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Table 9

TENNESSEE

Offenses Known to Law Enforcement

by University and College, 2012

University/College Campus Student
enrollment1
Violent
crime
Murder and
nonnegligent
manslaughter
Forcible
rape
Robbery Aggravated
assault
Property
crime
Burglary Larceny-
theft
Motor
vehicle
theft
Arson
Austin Peay State University 10,873 2 0 1 1 0 130 14 113 3 0
Christian Brothers University 1,694 3 0 0 1 2 31 10 20 1 0
East Tennessee State University 15,250 7 0 1 1 5 111 16 93 2 0
Middle Tennessee State University 26,442 12 0 1 3 8 218 28 187 3 1
Northeast State Community College 6,478 1 0 0 0 1 12 0 12 0 0
Southwest Tennessee Community College 12,958 1 0 0 0 1 54 0 54 0 0
Tennessee State University 9,165 14 0 0 7 7 154 16 136 2 0
Tennessee Technological University 11,768 6 0 0 0 6 115 27 87 1 2
University of Memphis 22,725 7 0 1 2 4 229 43 181 5 0
University of Tennessee: Chattanooga 11,438 8 0 1 1 6 174 28 146 0 1
Health Science Center2 0 0 0 0 0 38 6 31 1 0
Knoxville 30,194 8 0 1 2 5 501 29 459 13 0
Martin 7,910 3 0 0 1 2 57 17 40 0 0
Vanderbilt University 12,836 25 0 6 4 15 535 12 522 1 1
Volunteer State Community College 8,666 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 6 0 0
Walters State Community College 6,733 1 0 0 0 1 11 1 10 0 0
  • 1 The student enrollment figures provided by the United States Department of Education are for the 2011 school year, the most recent available. The enrollment figures include full-time and part-time students.
  • 2 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.

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