Grand Rapids, MI · Clery Act 2024 · Private Nonprofit

Calvin Theological Seminary

Across 2022–2024, Calvin Theological Seminary reported 14 incidents in the Clery Criminal Offenses section, and the yearly count rose over that span (largest filed category: Motor Vehicle Theft). Nearby same-state same-level comparison: Sacred Heart Major Seminary.

21.80
Incidents / 1k students
367
Enrolled students

21.80 reported score-category incidents per 1,000 students

Calvin Theological Seminary's 2024 score-category rate is 21.80 per 1,000. From 2023 to 2024, Burglary fell by 2 reported incidents, the largest category move on this profile. Same-state same-level scored peers: Sacred Heart Major Seminary (0.00/1k); Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine (0.00/1k); Western Theological Seminary (2.52/1k); Thomas M Cooley Law School (0.00/1k); Great Lakes Christian College (0.00/1k); Michigan School of Psychology (0.00/1k); Kuyper College (0.00/1k); Arizona College of Nursing-Southfield (0.00/1k).

Data source U.S. Department of Education, OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey

incidents / 1,000 students
21.80
Criminal Offenses, 2024
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Data updated August 2026

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Sheet 169099 · Calvin Theological Seminary 21.80/1k score rate

RATE-HOT · RANK-UNK · ST-UNK · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-SMALL · TREND-UP · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO

  • RATE-HOT 21.80/1k
  • RANK-UNK Nat rank n/a
  • ST-UNK State rank n/a
  • ABOVE-PEER United States Sports University · +21.80
  • ZERO-SMALL <500 enrolled
  • TREND-UP ↑ trend
  • CAT-LEAD Motor Vehicle Th…
  • ENR-SMALL 367
  • FIRE-ZERO 0 fires filed

Nearest enrollment peer: United States Sports University (-21.80/1k)

Calvin Theological Seminary sheet RATE-HOT · RANK-UNK · ST-UNK · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-SMALL · TREND-UP · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO · peer United States Sports University. Codes from this campus OPE filing: score-category rate, national/state rank, named enrollment peer, zero posture, Criminal Offenses trend, lead category, enrollment band, fire filing. Not a moving recommendation.

Clery plate RATE-HOT · RANK-UNK · ST-UNK · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-SMALL · TREND-UP · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO. Nearest similar-enrollment peer is United States Sports University (-21.80/1k). Instrument codes from this campus OPE sheet; compare similarly sized peers before treating any single rate as decisive.

Calvin Theological Seminary's 2024 score-category rate is 21.80 per 1,000. From 2023 to 2024, Burglary fell by 2 reported incidents, the largest category move on this profile. Same-state same-level scored peers: Sacred Heart Major Seminary (0.00/1k); Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine (0.00/1k); Western Theological Seminary (2.52/1k); Thomas M Cooley Law School (0.00/1k); Great Lakes Christian College (0.00/1k); Michigan School of Psychology (0.00/1k); Kuyper College (0.00/1k); Arizona College of Nursing-Southfield (0.00/1k).

Peer-rate neighbourhood around Calvin Theological Seminary

Lowest/highest enrollment peers plus campuses nearest Calvin on score-category rate. Full ladder: /rankings/safest-campuses.

per 1,000 students

What this shows Neighbourhood of similar-enrollment peers around Calvin Theological Seminary's 21.80/1k rate, not a full-corpus distribution reprint.

Source U.S. Department of Education, OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey (Clery Act) As of 2024

Reporting-period change

What changed in 2024

-2 reported incidents

Calvin Theological Seminary decreased from 8 to 6 reported on-campus incidents between the 2023 and 2024 reporting years in the U.S. Department of Education OPE Campus Safety Survey.

This is a change in reported incidents, not a measure of individual safety. Enrollment, reporting practice, and category coverage can affect the count.

See national reporting-year changes

Signature insight · size does not equal danger

Campus size vs reported safety rate

Among 37 MI 4-year peers in this comparison, Calvin Theological Seminary is larger than 22% and safer-reporting than 0% - the smaller, higher-reporting quadrant. Axes are within-sample percentiles so outliers share the same frame; a higher safety percentile means a lower Clery incidents-per-1,000 rate.

