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2019 Milwaukee Area Technical College Crime & Safety Report

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

Our crime and safety report on MATC includes:

Understanding the Crime Stats for MATC

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 uncommon for a school to report zero incidents for any 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.

Although zero incidents of reported crime is nice, it doesn't necessarily mean that the school is safer. It could indicate lax reporting. Likewise, a high number of incidents may just mean that the school is stricter about law enforcement and reporting.

MATC Overall Crime Stats

54 Total Number of Incidents
3.73 Incidents per 1000 Students
Milwaukee Area Technical College reported 54 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 14,482, that's 3.73 incidents per 1,000 students.

The table below gives the number of incidents by category, and for comparision, also states the max number of incidents reported by any school in our analysis.

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 Crimes171,6701.174,000.00
Arrests for Possession138800.901,352.94
Violence Against Women213341.451,000.00
Disciplinary Actions32,6700.214,574.85

MATC Overall Crime by Category

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

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Disciplinary actions account for 5.6% of all crime and safety incidents at the school. Around 24.1% of the crime and safety-related incidents at Milwaukee Area Technical College resulted in arrests for possession. About 31.5% of incidents were arrests for major crimes. Acts of violence against women accounted for 38.9% of incidents.

Comparison to Other Schools in the Nation

The charts below show how MATC 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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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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MATC Overall Crime by Location

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

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MATC On-Campus Crime Stats

33 Total Number of Incidents
2.28 Incidents per 1000 Students
Milwaukee Area Technical College reported 33 incidents related to crime and safety in 2019. These student-involved incidents took place on campus. Based on a student body population of 14,482, that's 2.28 incidents per 1,000 students.

The table below gives the number of incidents by category, and for comparision, also states the max number of incidents reported by any school in our analysis.

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 Crimes81,5850.554,000.00
Arrests for Possession58130.35888.89
Violence Against Women173311.171,000.00
Disciplinary Actions32,6450.214,544.91

MATC On-Campus Crime by Category

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

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MATC Affiliated Off-Campus Crime Stats

3 Total Number of Incidents
0.21 Incidents per 1000 Students
Milwaukee Area Technical College reported 3 safety-related incidents involving students on affiliated off-campus properties in 2019. Since the number of students at the school that year was 14,482, that's 0.21 incidents per 1,000 students.

The table below gives the number of incidents by category, and for comparision, also states the max number of incidents reported by any school in our analysis.

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 Crimes11640.07333.33
Arrests for Possession2640.14111.11
Violence Against Women01000.00194.44
Disciplinary Actions01440.00305.56

MATC Affiliated Off-Campus Crime by Category

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

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MATC Residence Hall Crime Stats

1 Total Number of Incidents
0.07 Incidents per 1000 Students
Milwaukee Area Technical College reported 1 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 0.07 incidents per 1,000 students, considering that the student body population is 14,482.

The table below gives the number of incidents by category, and for comparision, also states the max number of incidents reported by any school in our analysis.

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 Crimes01670.00101.80
Arrests for Possession07150.00180.35
Violence Against Women11400.0753.89
Disciplinary Actions02,5070.004,029.94

MATC Residence Hall Crime by Category

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

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18 Total Number of Incidents
1.24 Incidents per 1000 Students
Milwaukee Area Technical College reported 18 safety-related incidents involving students on public property in the Milwaukee neighborhood around the campus in 2019. That works out to 1.24 incidents per 1,000 students, considering that the student body population is 14,482.

The table below gives the number of incidents by category, and for comparision, also states the max number of incidents reported by any school in our analysis.

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 Crimes8670.55666.67
Arrests for Possession62450.411,294.12
Violence Against Women4240.28555.56
Disciplinary Actions01370.00137.93

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

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