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2019 University of North Carolina at Asheville Crime & Safety Report

Is UNCA safe? On this page, we'll examine crime statistics for the college campus and surrounding areas.

Info in this crime and safety report on UNCA:

A Word About the Crime Stats for UNCA

Types of Crime & Safety Incidents

We have compiled this information on crime statistics from the U.S. Department of Education's Campus Safety and Security data. The types of crimes are divided into the following categories: arrests for major crimes, arrests for possession, violence against women, and disciplinary actions.

The arrests for major crimes category includes arrests for things such as murder, robbery, rape, aggravated assault, and arson. 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. Similarly, a high number of incidents could indicate that the school is more strict about reporting and law enforcement than other institutions.

UNCA Overall Crime Stats

113 Total Number of Incidents
31.39 Incidents per 1000 Students
University of North Carolina at Asheville reported 113 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. That works out to 31.39 incidents per 1,000 students, considering that the student body population is 3,600.

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 Crimes91,6702.504,000.00
Arrests for Possession28800.561,352.94
Violence Against Women83342.221,000.00
Disciplinary Actions942,67026.114,574.85

UNCA Overall Crime by Category

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

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Disciplinary actions account for 83.2% of all crime and safety incidents at the school. Around 1.8% of the crime and safety-related incidents at University of North Carolina at Asheville resulted in arrests for possession. About 8.0% of incidents were arrests for major crimes. Acts of violence against women accounted for 7.1% of incidents.

Comparison to Other Schools in the Nation

The charts below show how UNCA 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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UNCA Overall Crime by Location

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

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UNCA On-Campus Crime Stats

113 Total Number of Incidents
31.39 Incidents per 1000 Students
University of North Carolina at Asheville reported 113 incidents related to crime and safety in 2019. These student-involved incidents took place on campus. That works out to 31.39 incidents per 1,000 students, considering that the student body population is 3,600.

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 Crimes91,5852.504,000.00
Arrests for Possession28130.56888.89
Violence Against Women83312.221,000.00
Disciplinary Actions942,64526.114,544.91

UNCA On-Campus Crime by Category

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

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UNCA Residence Hall Crime Stats

94 Total Number of Incidents
26.11 Incidents per 1000 Students
University of North Carolina at Asheville reported 94 safety-related incidents involving students in residence halls in 2019. These counts are also included in the on-campus crimes category. Since the number of students at the school that year was 3,600, that's 26.11 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 Crimes81672.22101.80
Arrests for Possession17150.28180.35
Violence Against Women41401.1153.89
Disciplinary Actions812,50722.504,029.94

UNCA Residence Hall Crime by Category

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

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