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2019 Western Connecticut State University Crime & Safety Report

Is Western Connecticut State University safe? Below we'll take a look at crime statistics for the college campus and surrounding areas.

Our crime and safety report on WestConn includes:

Understanding the Crime Stats for WestConn

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.

WestConn Overall Crime Stats

77 Total Number of Incidents
13.67 Incidents per 1000 Students
Western Connecticut State University reported 77 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 5,631, that's 13.67 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 Crimes131,6702.314,000.00
Arrests for Possession08800.001,352.94
Violence Against Women153342.661,000.00
Disciplinary Actions492,6708.704,574.85

WestConn Overall Crime by Category

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

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Disciplinary actions account for 63.6% of all crime and safety incidents at the school. About 16.9% of incidents were arrests for major crimes. Acts of violence against women accounted for 19.5% of incidents.

Comparison to Other Schools in the Nation

The charts below show how WestConn 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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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 Major Crimes  (Incidents per 1000 Students)
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Violence Against Women  (Incidents per 1000 Students)
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WestConn Overall Crime by Location

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

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WestConn On-Campus Crime Stats

77 Total Number of Incidents
13.67 Incidents per 1000 Students
Western Connecticut State University reported 77 incidents related to crime and safety in 2019. These student-involved incidents took place on campus. Based on a student body population of 5,631, that's 13.67 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 Crimes131,5852.314,000.00
Arrests for Possession08130.00888.89
Violence Against Women153312.661,000.00
Disciplinary Actions492,6458.704,544.91

WestConn On-Campus Crime by Category

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

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WestConn Residence Hall Crime Stats

74 Total Number of Incidents
13.14 Incidents per 1000 Students
In 2019, Western Connecticut State University reported 74 incidents related to crime and safety that involved students 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 5,631, that's 13.14 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 Crimes101671.78101.80
Arrests for Possession07150.00180.35
Violence Against Women151402.6653.89
Disciplinary Actions492,5078.704,029.94

WestConn Residence Hall Crime by Category

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

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References

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