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2019 Southwestern Oklahoma State University Crime & Safety Report

Is Southwestern Oklahoma 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 SWOSU includes:

A Word About the Crime Stats for SWOSU

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.

SWOSU Overall Crime Stats

11 Total Number of Incidents
2.22 Incidents per 1000 Students
Southwestern Oklahoma State University reported 11 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. Since the number of students at the school that year was 4,961, that's 2.22 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 Possession18800.201,352.94
Violence Against Women23340.401,000.00
Disciplinary Actions82,6701.614,574.85

SWOSU Overall Crime by Category

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

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Disciplinary actions account for 72.7% of all crime and safety incidents at the school. Around 9.1% of the crime and safety-related incidents at Southwestern Oklahoma State University resulted in arrests for possession. Acts of violence against women accounted for 18.2% of incidents.

Comparison to Other Schools in the Nation

The charts below show how SWOSU 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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SWOSU Overall Crime by Location

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

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SWOSU On-Campus Crime Stats

10 Total Number of Incidents
2.02 Incidents per 1000 Students
Southwestern Oklahoma State University reported 10 incidents related to crime and safety in 2019. These student-involved incidents took place on campus. Since the number of students at the school that year was 4,961, that's 2.02 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 Crimes01,5850.004,000.00
Arrests for Possession08130.00888.89
Violence Against Women23310.401,000.00
Disciplinary Actions82,6451.614,544.91

SWOSU On-Campus Crime by Category

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

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1 Total Number of Incidents
0.20 Incidents per 1000 Students
Southwestern Oklahoma State University reported 1 safety-related incidents involving students on public property in the Weatherford neighborhood around the campus in 2019. Since the number of students at the school that year was 4,961, that's 0.20 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 Possession12450.201,294.12
Violence Against Women0240.00555.56
Disciplinary Actions01370.00137.93

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

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References

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