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2019 Northampton County Area Community College Crime & Safety Report

Is Northampton Community College 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 Northampton Community College:

Understanding the Crime Stats for Northampton Community 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.

Northampton Community College Overall Crime Stats

60 Total Number of Incidents
6.12 Incidents per 1000 Students
Northampton County Area Community College reported 60 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 9,800, that's 6.12 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 Crimes41,6700.414,000.00
Arrests for Possession188801.841,352.94
Violence Against Women33340.311,000.00
Disciplinary Actions352,6703.574,574.85

Northampton Community College Overall Crime by Category

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

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Disciplinary actions account for 58.3% of all crime and safety incidents at the school. Around 30.0% of the crime and safety-related incidents at Northampton County Area Community College resulted in arrests for possession. About 6.7% of incidents were arrests for major crimes. Acts of violence against women accounted for 5.0% of incidents.

Comparison to Other Schools in the Nation

The charts below show how Northampton Community 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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Northampton Community College Overall Crime by Location

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

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Northampton Community College On-Campus Crime Stats

57 Total Number of Incidents
5.82 Incidents per 1000 Students
Northampton County Area Community College reported 57 incidents related to crime and safety in 2019. These student-involved incidents took place on campus. Based on a student body population of 9,800, that's 5.82 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 Crimes41,5850.414,000.00
Arrests for Possession178131.73888.89
Violence Against Women13310.101,000.00
Disciplinary Actions352,6453.574,544.91

Northampton Community College On-Campus Crime by Category

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

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Northampton Community College Residence Hall Crime Stats

40 Total Number of Incidents
4.08 Incidents per 1000 Students
Northampton County Area Community College reported 40 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. Based on a student body population of 9,800, that's 4.08 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 Crimes31670.31101.80
Arrests for Possession117151.12180.35
Violence Against Women11400.1053.89
Disciplinary Actions252,5072.554,029.94

Northampton Community College Residence Hall Crime by Category

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

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3 Total Number of Incidents
0.31 Incidents per 1000 Students
Northampton County Area Community College reported 3 safety-related incidents involving students on public property in the Bethlehem neighborhood around the campus in 2019. That works out to 0.31 incidents per 1,000 students, considering that the student body population is 9,800.

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 Crimes0670.00666.67
Arrests for Possession12450.101,294.12
Violence Against Women2240.20555.56
Disciplinary Actions01370.00137.93

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

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