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2019 Wheeling University Crime & Safety Report

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

Our crime and safety report on Wheeling University includes:

A Word About the Crime Stats for Wheeling University

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.

Wheeling University Overall Crime Stats

43 Total Number of Incidents
53.88 Incidents per 1000 Students
In 2019, Wheeling University reported 43 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 53.88 incidents per 1,000 students, considering that the student body population is 798.

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 Crimes31,6703.764,000.00
Arrests for Possession18801.251,352.94
Violence Against Women33343.761,000.00
Disciplinary Actions362,67045.114,574.85

Wheeling University Overall Crime by Category

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

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Disciplinary actions account for 83.7% of all crime and safety incidents at the school. Around 2.3% of the crime and safety-related incidents at Wheeling University resulted in arrests for possession. About 7.0% of incidents were arrests for major crimes. Acts of violence against women accounted for 7.0% of incidents.

Comparison to Other Schools in the Nation

The charts below show how Wheeling University 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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Violence Against Women  (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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Wheeling University Overall Crime by Location

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

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Wheeling University On-Campus Crime Stats

42 Total Number of Incidents
52.63 Incidents per 1000 Students
Wheeling University reported 42 incidents related to crime and safety in 2019. These student-involved incidents took place on campus. That works out to 52.63 incidents per 1,000 students, considering that the student body population is 798.

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 Crimes31,5853.764,000.00
Arrests for Possession08130.00888.89
Violence Against Women33313.761,000.00
Disciplinary Actions362,64545.114,544.91

Wheeling University On-Campus Crime by Category

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

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Wheeling University Residence Hall Crime Stats

29 Total Number of Incidents
36.34 Incidents per 1000 Students
In 2019, Wheeling University reported 29 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 798, that's 36.34 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 Crimes31673.76101.80
Arrests for Possession07150.00180.35
Violence Against Women21402.5153.89
Disciplinary Actions242,50730.084,029.94

Wheeling University Residence Hall Crime by Category

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

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1 Total Number of Incidents
1.25 Incidents per 1000 Students
In 2019, Wheeling University reported 1 incidents related to crime and safety that involved students on public property in the surrounding Wheeling neighborhood. Based on a student body population of 798, that's 1.25 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 Crimes0670.00666.67
Arrests for Possession12451.251,294.12
Violence Against Women0240.00555.56
Disciplinary Actions01370.00137.93

The percentage breakdown of Wheeling University student-related crime and safety incidents by category in the surrounding Wheeling neighborhood is shown in the following chart.

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