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2019 Sterling College Crime & Safety Report

Is Sterling College 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 Sterling College:

Understanding the Crime Stats for Sterling College

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.

Sterling College Overall Crime Stats

27 Total Number of Incidents
41.35 Incidents per 1000 Students
Sterling College reported 27 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 653, that's 41.35 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 Crimes51,6707.664,000.00
Arrests for Possession48806.131,352.94
Violence Against Women13341.531,000.00
Disciplinary Actions172,67026.034,574.85

Sterling College Overall Crime by Category

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

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Disciplinary actions account for 63.0% of all crime and safety incidents at the school. Around 14.8% of the crime and safety-related incidents at Sterling College resulted in arrests for possession. About 18.5% of incidents were arrests for major crimes. Acts of violence against women accounted for 3.7% of incidents.

Comparison to Other Schools in the Nation

The charts below show how Sterling College 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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Sterling College Overall Crime by Location

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

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Sterling College On-Campus Crime Stats

17 Total Number of Incidents
26.03 Incidents per 1000 Students
In 2019, Sterling College reported 17 incidents related to crime and safety that involved students on campus. Since the number of students at the school that year was 653, that's 26.03 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 Crimes51,5857.664,000.00
Arrests for Possession08130.00888.89
Violence Against Women13311.531,000.00
Disciplinary Actions112,64516.854,544.91

Sterling College On-Campus Crime by Category

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

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Sterling College Affiliated Off-Campus Crime Stats

5 Total Number of Incidents
7.66 Incidents per 1000 Students
In 2019, Sterling College reported 5 incidents related to crime and safety that involved students on affiliated off-campus properties. Based on a student body population of 653, that's 7.66 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 Crimes01640.00333.33
Arrests for Possession2643.06111.11
Violence Against Women01000.00194.44
Disciplinary Actions31444.59305.56

Sterling College Affiliated Off-Campus Crime by Category

The chart below shows what percentage of Sterling College crime and safety incidents on affiliated off-campus properties are in each category.

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Sterling College Residence Hall Crime Stats

16 Total Number of Incidents
24.50 Incidents per 1000 Students
Sterling College reported 16 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 653, that's 24.50 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 Crimes41676.13101.80
Arrests for Possession07150.00180.35
Violence Against Women11401.5353.89
Disciplinary Actions112,50716.854,029.94

Sterling College Residence Hall Crime by Category

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

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5 Total Number of Incidents
7.66 Incidents per 1000 Students
In 2019, Sterling College reported 5 incidents related to crime and safety that involved students on public property in the surrounding Sterling neighborhood. Based on a student body population of 653, that's 7.66 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 Possession22453.061,294.12
Violence Against Women0240.00555.56
Disciplinary Actions31374.59137.93

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

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