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2019 The College of Westchester Crime & Safety Report

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

Info in this crime and safety report on CW:

Understanding the Crime Stats for CW

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.

CW Overall Crime Stats

3 Total Number of Incidents
3.31 Incidents per 1000 Students
In 2019, The College of Westchester reported 3 incidents related to crime and safety that involved students at or near campus or on other properties associated with the school. Based on a student body population of 906, that's 3.31 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 Crimes11,6701.104,000.00
Arrests for Possession08800.001,352.94
Violence Against Women03340.001,000.00
Disciplinary Actions22,6702.214,574.85

CW Overall Crime by Category

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

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Disciplinary actions account for 66.7% of all crime and safety incidents at the school. About 33.3% of incidents were arrests for major crimes.

Comparison to Other Schools in the Nation

The charts below show how CW 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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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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Disciplinary Actions  (Incidents per 1000 Students)
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CW Overall Crime by Location

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

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3 Total Number of Incidents
3.31 Incidents per 1000 Students
In 2019, The College of Westchester reported 3 incidents related to crime and safety that involved students on public property in the surrounding White Plains neighborhood. Based on a student body population of 906, that's 3.31 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 Crimes1671.10666.67
Arrests for Possession02450.001,294.12
Violence Against Women0240.00555.56
Disciplinary Actions21372.21137.93

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

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References

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