Evaluating Campus Crime Statistics at an Urban Public Research University in the U.S.: A Case Study

Campus safety is a universal concern for both students and their parents, particularly for students from vulnerable populations.This case study examines publicly available crime data collected by University Police for its two campuses in a metropolitan area in the U.S. The use of descriptive statistics, two-sample t-tests, one-way ANOVA, and p-values are employed to compare crime statistics between the two campuses.The results for select offenses are compared to national averages for postsecondary institutions to determine whether the university is more/less safe than the national averages of other postsecondary institutions in the U.S. Despite some crime occurring during the period under evaluation, 2021-2023, results indicate that this is a safe university in comparison with national averages.This approach offers a robust tool for comparing crime data for universities with multiple campuses.