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2019 Passaic County Community College Crime & Safety Report

Is Passaic County 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 PCCC:

A Word About the Crime Stats for PCCC

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.

PCCC Overall Crime Stats

5 Total Number of Incidents
0.77 Incidents per 1000 Students
In 2019, Passaic County Community College reported 5 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 6,497, that's 0.77 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 Crimes11,6700.154,000.00
Arrests for Possession48800.621,352.94
Violence Against Women03340.001,000.00
Disciplinary Actions02,6700.004,574.85

PCCC Overall Crime by Category

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

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Around 80.0% of the crime and safety-related incidents at Passaic County Community College resulted in arrests for possession. About 20.0% of incidents were arrests for major crimes.

Comparison to Other Schools in the Nation

The charts below show how PCCC 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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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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PCCC Overall Crime by Location

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

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PCCC On-Campus Crime Stats

1 Total Number of Incidents
0.15 Incidents per 1000 Students
Passaic County Community College reported 1 safety-related incidents involving students on campus in 2019. That works out to 0.15 incidents per 1,000 students, considering that the student body population is 6,497.

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 Crimes11,5850.154,000.00
Arrests for Possession08130.00888.89
Violence Against Women03310.001,000.00
Disciplinary Actions02,6450.004,544.91

PCCC On-Campus Crime by Category

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

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4 Total Number of Incidents
0.62 Incidents per 1000 Students
Passaic County Community College reported 4 safety-related incidents involving students on public property in the Paterson neighborhood around the campus in 2019. Since the number of students at the school that year was 6,497, that's 0.62 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 Possession42450.621,294.12
Violence Against Women0240.00555.56
Disciplinary Actions01370.00137.93

The chart below shows what percentage of PCCC student-related crime and safety incidents in the Paterson neighborhood surrounding the campus are in each category.

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