Which college towns have lower reported violent-crime rates?

Published schools whose citywide violent-crime rates are among the lowest in Campus Unfold’s set.

College towns with lower reported violent-crime rates: school, city, violent crime per 1,000, and city population
SchoolCityViolent / 1,000Population
Dartmouth CollegeHanover, NHHanover, NH0.1712,110
Williams CollegeWilliamstown, MAWilliamstown, MA0.219,315
Princeton UniversityPrinceton, NJPrinceton, NJ0.4131,613
Villanova UniversityLower Merion Township, PALower Merion Township, PA0.4364,974
Babson CollegeWellesley, MAWellesley, MA0.5031,811
John Carroll UniversityUniversity Heights, OHUniversity Heights, OH0.5313,111
Boston CollegeNewton, MANewton, MA0.5690,939
University of California IrvineIrvine, CAIrvine, CA0.78321,339
University of North Carolina at Chapel HillChapel Hill, NCChapel Hill, NC0.8365,938
Auburn UniversityAuburn, ALAuburn, AL0.9685,520
Purdue UniversityWest Lafayette, INWest Lafayette, IN0.9646,768
Northwestern UniversityEvanston, ILEvanston, IL1.1275,562
Clemson UniversityClemson, SCClemson, SC1.2718,832
Texas A&M UniversityCollege Station, TXCollege Station, TX1.29129,902
University of Massachusetts AmherstAmherst, MAAmherst, MA1.4045,764
Cornell UniversityIthaca, NYIthaca, NY1.5834,749
Stanford UniversityPalo Alto, CAPalo Alto, CA1.5967,491
Tufts UniversityMedford, MAMedford, MA1.8059,842
Ohio Northern UniversityAda, OHAda, OH1.895,285
University of California, DavisDavis, CADavis, CA1.9167,181
Lehigh UniversityBethlehem, PABethlehem, PA1.9480,424
How this is calculated

City population is the population reported in the FBI data. These figures describe reported city crime, not campus safety.

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