Smaller · Safer-reportingLarger · Safer-reportingSmaller · Higher-reportingLarger · Higher-reporting026.352.578.8105013.927.841.755.6Enrollment size, percentile in sampleSafer-reporting percentile (lower rate)Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 19 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 53Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 17 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 53Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 25 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 36Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 28 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 53Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 14 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 53Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 11 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 53Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 8 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 53Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 31 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 53Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 6 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 8Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 33 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 53Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 3 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 53Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 0 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 53Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 36 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 53Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 39 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 53Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 42 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 11Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 44 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 53Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 47 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 44Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 50 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 39Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 53 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 19Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 56 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 22Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 58 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 42Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 61 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 3Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 64 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 6Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 67 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 50Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 69 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 53Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 72 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 17Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 75 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 53Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 78 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 53Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 81 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 25Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 83 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 28Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 86 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 33Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 89 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 53Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 92 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 47Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 94 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 14Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 97 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 53Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 100 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 31Calvin Theological Seminary: Enrollment size, percentile in sample: 22 · Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate): 0
Enrollment vs Clery incidents per 1,000 (inverted to safety percentile), 2024 reporting year
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  • Point 1: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 19, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 53
  • Point 2: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 17, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 53
  • Point 3: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 25, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 36
  • Point 4: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 28, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 53
  • Point 5: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 14, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 53
  • Point 6: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 11, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 53
  • Point 7: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 8, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 53
  • Point 8: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 31, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 53
  • Point 9: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 6, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 8
  • Point 10: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 33, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 53
  • Point 11: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 3, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 53
  • Point 12: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 0, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 53
  • Point 13: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 36, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 53
  • Point 14: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 39, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 53
  • Point 15: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 42, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 11
  • Point 16: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 44, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 53
  • Point 17: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 47, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 44
  • Point 18: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 50, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 39
  • Point 19: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 53, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 19
  • Point 20: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 56, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 22
  • Point 21: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 58, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 42
  • Point 22: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 61, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 3
  • Point 23: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 64, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 6
  • Point 24: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 67, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 50
  • Point 25: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 69, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 53
  • Point 26: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 72, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 17
  • Point 27: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 75, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 53
  • Point 28: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 78, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 53
  • Point 29: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 81, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 25
  • Point 30: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 83, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 28
  • Point 31: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 86, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 33
  • Point 32: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 89, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 53
  • Point 33: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 92, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 47
  • Point 34: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 94, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 14
  • Point 35: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 97, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 53
  • Point 36: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 100, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 31
  • Calvin Theological Seminary: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 22, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 0
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CampusEnrollmentRate / 1kSize pctSafety pct
Ecumenical Theological Seminary630.00053
Yeshiva Gedolah of Greater Detroit750.00353
Cranbrook Academy of Art1138.8568
Kuyper College1610.00853
Michigan School of Psychology1900.001153
Great Lakes Christian College2100.001453
Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine3460.001753
Sacred Heart Major Seminary3510.001953
Calvin Theological Seminary (this campus)36721.80220
Western Theological Seminary3972.522536
Thomas M Cooley Law School4200.002853
Arizona College of Nursing-Southfield5940.003153

Sample of 12 campuses from the plot (sorted by enrollment). Source: U.S. Department of Education OPE Campus Safety Survey + IPEDS enrollment. Rate = on-campus Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents per 1,000 students; lower is safer-reporting, not a personal-risk forecast.

What changed between 2023 and 2024

Reported on-campus incidents at Calvin Theological Seminary fell from 8 to 6 (-25%). The increase shows up in Rape (0 to 2). Falling over the same period: Burglary (2 to 0), Fondling (1 to 0) and Motor Vehicle Theft (5 to 4).

This describes reported incidents, not crime. Clery counts move with reporting policy, awareness campaigns and how a campus staffs its security authorities, so a rise can reflect better capture of reports and a fall can reflect worse capture. One year of movement at a single campus is not a trend.

What actually gets reported at Calvin Theological Seminary

Across 3 reporting years, on-campus incidents were recorded in 4 Clery Act categories here: Motor Vehicle Theft, Burglary, Rape and Fondling. Motor Vehicle Theft accounts for most of them.

