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2019 Wheaton College Massachusetts Crime & Safety Report

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

What you'll find in our crime and safety report on Wheaton College Massachusetts:

A Word About the Crime Stats for Wheaton College Massachusetts

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.

Wheaton College Massachusetts Overall Crime Stats

118 Total Number of Incidents
66.52 Incidents per 1000 Students
Wheaton College Massachusetts reported 118 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 1,774, that's 66.52 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 Crimes261,67014.664,000.00
Arrests for Possession08800.001,352.94
Violence Against Women123346.761,000.00
Disciplinary Actions802,67045.104,574.85

Wheaton College Massachusetts Overall Crime by Category

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

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Disciplinary actions account for 67.8% of all crime and safety incidents at the school. About 22.0% of incidents were arrests for major crimes. Acts of violence against women accounted for 10.2% of incidents.

Comparison to Other Schools in the Nation

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

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

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Wheaton College Massachusetts On-Campus Crime Stats

116 Total Number of Incidents
65.39 Incidents per 1000 Students
Wheaton College Massachusetts reported 116 safety-related incidents involving students on campus in 2019. Based on a student body population of 1,774, that's 65.39 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 Crimes261,58514.664,000.00
Arrests for Possession08130.00888.89
Violence Against Women103315.641,000.00
Disciplinary Actions802,64545.104,544.91

Wheaton College Massachusetts On-Campus Crime by Category

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

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Wheaton College Massachusetts Affiliated Off-Campus Crime Stats

1 Total Number of Incidents
0.56 Incidents per 1000 Students
In 2019, Wheaton College Massachusetts reported 1 incidents related to crime and safety that involved students on affiliated off-campus properties. That works out to 0.56 incidents per 1,000 students, considering that the student body population is 1,774.

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 Crimes01640.00333.33
Arrests for Possession0640.00111.11
Violence Against Women11000.56194.44
Disciplinary Actions01440.00305.56

Wheaton College Massachusetts Affiliated Off-Campus Crime by Category

The percentage breakdown of Wheaton College Massachusetts crime and safety incidents by category on affiliated off-campus is shown in the following chart.

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Wheaton College Massachusetts Residence Hall Crime Stats

95 Total Number of Incidents
53.55 Incidents per 1000 Students
Wheaton College Massachusetts reported 95 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 1,774, that's 53.55 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 Crimes1816710.15101.80
Arrests for Possession07150.00180.35
Violence Against Women81404.5153.89
Disciplinary Actions692,50738.904,029.94

Wheaton College Massachusetts Residence Hall Crime by Category

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

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1 Total Number of Incidents
0.56 Incidents per 1000 Students
In 2019, Wheaton College Massachusetts reported 1 incidents related to crime and safety that involved students on public property in the surrounding Norton neighborhood. That works out to 0.56 incidents per 1,000 students, considering that the student body population is 1,774.

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 Crimes0670.00666.67
Arrests for Possession02450.001,294.12
Violence Against Women1240.56555.56
Disciplinary Actions01370.00137.93

The percentage breakdown of Wheaton College Massachusetts student-related crime and safety incidents by category in the surrounding Norton neighborhood is shown in the following chart.

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