Christopher Newport University

With 4,503 enrolled students, this campus sits in the small college bracket, which shapes how raw incident counts should be interpreted.

The most frequently reported category at Christopher Newport University is "Rape" with 37 cumulative incidents across the reporting window. Compared to 5 peer institutions of similar enrollment size in VA averaging 1.69 incidents per 1,000 students, Christopher Newport University reports 677% more incidents per student.

Fire safety data covers 1 reporting year for on-campus residential facilities, logging 2 total fires. Arrests and disciplinary actions span 9 category-year records, covering liquor law violations, drug law violations, and weapons possession on-campus. No Department of Education Clery Act enforcement actions are recorded against this institution.

Christopher Newport University's safety score of 13.10 incidents per 1,000 students places it in the bottom 3.2% of the 3,050 institutions this survey ranks nationally, meaning the reported incident rate here is higher than at nearly all peer institutions in the dataset. As our methodology explains, a higher reported rate can reflect a more active reporting culture rather than a more dangerous campus, and does not by itself indicate the actual likelihood of experiencing a crime.