SAN ANTONIO -- KENS 5 looked at all 67 universities and colleges in the state of Texas that submitted complete crime offense data to the FBI -- excluding medical schools -- and ranked them based on violent and property crime rates.
The methodology used for the rankings is based on FBI crime and enrollment statistics for 2009 (www.fbi.gov/ucr/cius2009).
The total number of violent and property crimes respectively are set to the ratio “number of students enrolled: number of crimes reported”.
Violent crimes include murder, rape, robbery and assault.
Property crimes include burglary, larceny theft and motor-vehicle theft.
Student enrollment includes both full- and part-time students.
Highest Violent Crime Rate (in students per violent crime)
1. Texas Southern University - 414 : 1
2. Texas State Technical College (Waco) - 509 : 1
3. Rice University - 595 : 1
4. Prairie View A&M University - 911 : 1
5. Texas State Technical College (Marshall) - 946 : 1
6. Paris Junior College - 1,183 : 1
7. Texas A&M – Kingsville - 1,189 : 1
8. Southern Methodist University - 1:218 : 1
9. Stephen F. Austin State University - 1,333 : 1
10. University of Houston (Central Campus) - 1,641 : 1
13. Saint Mary University - 1,945 : 1
27. Texas State University – San Marcos - 4,851 : 1
28. Alamo Community College District* - 4,958 : 1
33. University of Texas – Austin - 8,331 : 1
39. UTSA - 14,207 : 1
T43. Trinity University - no reported violent crimes
Highest Property Crime Rate (in students per property crime)
1. Trinity University - 22:1
2. Rice University - 23: 1
3. Texas Southern University - 26: 1
4. Texas A&M – Galveston - 39 : 1
5. Abilene Christian University - 43 : 1
6. Texas Christian University - 44 : 1
7. Texas State Technical College (Waco) - 47 : 1
8. Sul Ross State University - 49 : 1
9.Texas State Technical College (Marshall) - 50 : 1
10. Prairie View A&M University - 52 : 1
16. St. Mary’s University - 68 : 1
25. University of Texas – Austin - 84 : 1
29. Texas State University – San Marcos - 93 : 1
39. Alamo Community College* - 130 : 1
40. UTSA - 140 : 1
* Enrollment for Alamo Community College District (59,513) was provided by the college’s website (www.alamo.edu), because the FBI did not include the district’s enrollment figures.
