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2019 Mount Mercy University Crime & Safety Report

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

Info in this crime and safety report on Mount Mercy:

A Word About the Crime Stats for Mount Mercy

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.

Mount Mercy Overall Crime Stats

79 Total Number of Incidents
43.72 Incidents per 1000 Students
In 2019, Mount Mercy University reported 79 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 1,807, that's 43.72 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 Crimes41,6702.214,000.00
Arrests for Possession08800.001,352.94
Violence Against Women03340.001,000.00
Disciplinary Actions752,67041.514,574.85

Mount Mercy Overall Crime by Category

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

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Disciplinary actions account for 94.9% of all crime and safety incidents at the school. About 5.1% of incidents were arrests for major crimes.

Comparison to Other Schools in the Nation

The charts below show how Mount Mercy 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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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 Major Crimes  (Incidents per 1000 Students)
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Disciplinary Actions  (Incidents per 1000 Students)
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Mount Mercy Overall Crime by Location

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

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Mount Mercy On-Campus Crime Stats

78 Total Number of Incidents
43.17 Incidents per 1000 Students
In 2019, Mount Mercy University reported 78 incidents related to crime and safety that involved students on campus. That works out to 43.17 incidents per 1,000 students, considering that the student body population is 1,807.

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 Crimes31,5851.664,000.00
Arrests for Possession08130.00888.89
Violence Against Women03310.001,000.00
Disciplinary Actions752,64541.514,544.91

Mount Mercy On-Campus Crime by Category

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

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Mount Mercy Affiliated Off-Campus Crime Stats

1 Total Number of Incidents
0.55 Incidents per 1000 Students
Mount Mercy University reported 1 safety-related incidents involving students on affiliated off-campus properties in 2019. That works out to 0.55 incidents per 1,000 students, considering that the student body population is 1,807.

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 Crimes11640.55333.33
Arrests for Possession0640.00111.11
Violence Against Women01000.00194.44
Disciplinary Actions01440.00305.56

Mount Mercy Affiliated Off-Campus Crime by Category

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

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Mount Mercy Residence Hall Crime Stats

76 Total Number of Incidents
42.06 Incidents per 1000 Students
In 2019, Mount Mercy University reported 76 incidents related to crime and safety that involved students in residence halls. Note that these numbers are also included in the on-campus crimes category. Since the number of students at the school that year was 1,807, that's 42.06 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 Crimes21671.11101.80
Arrests for Possession07150.00180.35
Violence Against Women01400.0053.89
Disciplinary Actions742,50740.954,029.94

Mount Mercy Residence Hall Crime by Category

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

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