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2019 Roanoke College Crime & Safety Report

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

What you'll find in our crime and safety report on Roanoke:

A Word About the Crime Stats for Roanoke

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.

Roanoke Overall Crime Stats

144 Total Number of Incidents
71.89 Incidents per 1000 Students
In 2019, Roanoke College reported 144 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 2,003, that's 71.89 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 Crimes61,6703.004,000.00
Arrests for Possession3488016.971,352.94
Violence Against Women13340.501,000.00
Disciplinary Actions1032,67051.424,574.85

Roanoke Overall Crime by Category

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

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Disciplinary actions account for 71.5% of all crime and safety incidents at the school. Around 23.6% of the crime and safety-related incidents at Roanoke College resulted in arrests for possession. About 4.2% of incidents were arrests for major crimes. Acts of violence against women accounted for 0.7% of incidents.

Comparison to Other Schools in the Nation

The charts below show how Roanoke 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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Roanoke Overall Crime by Location

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

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Roanoke On-Campus Crime Stats

141 Total Number of Incidents
70.39 Incidents per 1000 Students
Roanoke College reported 141 incidents related to crime and safety in 2019. These student-involved incidents took place on campus. Based on a student body population of 2,003, that's 70.39 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 Crimes51,5852.504,000.00
Arrests for Possession3381316.48888.89
Violence Against Women13310.501,000.00
Disciplinary Actions1022,64550.924,544.91

Roanoke On-Campus Crime by Category

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

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Roanoke Residence Hall Crime Stats

124 Total Number of Incidents
61.91 Incidents per 1000 Students
Roanoke College reported 124 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. Since the number of students at the school that year was 2,003, that's 61.91 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 Crimes21671.00101.80
Arrests for Possession2771513.48180.35
Violence Against Women11400.5053.89
Disciplinary Actions942,50746.934,029.94

Roanoke Residence Hall Crime by Category

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

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3 Total Number of Incidents
1.50 Incidents per 1000 Students
Roanoke College reported 3 safety-related incidents involving students on public property in the Salem neighborhood around the campus in 2019. Since the number of students at the school that year was 2,003, that's 1.50 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 Crimes1670.50666.67
Arrests for Possession12450.501,294.12
Violence Against Women0240.00555.56
Disciplinary Actions11370.50137.93

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

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