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2019 University of California - Santa Barbara Crime & Safety Report

Is UCSB 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 UCSB:

A Word About the Crime Stats for UCSB

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.

UCSB Overall Crime Stats

652 Total Number of Incidents
24.78 Incidents per 1000 Students
In 2019, University of California - Santa Barbara reported 652 incidents related to crime and safety that involved students at or near campus or on other properties associated with the school. That works out to 24.78 incidents per 1,000 students, considering that the student body population is 26,314.

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 Crimes751,6702.854,000.00
Arrests for Possession1638806.191,352.94
Violence Against Women1093344.141,000.00
Disciplinary Actions3052,67011.594,574.85

UCSB Overall Crime by Category

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

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Disciplinary actions account for 46.8% of all crime and safety incidents at the school. Around 25.0% of the crime and safety-related incidents at University of California - Santa Barbara resulted in arrests for possession. About 11.5% of incidents were arrests for major crimes. Acts of violence against women accounted for 16.7% of incidents.

Comparison to Other Schools in the Nation

The charts below show how UCSB 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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UCSB Overall Crime by Location

The chart below shows what percentage of UCSB crime and safety incidents happened in each location.

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UCSB On-Campus Crime Stats

582 Total Number of Incidents
22.12 Incidents per 1000 Students
In 2019, University of California - Santa Barbara reported 582 incidents related to crime and safety that involved students on campus. Based on a student body population of 26,314, that's 22.12 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 Crimes591,5852.244,000.00
Arrests for Possession1138134.29888.89
Violence Against Women1053313.991,000.00
Disciplinary Actions3052,64511.594,544.91

UCSB On-Campus Crime by Category

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

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UCSB Affiliated Off-Campus Crime Stats

14 Total Number of Incidents
0.53 Incidents per 1000 Students
University of California - Santa Barbara reported 14 incidents related to crime and safety in 2019. These student-involved incidents took place on affiliated off-campus properties. Since the number of students at the school that year was 26,314, that's 0.53 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 Crimes101640.38333.33
Arrests for Possession1640.04111.11
Violence Against Women31000.11194.44
Disciplinary Actions01440.00305.56

UCSB Affiliated Off-Campus Crime by Category

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

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UCSB Residence Hall Crime Stats

397 Total Number of Incidents
15.09 Incidents per 1000 Students
University of California - Santa Barbara reported 397 safety-related incidents involving students in residence halls in 2019. Note that these numbers are also included in the on-campus crimes category. Since the number of students at the school that year was 26,314, that's 15.09 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 Crimes341671.29101.80
Arrests for Possession17150.04180.35
Violence Against Women591402.2453.89
Disciplinary Actions3032,50711.514,029.94

UCSB Residence Hall Crime by Category

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

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56 Total Number of Incidents
2.13 Incidents per 1000 Students
University of California - Santa Barbara reported 56 safety-related incidents involving students on public property in the Santa Barbara neighborhood around the campus in 2019. That works out to 2.13 incidents per 1,000 students, considering that the student body population is 26,314.

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 Crimes6670.23666.67
Arrests for Possession492451.861,294.12
Violence Against Women1240.04555.56
Disciplinary Actions01370.00137.93

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

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