The remaining 7 categories were reported with no on-campus incidents, among them Aggravated Assault, Arson, Incest and Murder / Non-Negligent Manslaughter. Under the Clery Act that zero is an affirmative report that nothing in the category occurred, not an absence of data, which is why the table below lists those rows rather than dropping them.

Counts describe incidents reported under the Clery Act for the on-campus geography. Reporting practice varies between institutions, so counts are not a direct measure of relative safety.

Crime Statistics by Year

11 categories 3 reporting years on-campus only

Calvin Theological Seminary: Criminal Offenses by year

Rising

0510 202220232024 On-campus incidents, 2022: 0On-campus incidents, 2023: 8On-campus incidents, 2024: 6 0 6 ▲ +0.0%
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Period On-campus incidents
2022 0
2023 8
2024 6
Crime Type 202420232022
Motor Vehicle Theft 450
Burglary 020
Rape 200
Fondling 010
Aggravated Assault 000
Arson 000
Incest 000
Murder / Non-Negligent Manslaughter 000
Negligent Manslaughter 000
Robbery 000
Statutory Rape 000

Source: US Dept of Education OPE Campus Safety Survey. Table figures show the Criminal Offenses section; other Clery tables are separate

Fire Safety

Year Fires Inj. Deaths Cat I Cat II
2024 0 0 0 0 0

Arrests & Disciplinary Actions

9 category-year records
Disposition26%47%27%ArrestsDisciplinary referralsNo action
9 reported records
Category Year Arrests Discipline
Drugs 2024 0 0
Liquor 2024 0 0
Weapons 2024 0 1
Drugs 2023 0 0
Liquor 2023 0 0
Weapons 2023 0 0
Drugs 2022 0 2
Liquor 2022 0 0
Weapons 2022 0 0

Calvin Theological Seminary vs peer institutions

Side-by-side safety scores for 3 peers of similar enrollment

Scores are $2024 Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents per 1,000 enrolled students (lower is fewer in those categories).

Selected

MI

Calvin Theological Seminary

21.80 incidents / 1,000 students
National rank
Unranked
Enrollment
367
Data year
2024

Academic & Financial Profile

Source: IPEDS & College Scorecard. Methodology.

Similar Institutions

Showing 5 of 1,163 similar institutions by enrollment size.

Nationwide campuses with similar scale or Clery rate

Two Clery-derived peer sets for Calvin Theological Seminary, both outside MI so the neighborhoods are not state containment (Similar Institutions and national-rank neighbors above stay enrollment- or rank-based).

Similar 2024 Clery rate (nationwide)

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Calvin Theological Seminary safe?
Calvin Theological Seminary has a safety score of 21.80 (2024 on-campus Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents per 1,000 enrolled students). With 367 enrolled students it sits under the 500-student ranking cutoff; a size peer on file is United States Sports University. Same-state same-level set: Sacred Heart Major Seminary (0.00/1k); Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine (0.00/1k); Western Theological Seminary (2.52/1k); Thomas M Cooley Law School (0.00/1k); Great Lakes Christian College (0.00/1k); Michigan School of Psychology (0.00/1k); Kuyper College (0.00/1k); Arizona College of Nursing-Southfield (0.00/1k).
What crimes are reported at Calvin Theological Seminary?
For calendar year 2024, Calvin Theological Seminary reported Motor Vehicle Theft (4) and Rape (2) in the Criminal Offenses section. Every other category in that section was reported at zero; other Clery tables are separate.
How does Calvin Theological Seminary compare to similar schools?
A similar-enrollment comparison point is United States Sports University at 0.00 score-category incidents per 1,000 in MI; same-state same-level scored peers include Sacred Heart Major Seminary (0.00/1k); Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine (0.00/1k); Western Theological Seminary (2.52/1k); Thomas M Cooley Law School (0.00/1k); Great Lakes Christian College (0.00/1k); Michigan School of Psychology (0.00/1k); Kuyper College (0.00/1k); Arizona College of Nursing-Southfield (0.00/1k).
Does Calvin Theological Seminary have fire safety data?
Yes. Calvin Theological Seminary reports fire safety data for on-campus residential facilities, including total fires, injuries, deaths, and fire damage categories. No fires were reported in the most recent year.

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