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Table 9

MASSACHUSETTS

Offenses Known to Law Enforcement

by University and College, 2015

University/College Campus Student
enrollment1 		Violent
crime 		Murder and
nonnegligent
manslaughter		 Rape
(revised
definition)2 		Rape
(legacy
definition)3 		Robbery Aggravated
assault		 Property
crime 		Burglary Larceny-
theft		 Motor
vehicle
theft		 Arson4
Amherst College 1,792 12 0 12 0 0 57 7 49 1
Assumption College 2,719 4 0 2 0 2 24 3 21 0 0
Babson College 3,049 14 0 13 0 1 29 0 29 0
Becker College 2,021 3 0 1 0 2 17 1 16 0
Bentley University 5,565 7 0 5 0 2 47 13 34 0
Boston College 14,317 4 0 2 0 2 148 15 132 1
Boston University 32,112 20 0 8 3 9 402 16 382 4 0
Brandeis University 5,945 2 0 2 0 0 55 6 49 0
Bridgewater State University 11,187 16 0 8 0 8 47 4 43 0 0
Bristol Community College 9,189 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 12 0
Bunker Hill Community College 14,253 1 0 0 0 1 57 0 56 1
Cape Cod Community College 3,818 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 3 1
Clark University 3,423 7 0 1 2 4 64 8 56 0
College of the Holy Cross 2,787 5 0 5 0 0 27 7 19 1
Curry College 3,141 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dean College 1,325 1 0 0 0 1 34 3 31 0 0
Emerson College 4,545 5 0 1 2 2 56 6 50 0
Endicott College 4,429 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fisher College 1,875 4 0 0 0 4 21 4 17 0
Fitchburg State University 6,810 6 0 0 0 6 32 1 31 0
Framingham State University 6,499 0 0 0 0 0 29 0 28 1
Gordon College 2,105 1 0 1 0 0 52 0 52 0
Greenfield Community College 2,127 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 13 0
Hampshire College 1,376 1 0 1 0 0 41 10 31 0 1
Harvard University 28,791 6 0 4 2 0 531 43 484 4
Lasell College 2,070 7 0 1 0 6 25 2 23 0
Massachusetts Bay Community College 5,369 1 0 0 0 1 11 0 11 0
Massachusetts College of Art 2,095 0 0 0 0 0 52 0 52 0
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts 1,765 2 0 0 1 1 22 2 20 0 0
Massachusetts Institute of Technology 11,319 6 0 0 1 5 392 23 369 0 0
Massasoit Community College 7,905 0 0 0 0 0 22 1 21 0 0
MCPHS University 6,935 1 0 0 0 1 14 0 14 0
Merrimack College 3,337 3 0 2 0 1 41 8 33 0
Mount Holyoke College 2,255 0 0 0 0 0 52 5 47 0 0
Mount Ida College 1,320 3 0 2 0 1 27 4 23 0
Mount Waschusett Community College 4,336 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 7 0
Northeastern University 19,798 19 0 12 1 6 430 8 421 1
North Shore Community College 7,412 1 0 0 0 1 6 0 6 0
Regis College 1,912 1 0 0 0 1 3 1 2 0
Salem State University 9,267 5 0 2 0 3 66 11 55 0 0
Smith College 2,989 1 0 1 0 0 59 4 55 0 0
Springfield College 3,178 1 0 1 0 0 40 2 38 0
Springfield Technical Community College 6,622 3 0 0 0 3 34 2 32 0 0
Stonehill College 2,284 10 0 6 0 4 13 4 9 0
Tufts University: Medford 10,907 8 0 2 2 4 87 17 70 0 0
Suffolk5 1 0 1 0 0 19 3 16 0 0
Worcester5 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0
University of Massachusetts: Dartmouth 9,111 14 0 7 1 6 91 3 87 1
Harbor Campus, Boston 16,756 4 0 0 0 4 62 0 61 1 0
Medical Center, Worcester 1,103 9 0 0 0 9 80 0 80 0 0
Wellesley College 2,323 0 0 0 0 0 28 1 27 0
Wentworth Institute of Technology 4,558 2 0 0 1 1 56 0 56 0
Western New England University 3,922 4 0 3 0 1 47 3 44 0
Westfield State University 6,321 5 0 2 0 3 46 2 43 1 0
Wheaton College 1,587 1 0 0 0 1 5 0 5 0
Worcester Polytechnic Institute 6,381 2 0 0 0 2 58 2 56 0 0
  • 1 The student enrollment figures provided by the United States Department of Education are for the 2014 school year, the most recent available. The enrollment figures include full-time and part-time students.
  • 2 The figures shown in this column for the offense of rape were reported using the revised Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) definition of rape. See the data declaration for further explanation.
  • 3 The figures shown in this column for the offense of rape were reported using the legacy UCR definition of rape. See the data declaration for further explanation.
  • 4 The FBI does not publish arson data unless it receives data from either the agency or the state for all 12 months of the calendar year.
  • 5 Student enrollment figures were not available.
  • NOTE: Caution should be exercised in making any intercampus comparisons or ranking schools because university/college crime statistics are affected by a variety of factors. These include demographic characteristics of the surrounding community, ratio of male to female students, number of on-campus residents, accessibility of the campus to outside visitors, size of enrollment, etc.

Data Declaration

Provides the methodology used in constructing this table and other pertinent information about this table.