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2019 Knox College Crime & Safety Report

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

What you'll find in our crime and safety report on Knox:

Understanding the Crime Stats for Knox

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.

Knox Overall Crime Stats

82 Total Number of Incidents
65.18 Incidents per 1000 Students
Knox College reported 82 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 1,258, that's 65.18 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 Crimes111,6708.744,000.00
Arrests for Possession58803.971,352.94
Violence Against Women113348.741,000.00
Disciplinary Actions552,67043.724,574.85

Knox Overall Crime by Category

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

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Disciplinary actions account for 67.1% of all crime and safety incidents at the school. Around 6.1% of the crime and safety-related incidents at Knox College resulted in arrests for possession. About 13.4% of incidents were arrests for major crimes. Acts of violence against women accounted for 13.4% of incidents.

Comparison to Other Schools in the Nation

The charts below show how Knox 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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Knox Overall Crime by Location

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

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Knox On-Campus Crime Stats

72 Total Number of Incidents
57.23 Incidents per 1000 Students
In 2019, Knox College reported 72 incidents related to crime and safety that involved students on campus. Based on a student body population of 1,258, that's 57.23 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 Crimes81,5856.364,000.00
Arrests for Possession08130.00888.89
Violence Against Women103317.951,000.00
Disciplinary Actions542,64542.934,544.91

Knox On-Campus Crime by Category

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

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Knox Residence Hall Crime Stats

65 Total Number of Incidents
51.67 Incidents per 1000 Students
Knox College reported 65 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 1,258, that's 51.67 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 Crimes81676.36101.80
Arrests for Possession07150.00180.35
Violence Against Women81406.3653.89
Disciplinary Actions492,50738.954,029.94

Knox Residence Hall Crime by Category

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

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10 Total Number of Incidents
7.95 Incidents per 1000 Students
Knox College reported 10 safety-related incidents involving students on public property in the Galesburg neighborhood around the campus in 2019. That works out to 7.95 incidents per 1,000 students, considering that the student body population is 1,258.

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 Crimes3672.38666.67
Arrests for Possession52453.971,294.12
Violence Against Women1240.79555.56
Disciplinary Actions11370.79137.93

The percentage breakdown of Knox student-related crime and safety incidents by category in the surrounding Galesburg neighborhood is shown in the following chart.

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