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2019 Colorado Mesa University Crime & Safety Report

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

Our crime and safety report on Colorado Mesa includes:

Understanding the Crime Stats for Colorado Mesa

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.

Colorado Mesa Overall Crime Stats

391 Total Number of Incidents
41.72 Incidents per 1000 Students
In 2019, Colorado Mesa University reported 391 incidents related to crime and safety that involved students at or near campus or on other properties associated with the school. Based on a student body population of 9,373, that's 41.72 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 Crimes71,6700.754,000.00
Arrests for Possession358803.731,352.94
Violence Against Women43340.431,000.00
Disciplinary Actions3452,67036.814,574.85

Colorado Mesa Overall Crime by Category

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

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Disciplinary actions account for 88.2% of all crime and safety incidents at the school. Around 9.0% of the crime and safety-related incidents at Colorado Mesa University resulted in arrests for possession. About 1.8% of incidents were arrests for major crimes. Acts of violence against women accounted for 1.0% of incidents.

Comparison to Other Schools in the Nation

The charts below show how Colorado Mesa 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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Colorado Mesa Overall Crime by Location

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

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Colorado Mesa On-Campus Crime Stats

391 Total Number of Incidents
41.72 Incidents per 1000 Students
In 2019, Colorado Mesa University reported 391 incidents related to crime and safety that involved students on campus. Based on a student body population of 9,373, that's 41.72 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 Crimes71,5850.754,000.00
Arrests for Possession358133.73888.89
Violence Against Women43310.431,000.00
Disciplinary Actions3452,64536.814,544.91

Colorado Mesa On-Campus Crime by Category

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

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Colorado Mesa Residence Hall Crime Stats

379 Total Number of Incidents
40.44 Incidents per 1000 Students
Colorado Mesa University reported 379 safety-related incidents involving students in residence halls in 2019. Note that these numbers are also included in the on-campus crimes category. That works out to 40.44 incidents per 1,000 students, considering that the student body population is 9,373.

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 Crimes61670.64101.80
Arrests for Possession257152.67180.35
Violence Against Women41400.4353.89
Disciplinary Actions3442,50736.704,029.94

Colorado Mesa Residence Hall Crime by Category

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

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