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2019 Montgomery College Crime & Safety Report

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

Our crime and safety report on Montgomery College includes:

A Word About the Crime Stats for Montgomery College

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.

Montgomery College Overall Crime Stats

23 Total Number of Incidents
1.08 Incidents per 1000 Students
Montgomery College reported 23 safety-related incidents involving students on or near campus or at other properties affiliated with the school in 2019. That works out to 1.08 incidents per 1,000 students, considering that the student body population is 21,260.

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 Crimes91,6700.424,000.00
Arrests for Possession58800.241,352.94
Violence Against Women73340.331,000.00
Disciplinary Actions22,6700.094,574.85

Montgomery College Overall Crime by Category

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

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Disciplinary actions account for 8.7% of all crime and safety incidents at the school. Around 21.7% of the crime and safety-related incidents at Montgomery College resulted in arrests for possession. About 39.1% of incidents were arrests for major crimes. Acts of violence against women accounted for 30.4% of incidents.

Comparison to Other Schools in the Nation

The charts below show how Montgomery College 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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Montgomery College Overall Crime by Location

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

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Montgomery College On-Campus Crime Stats

16 Total Number of Incidents
0.75 Incidents per 1000 Students
Montgomery College reported 16 incidents related to crime and safety in 2019. These student-involved incidents took place on campus. Based on a student body population of 21,260, that's 0.75 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 Crimes61,5850.284,000.00
Arrests for Possession18130.05888.89
Violence Against Women73310.331,000.00
Disciplinary Actions22,6450.094,544.91

Montgomery College On-Campus Crime by Category

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

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7 Total Number of Incidents
0.33 Incidents per 1000 Students
Montgomery College reported 7 safety-related incidents involving students on public property in the Rockville neighborhood around the campus in 2019. That works out to 0.33 incidents per 1,000 students, considering that the student body population is 21,260.

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 Crimes3670.14666.67
Arrests for Possession42450.191,294.12
Violence Against Women0240.00555.56
Disciplinary Actions01370.00137.93

The chart below shows what percentage of Montgomery College student-related crime and safety incidents in the Rockville neighborhood surrounding the campus are in each category.

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