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2019 Salem State University Crime & Safety Report

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

Our crime and safety report on Salem State includes:

Understanding the Crime Stats for Salem State

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.

Salem State Overall Crime Stats

283 Total Number of Incidents
36.72 Incidents per 1000 Students
Salem State University reported 283 safety-related incidents involving students on or near campus or at other properties affiliated with the school in 2019. Based on a student body population of 7,706, that's 36.72 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 Crimes161,6702.084,000.00
Arrests for Possession58800.651,352.94
Violence Against Women63340.781,000.00
Disciplinary Actions2562,67033.224,574.85

Salem State Overall Crime by Category

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

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Disciplinary actions account for 90.5% of all crime and safety incidents at the school. Around 1.8% of the crime and safety-related incidents at Salem State University resulted in arrests for possession. About 5.7% of incidents were arrests for major crimes. Acts of violence against women accounted for 2.1% of incidents.

Comparison to Other Schools in the Nation

The charts below show how Salem State 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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Salem State Overall Crime by Location

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

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Salem State On-Campus Crime Stats

279 Total Number of Incidents
36.21 Incidents per 1000 Students
Salem State University reported 279 safety-related incidents involving students on campus in 2019. That works out to 36.21 incidents per 1,000 students, considering that the student body population is 7,706.

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 Crimes161,5852.084,000.00
Arrests for Possession18130.13888.89
Violence Against Women63310.781,000.00
Disciplinary Actions2562,64533.224,544.91

Salem State On-Campus Crime by Category

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

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Salem State Residence Hall Crime Stats

267 Total Number of Incidents
34.65 Incidents per 1000 Students
Salem State University reported 267 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 7,706, that's 34.65 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 Crimes91671.17101.80
Arrests for Possession07150.00180.35
Violence Against Women51400.6553.89
Disciplinary Actions2532,50732.834,029.94

Salem State Residence Hall Crime by Category

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

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4 Total Number of Incidents
0.52 Incidents per 1000 Students
In 2019, Salem State University reported 4 incidents related to crime and safety that involved students on public property in the surrounding Salem neighborhood. Since the number of students at the school that year was 7,706, that's 0.52 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 Crimes0670.00666.67
Arrests for Possession42450.521,294.12
Violence Against Women0240.00555.56
Disciplinary Actions01370.00137.93

The percentage breakdown of Salem State student-related crime and safety incidents by category in the surrounding Salem neighborhood is shown in the following chart.

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