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2019 Spelman College Crime & Safety Report

Is Spelman 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 Spelman:

A Word About the Crime Stats for Spelman

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.

Spelman Overall Crime Stats

91 Total Number of Incidents
42.92 Incidents per 1000 Students
Spelman College reported 91 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. Based on a student body population of 2,120, that's 42.92 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 Crimes71,6703.304,000.00
Arrests for Possession08800.001,352.94
Violence Against Women73343.301,000.00
Disciplinary Actions772,67036.324,574.85

Spelman Overall Crime by Category

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

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Disciplinary actions account for 84.6% of all crime and safety incidents at the school. About 7.7% of incidents were arrests for major crimes. Acts of violence against women accounted for 7.7% of incidents.

Comparison to Other Schools in the Nation

The charts below show how Spelman 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 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 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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Spelman Overall Crime by Location

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

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Spelman On-Campus Crime Stats

88 Total Number of Incidents
41.51 Incidents per 1000 Students
Spelman College reported 88 incidents related to crime and safety in 2019. These student-involved incidents took place on campus. That works out to 41.51 incidents per 1,000 students, considering that the student body population is 2,120.

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 Crimes61,5852.834,000.00
Arrests for Possession08130.00888.89
Violence Against Women53312.361,000.00
Disciplinary Actions772,64536.324,544.91

Spelman On-Campus Crime by Category

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

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Spelman Affiliated Off-Campus Crime Stats

1 Total Number of Incidents
0.47 Incidents per 1000 Students
In 2019, Spelman College reported 1 incidents related to crime and safety that involved students on affiliated off-campus properties. That works out to 0.47 incidents per 1,000 students, considering that the student body population is 2,120.

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 Crimes11640.47333.33
Arrests for Possession0640.00111.11
Violence Against Women01000.00194.44
Disciplinary Actions01440.00305.56

Spelman Affiliated Off-Campus Crime by Category

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

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Spelman Residence Hall Crime Stats

86 Total Number of Incidents
40.57 Incidents per 1000 Students
Spelman College reported 86 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 2,120, that's 40.57 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 Crimes41671.89101.80
Arrests for Possession07150.00180.35
Violence Against Women51402.3653.89
Disciplinary Actions772,50736.324,029.94

Spelman Residence Hall Crime by Category

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

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2 Total Number of Incidents
0.94 Incidents per 1000 Students
Spelman College reported 2 incidents related to crime and safety in 2019. These student-involved incidents took place on Atlanta public property in areas surrounding the campus. Since the number of students at the school that year was 2,120, that's 0.94 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 Women2240.94555.56
Disciplinary Actions01370.00137.93

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

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