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2019 Tufts University Crime & Safety Report

Is Tufts University 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 Tufts:

Understanding the Crime Stats for Tufts

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 uncommon for a school to report zero incidents for any or all 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.

Although zero incidents of reported crime is nice, it doesn't necessarily mean that the school is safer. It could indicate lax reporting. Likewise, a high number of incidents may just mean that the school is stricter about law enforcement and reporting.

Tufts Overall Crime Stats

247 Total Number of Incidents
20.79 Incidents per 1000 Students
Tufts University reported 247 safety-related incidents involving students on or near campus or at other properties affiliated with the school in 2019. That works out to 20.79 incidents per 1,000 students, considering that the student body population is 11,878.

The table below gives the number of incidents by category, and for comparision, also states the max number of incidents reported by any school in our analysis.

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 Crimes321,6702.694,000.00
Arrests for Possession18800.081,352.94
Violence Against Women63340.511,000.00
Disciplinary Actions2082,67017.514,574.85

Tufts Overall Crime by Category

The chart below shows what percentage of Tufts crime and safety incidents are in each category.

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Disciplinary actions account for 84.2% of all crime and safety incidents at the school. Around 0.4% of the crime and safety-related incidents at Tufts University resulted in arrests for possession. About 13.0% of incidents were arrests for major crimes. Acts of violence against women accounted for 2.4% of incidents.

Comparison to Other Schools in the Nation

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

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

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Tufts On-Campus Crime Stats

242 Total Number of Incidents
20.37 Incidents per 1000 Students
Tufts University reported 242 safety-related incidents involving students on campus in 2019. Based on a student body population of 11,878, that's 20.37 incidents per 1,000 students.

The table below gives the number of incidents by category, and for comparision, also states the max number of incidents reported by any school in our analysis.

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 Crimes271,5852.274,000.00
Arrests for Possession18130.08888.89
Violence Against Women63310.511,000.00
Disciplinary Actions2082,64517.514,544.91

Tufts On-Campus Crime by Category

The percentage breakdown of Tufts on-campus crime and safety incidents by category is shown in the following chart.

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Tufts Affiliated Off-Campus Crime Stats

1 Total Number of Incidents
0.08 Incidents per 1000 Students
Tufts University reported 1 safety-related incidents involving students on affiliated off-campus properties in 2019. Based on a student body population of 11,878, that's 0.08 incidents per 1,000 students.

The table below gives the number of incidents by category, and for comparision, also states the max number of incidents reported by any school in our analysis.

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 Crimes11640.08333.33
Arrests for Possession0640.00111.11
Violence Against Women01000.00194.44
Disciplinary Actions01440.00305.56

Tufts Affiliated Off-Campus Crime by Category

The chart below shows what percentage of Tufts crime and safety incidents on affiliated off-campus properties are in each category.

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Tufts Residence Hall Crime Stats

217 Total Number of Incidents
18.27 Incidents per 1000 Students
Tufts University reported 217 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 11,878, that's 18.27 incidents per 1,000 students.

The table below gives the number of incidents by category, and for comparision, also states the max number of incidents reported by any school in our analysis.

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 Crimes111670.93101.80
Arrests for Possession17150.08180.35
Violence Against Women11400.0853.89
Disciplinary Actions2042,50717.174,029.94

Tufts Residence Hall Crime by Category

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

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4 Total Number of Incidents
0.34 Incidents per 1000 Students
Tufts University reported 4 incidents related to crime and safety in 2019. These student-involved incidents took place on Medford public property in areas surrounding the campus. Based on a student body population of 11,878, that's 0.34 incidents per 1,000 students.

The table below gives the number of incidents by category, and for comparision, also states the max number of incidents reported by any school in our analysis.

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 Crimes4670.34666.67
Arrests for Possession02450.001,294.12
Violence Against Women0240.00555.56
Disciplinary Actions01370.00137.93

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

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