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2019 Miami Dade College Crime & Safety Report

Is Miami Dade 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 MDC:

A Word About the Crime Stats for MDC

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.

MDC Overall Crime Stats

41 Total Number of Incidents
0.79 Incidents per 1000 Students
Miami Dade College reported 41 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 51,679, that's 0.79 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.

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 Crimes111,6700.214,000.00
Arrests for Possession08800.001,352.94
Violence Against Women303340.581,000.00
Disciplinary Actions02,6700.004,574.85

MDC Overall Crime by Category

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

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About 26.8% of incidents were arrests for major crimes. Acts of violence against women accounted for 73.2% of incidents.

Comparison to Other Schools in the Nation

The charts below show how MDC 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 Major Crimes  (Incidents)
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Violence Against Women  (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 Major Crimes  (Incidents per 1000 Students)
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Violence Against Women  (Incidents per 1000 Students)
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MDC Overall Crime by Location

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

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MDC On-Campus Crime Stats

29 Total Number of Incidents
0.56 Incidents per 1000 Students
In 2019, Miami Dade College reported 29 incidents related to crime and safety that involved students on campus. That works out to 0.56 incidents per 1,000 students, considering that the student body population is 51,679.

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.

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 Crimes61,5850.124,000.00
Arrests for Possession08130.00888.89
Violence Against Women233310.451,000.00
Disciplinary Actions02,6450.004,544.91

MDC On-Campus Crime by Category

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

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MDC Affiliated Off-Campus Crime Stats

7 Total Number of Incidents
0.14 Incidents per 1000 Students
In 2019, Miami Dade College reported 7 incidents related to crime and safety that involved students on affiliated off-campus properties. Based on a student body population of 51,679, that's 0.14 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.

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 Crimes01640.00333.33
Arrests for Possession0640.00111.11
Violence Against Women71000.14194.44
Disciplinary Actions01440.00305.56

MDC Affiliated Off-Campus Crime by Category

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

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5 Total Number of Incidents
0.10 Incidents per 1000 Students
Miami Dade College reported 5 safety-related incidents involving students on public property in the Miami neighborhood around the campus in 2019. That works out to 0.10 incidents per 1,000 students, considering that the student body population is 51,679.

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.

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 Crimes5670.10666.67
Arrests for Possession02450.001,294.12
Violence Against Women0240.00555.56
Disciplinary Actions01370.00137.93

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

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