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2019 North Idaho College Crime & Safety Report

Is NIC 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 NIC:

A Word About the Crime Stats for NIC

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.

NIC Overall Crime Stats

32 Total Number of Incidents
6.31 Incidents per 1000 Students
In 2019, North Idaho College reported 32 incidents related to crime and safety that involved students at or near campus or on other properties associated with the school. Since the number of students at the school that year was 5,068, that's 6.31 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 Crimes11,6700.204,000.00
Arrests for Possession238804.541,352.94
Violence Against Women03340.001,000.00
Disciplinary Actions82,6701.584,574.85

NIC Overall Crime by Category

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

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Disciplinary actions account for 25.0% of all crime and safety incidents at the school. Around 71.9% of the crime and safety-related incidents at North Idaho College resulted in arrests for possession. About 3.1% of incidents were arrests for major crimes.

Comparison to Other Schools in the Nation

The charts below show how NIC 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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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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Disciplinary Actions  (Incidents per 1000 Students)
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NIC Overall Crime by Location

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

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NIC On-Campus Crime Stats

31 Total Number of Incidents
6.12 Incidents per 1000 Students
North Idaho College reported 31 incidents related to crime and safety in 2019. These student-involved incidents took place on campus. Since the number of students at the school that year was 5,068, that's 6.12 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 Crimes11,5850.204,000.00
Arrests for Possession228134.34888.89
Violence Against Women03310.001,000.00
Disciplinary Actions82,6451.584,544.91

NIC On-Campus Crime by Category

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

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NIC Residence Hall Crime Stats

29 Total Number of Incidents
5.72 Incidents per 1000 Students
North Idaho College reported 29 incidents related to crime and safety in 2019 that took place in residence halls. Note that these numbers are also included in the on-campus crimes category. That works out to 5.72 incidents per 1,000 students, considering that the student body population is 5,068.

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 Crimes11670.20101.80
Arrests for Possession217154.14180.35
Violence Against Women01400.0053.89
Disciplinary Actions72,5071.384,029.94

NIC Residence Hall Crime by Category

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

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1 Total Number of Incidents
0.20 Incidents per 1000 Students
In 2019, North Idaho College reported 1 incidents related to crime and safety that involved students on public property in the surrounding Coeur d'Alene neighborhood. Since the number of students at the school that year was 5,068, that's 0.20 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 Crimes0670.00666.67
Arrests for Possession12450.201,294.12
Violence Against Women0240.00555.56
Disciplinary Actions01370.00137.93

The percentage breakdown of NIC student-related crime and safety incidents by category in the surrounding Coeur d'Alene neighborhood is shown in the following chart.

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