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2019 Ottawa University - Ottawa Crime & Safety Report

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

Our crime and safety report on Ottawa includes:

Understanding the Crime Stats for Ottawa

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.

Ottawa Overall Crime Stats

45 Total Number of Incidents
61.56 Incidents per 1000 Students
Ottawa University - Ottawa reported 45 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. That works out to 61.56 incidents per 1,000 students, considering that the student body population is 731.

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 Crimes01,6700.004,000.00
Arrests for Possession28802.741,352.94
Violence Against Women13341.371,000.00
Disciplinary Actions422,67057.464,574.85

Ottawa Overall Crime by Category

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

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Disciplinary actions account for 93.3% of all crime and safety incidents at the school. Around 4.4% of the crime and safety-related incidents at Ottawa University - Ottawa resulted in arrests for possession. Acts of violence against women accounted for 2.2% of incidents.

Comparison to Other Schools in the Nation

The charts below show how Ottawa 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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Violence Against Women  (Incidents per 1000 Students)
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Disciplinary Actions  (Incidents per 1000 Students)
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Ottawa Overall Crime by Location

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

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Ottawa On-Campus Crime Stats

45 Total Number of Incidents
61.56 Incidents per 1000 Students
Ottawa University - Ottawa reported 45 safety-related incidents involving students on campus in 2019. That works out to 61.56 incidents per 1,000 students, considering that the student body population is 731.

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 Crimes01,5850.004,000.00
Arrests for Possession28132.74888.89
Violence Against Women13311.371,000.00
Disciplinary Actions422,64557.464,544.91

Ottawa On-Campus Crime by Category

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

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Ottawa Residence Hall Crime Stats

45 Total Number of Incidents
61.56 Incidents per 1000 Students
Ottawa University - Ottawa reported 45 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 61.56 incidents per 1,000 students, considering that the student body population is 731.

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 Possession27152.74180.35
Violence Against Women11401.3753.89
Disciplinary Actions422,50757.464,029.94

Ottawa Residence Hall Crime by Category

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

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