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2019 University of Maryland - Baltimore County Crime & Safety Report

Is UMBC 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 UMBC:

A Word About the Crime Stats for UMBC

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 uncommon for a school to report zero incidents for any or all 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.

Although zero incidents of reported crime is nice, it doesn't necessarily mean that the school is safer. It could indicate lax reporting. Likewise, a high number of incidents may just mean that the school is stricter about law enforcement and reporting.

UMBC Overall Crime Stats

135 Total Number of Incidents
9.93 Incidents per 1000 Students
University of Maryland - Baltimore County reported 135 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 13,602, that's 9.93 incidents per 1,000 students.

The table below gives the number of incidents by category, and for comparision, also states the max number of incidents reported by any school in our analysis.

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 Crimes371,6702.724,000.00
Arrests for Possession38800.221,352.94
Violence Against Women273341.991,000.00
Disciplinary Actions682,6705.004,574.85

UMBC Overall Crime by Category

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

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Disciplinary actions account for 50.4% of all crime and safety incidents at the school. Around 2.2% of the crime and safety-related incidents at University of Maryland - Baltimore County resulted in arrests for possession. About 27.4% of incidents were arrests for major crimes. Acts of violence against women accounted for 20.0% of incidents.

Comparison to Other Schools in the Nation

The charts below show how UMBC 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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UMBC Overall Crime by Location

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

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UMBC On-Campus Crime Stats

135 Total Number of Incidents
9.93 Incidents per 1000 Students
University of Maryland - Baltimore County reported 135 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 13,602, that's 9.93 incidents per 1,000 students.

The table below gives the number of incidents by category, and for comparision, also states the max number of incidents reported by any school in our analysis.

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 Crimes371,5852.724,000.00
Arrests for Possession38130.22888.89
Violence Against Women273311.991,000.00
Disciplinary Actions682,6455.004,544.91

UMBC On-Campus Crime by Category

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

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UMBC Residence Hall Crime Stats

86 Total Number of Incidents
6.32 Incidents per 1000 Students
University of Maryland - Baltimore County 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. That works out to 6.32 incidents per 1,000 students, considering that the student body population is 13,602.

The table below gives the number of incidents by category, and for comparision, also states the max number of incidents reported by any school in our analysis.

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 Crimes131670.96101.80
Arrests for Possession07150.00180.35
Violence Against Women51400.3753.89
Disciplinary Actions682,5075.004,029.94

UMBC Residence Hall Crime by Category

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

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References

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