OVERVIEW

These point datalayers show the level of crime statistics by colleges and universities in Massachusetts for the years 1980-2003. This data is Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) data. Colleges and universities contribute data voluntarily, therefore not all colleges and universities have data and not all colleges and universities have 12 full months of data. These layers can be seen in State Police OLIVER (SPOLIVER). This data is collected by the Massachusetts State Police. The layer is stored in ArcSDE as spatial views in the EOPS schema and distributed by year as UCR_COLLEGES_80_S_V through UCR_COLLEGES_03_S_V ("_S_V" for spatial view).

Data was broken up into layers by year (1980-2003). If a college or university had a COUNT of 0 (0 months reporting), attributes were set to -1 so that they could be drawn in grey on the map. Category breaks in SPOLIVER were symbolized using Jenks Natural Breaks using the year 2000. If a municipality contributed less than 12 months of data but more than 2 months, counts were estimated (except for murder). Formula: (count for crime/count of months)*12. All decimals were rounded to 2 places. If breakdown statistics for a total were 0 (and the total was non-zero), then the breakdown statistics (counts and rates) were calculated to be -1 (data missing). This applied to Rape Total, Robbery Total, Assault Total, Burglary Total, Motor Vehicle Theft Total. Note that breakdowns of motor vehicle thefts are not available at all for 1999 and 2000 (and are therefore set to -1). Also note that Tufts University has separate crime statistics for each of its three campuses.

Each type of crime has different a color ramp according to the following scheme:

Murder:  red
Rape:  purple
Robbery:  orange
Assault:  green
Burlary or larceny:  brown
Motor vehicle theft:  blue
Sums of categories:  ramp of green to red

Category breaks were symbolized using Jenks Natural Breaks using the year 2000.

The Crime Statistics by Municipality datalayers' point attribute tables have the following items:

COLLEGE		College Name
NCES_ID		Unique 6-digit identifier used by www.nces.gov (Source: http://nces.ed.gov/)
ADDRESS		Street Address
CITYST		City, State
ZIPCODE		ZIP Code
UNDERGRAD		Undergraduate enrollment (Source: http://nces.ed.gov/)
GRAD		Graduate enrollment (Source: http://nces.ed.gov/)
ON_CAMPUS		Percent of all undergraduates living on campus as of Fall 2003 (Source: http://nces.ed.gov/)
YEAR		Year of data
ORI		Agency Code
COUNT		Number of Months Reporting (if 0 other count and rate fields set to -1)
MURDER		Murder Count (never estimated)
RAPE_TOT		Rape Total Count (estimated if COUNT > 2)
RAPE_FORCE		Rape By Force Count (estimated if COUNT > 2)
RAPE_ATMPT		Attempted Rape Count (estimated if COUNT > 2)
ROB_TOT		Robbery Total Count (estimated if COUNT > 2)
ROB_GUN		Robbery By Gun (estimated if COUNT > 2)
ROB_KNIFE		Robbery By Knife (estimated if COUNT > 2)
ROB_OTH		Robbery By Other Weapon (estimated if COUNT > 2)
ROB_HAND		Robbery By Hands/Feet/Fish (Strongarm Robbery) (estimated if COUNT > 2)
ASSLT_TOT		Assault Total (estimated if COUNT > 2)
ASSLT_GUN		Assault By Gun - Aggravated (estimated if COUNT > 2)
ASSLT_KNIF		Assault By Knife - Aggravated (estimated if COUNT > 2)
ASSLT_BLNT		Assault By Blunt Object - Aggravated (estimated if COUNT > 2)
ASSLT_HAND		Assault By Hands/Fist - Aggravated (estimated if COUNT > 2)
ASSLT_SMPL		Assault Simple - Not Aggravated (estimated if COUNT > 2)
BURG_TOT		Burglary Total (estimated if COUNT > 2)
BURG_FORCE		Burglary By Force (estimated if COUNT > 2)
BURG_ENTRY		Burglary - Unlawful Entry, No Force (estimated if COUNT > 2)
BURG_ATMPT		Burglary Attempted (estimated if COUNT > 2)
LARCENY		Larceny (estimated if COUNT > 2)
MV_THF_TOT		Motor Vehicle Theft Total (estimated if COUNT > 2)
MV_THF_CAR		Motor Vehicle Theft - Auto (estimated if COUNT > 2)
MV_THF_TRK		Motor Vehicle Theft - Trucks and Buses (estimated if COUNT > 2)
MV_THF_OTH		Motor Vehicle Theft - Other (estimated if COUNT > 2)
VIOL_PROP		Total of Violent and Property Crimes (estimated if COUNT > 2)
VIOL		Sum of Violent Crimes - Murder, Rape, Robbery Aggravated Assault (estimated if COUNT > 2)
PROP		Sum of Property Crimes - Burglary, Larceny, Motor Vehicle Theft (estimated if COUNT > 2)
AGAS		Sum of Aggravated Assault Crimes (estimated if COUNT > 2)

MAINTENANCE

The State Police maintain these datalayers. If you have questions regarding these datalayers, contact Dan Bibel, Program Manager, Crime Reporting Unit, Massachussetts State Police, Daniel.Bibel@state.ma.us or 508-820-2111.

Also see these layers:

• Crime Statistics By Municipality
• Police Employment By Municipality
• Police Employment By Colleges and Universities

Last Updated 12/15/2005
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