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2019 Palo Alto University Crime & Safety Report

Is Pacific Graduate School of Psychology 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 Pacific Graduate School of Psychology:

A Word About the Crime Stats for Pacific Graduate School of Psychology

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.

Pacific Graduate School of Psychology Overall Crime Stats

1 Total Number of Incidents
0.93 Incidents per 1000 Students
In 2019, Palo Alto University reported 1 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 1,075, that's 0.93 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 Crimes01,6700.004,000.00
Arrests for Possession08800.001,352.94
Violence Against Women13340.931,000.00
Disciplinary Actions02,6700.004,574.85

Pacific Graduate School of Psychology Overall Crime by Category

The chart below shows what percentage of Pacific Graduate School of Psychology crime and safety incidents are in each category.

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Acts of violence against women accounted for 100.0% of incidents.

Comparison to Other Schools in the Nation

The charts below show how Pacific Graduate School of Psychology 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.

Violence Against Women  (Incidents)
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We can factor in the size of the school and look at the incidents per thousand students as well.

Violence Against Women  (Incidents per 1000 Students)
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Pacific Graduate School of Psychology Overall Crime by Location

The percentage breakdown of Pacific Graduate School of Psychology crime and safety incidents by location is shown in the following chart.

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1 Total Number of Incidents
0.93 Incidents per 1000 Students
Palo Alto University reported 1 safety-related incidents involving students on public property in the Palo Alto neighborhood around the campus in 2019. Since the number of students at the school that year was 1,075, that's 0.93 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 Crimes0670.00666.67
Arrests for Possession02450.001,294.12
Violence Against Women1240.93555.56
Disciplinary Actions01370.00137.93

The chart below shows what percentage of Pacific Graduate School of Psychology student-related crime and safety incidents in the Palo Alto neighborhood surrounding the campus are in each category.

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References

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