

The Colleges Residence Hall Crime by Category

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

Geneva Neighborhood Student-Related Crime Stats

In 2019, Hobart and William Smith Colleges reported 7 incidents related to crime and safety that involved students on public property in the surrounding Geneva neighborhood. Since the number of students at the school that year was 2,070, that's 3.38 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	67	0.48	666.67
Arrests for Possession	2	245	0.97	1,294.12
Violence Against Women	2	24	0.97	555.56
Disciplinary Actions	2	137	0.97	137.93

The Colleges Student-Related Crime in Geneva Neighborhood by Category

The percentage breakdown of The Colleges student-related crime and safety incidents by category in the surrounding Geneva neighborhood 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
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More about our data sources and methodologies.