Between academics, extracurriculars, and lack of parental supervision, college is already pretty crazy. Serious crime should not come into the picture.
Yet crime is a reality on some college campuses, often involving locals with no affiliation to the school.
The FBI's Unified Crime Report identified 2,696 violent crime incidents and 87,160 property crime incidents on college campuses in 2011.
Although the FBI discourages rankings, we have taken care to provide a statistically valid ranking of the most dangerous schools. We averaged crime data from 2008 to 2011 for schools with enrollment over 10,000. Schools were ranked based on a combination of the violent crime rank and property crime rank (weighted 4:1).
The most dangerous school was the University of California — Los Angeles. The school has 38,157 students and saw 12 forcible rapes, 11 robberies, 17 aggravated assaults, 195 burglaries, 625 larcenies, 18 motor vehicle thefts, and three incidents of arson in 2011.
UCLA was one of many urban schools with a crime problem. It was also one of a surprising number of elite schools with crime problems, joining University of California — Berkeley, Duke, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
#25 Florida State University — Tallahassee
Student population:
40,416
Violent crimes per year:
26
Property crimes per year:
551
2011 was a particularly violent year, with three forcible rapes, 10 robberies, and 18 aggravated assaults.
We averaged FBI data from 2008 to 2011 for schools with enrollment over 10,000. Schools were ranked based on a combination of the violent crime rank and property crime rank (weighted 4:1). Violent crimes include murder/nonnegligent manslaughter, forcible rape, robbery, and aggravated assault. Property crimes include burglary, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson.
#24 University of California — Riverside
Student population:
20,692
Violent crimes per year:
11
Property crimes per year:
360
2011 was a relatively non-violent year, with only one forcible rape, four robberies, and two aggravated assaults in 2011.
We averaged FBI data from 2008 to 2011 for schools with enrollment over 10,000. Schools were ranked based on a combination of the violent crime rank and property crime rank (weighted 4:1). Violent crimes include murder/nonnegligent manslaughter, forcible rape, robbery, and aggravated assault. Property crimes include burglary, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson.
#23 Arkansas State University — Jonesboro
Student population:
13,415
Violent crimes per year:
9
Property crimes per year:
183
Jonesboro saw an alarming 42 burglaries in 2011, among other violent crimes.
We averaged FBI data from 2008 to 2011 for schools with enrollment over 10,000. Schools were ranked based on a combination of the violent crime rank and property crime rank (weighted 4:1). Violent crimes include murder/nonnegligent manslaughter, forcible rape, robbery and aggravated assault. Property crimes include burglary, larceny, motor vehicle theft and arson.
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