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2019 Methodist University Crime & Safety Report

Is Methodist 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 Methodist:

A Word About the Crime Stats for Methodist

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.

Methodist Overall Crime Stats

97 Total Number of Incidents
49.29 Incidents per 1000 Students
Methodist University reported 97 safety-related incidents involving students on or near campus or at other properties affiliated with the school in 2019. Based on a student body population of 1,968, that's 49.29 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 Crimes371,67018.804,000.00
Arrests for Possession88804.071,352.94
Violence Against Women83344.071,000.00
Disciplinary Actions442,67022.364,574.85

Methodist Overall Crime by Category

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

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Disciplinary actions account for 45.4% of all crime and safety incidents at the school. Around 8.2% of the crime and safety-related incidents at Methodist University resulted in arrests for possession. About 38.1% of incidents were arrests for major crimes. Acts of violence against women accounted for 8.2% of incidents.

Comparison to Other Schools in the Nation

The charts below show how Methodist 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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Methodist Overall Crime by Location

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

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Methodist On-Campus Crime Stats

58 Total Number of Incidents
29.47 Incidents per 1000 Students
In 2019, Methodist University reported 58 incidents related to crime and safety that involved students on campus. Since the number of students at the school that year was 1,968, that's 29.47 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 Crimes121,5856.104,000.00
Arrests for Possession18130.51888.89
Violence Against Women13310.511,000.00
Disciplinary Actions442,64522.364,544.91

Methodist On-Campus Crime by Category

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

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Methodist Residence Hall Crime Stats

43 Total Number of Incidents
21.85 Incidents per 1000 Students
Methodist University reported 43 safety-related incidents involving students in residence halls in 2019. Note that these numbers are also included in the on-campus crimes category. Based on a student body population of 1,968, that's 21.85 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 Crimes81674.07101.80
Arrests for Possession07150.00180.35
Violence Against Women11400.5153.89
Disciplinary Actions342,50717.284,029.94

Methodist Residence Hall Crime by Category

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

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39 Total Number of Incidents
19.82 Incidents per 1000 Students
Methodist University reported 39 safety-related incidents involving students on public property in the Fayetteville neighborhood around the campus in 2019. That works out to 19.82 incidents per 1,000 students, considering that the student body population is 1,968.

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 Crimes256712.70666.67
Arrests for Possession72453.561,294.12
Violence Against Women7243.56555.56
Disciplinary Actions01370.00137.93

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

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