IL
Knox College
10.56 incidents / 1,000 students
Galesburg, IL · Clery Act 2024 · Private Nonprofit
Knox College
Across 2022–2024, Knox College reported 31 incidents in the Clery Criminal Offenses section, and the yearly count fell over that span (largest filed category: Burglary). Nearby same-state same-level comparison: Greenville University.
- 10.56
- Incidents / 1k students
- #1,947
- Rank of 2,072
- #111
- IL rank
- 1,136
- Enrolled students
10.56 reported score-category incidents per 1,000 students
Knox College reports 10.56 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 88% above Maryville College. Similar-enrollment scored peers: Maryville College (8.80/1k); Scripps College (16.71/1k); Concordia University Ann Arbor (1.76/1k); Salem Community College (0.00/1k); Mayville State University (0.88/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes Greenville University (2.72/1k); The Chicago School at Chicago (0.00/1k); Quincy University (8.26/1k); Rockford University (4.03/1k); Judson University (1.04/1k); Illinois College (7.43/1k); Trinity International University-Illinois (0.00/1k); Trinity Christian College (0.00/1k). Largest Criminal Offenses total across filed years: Burglary.
Data source U.S. Department of Education, OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey
- incidents / 1,000 students
- 10.56
- of 2,072 ranked nationally
- #1,947
- report fewer incidents than this campus
- 94%
- Criminal Offenses, 2024
- 9
Source: U.S. Department of Education OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey
Data updated August 2026
Clery Act plate
Sheet 146427 · Knox College 10.56/1k score rate · #1,947/2,072
RATE-HOT · RANK-BOTTOM · ST-MID · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-REPORT
- RATE-HOT 10.56/1k
- RANK-BOTTOM #1,947/2,072
- ST-MID #111 in state
- ABOVE-PEER Maryville College · +1.76
- ZERO-NONE Scored
- TREND-DOWN ↓ 36%
- CAT-LEAD Burglary
- ENR-SMALL 1,136
- FIRE-REPORT 1 fire
Nearest enrollment peer: Maryville College (-1.76/1k)
Knox College sheet RATE-HOT · RANK-BOTTOM · ST-MID · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-REPORT · peer Maryville College. 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-BOTTOM · ST-MID · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-REPORT. Nearest similar-enrollment peer is Maryville College (-1.76/1k). National rank #1,947 of 2,072 scored campuses. Instrument codes from this campus OPE sheet; compare similarly sized peers before treating any single rate as decisive.
Knox College reports 10.56 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 88% above Maryville College. Similar-enrollment scored peers: Maryville College (8.80/1k); Scripps College (16.71/1k); Concordia University Ann Arbor (1.76/1k); Salem Community College (0.00/1k); Mayville State University (0.88/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes Greenville University (2.72/1k); The Chicago School at Chicago (0.00/1k); Quincy University (8.26/1k); Rockford University (4.03/1k); Judson University (1.04/1k); Illinois College (7.43/1k); Trinity International University-Illinois (0.00/1k); Trinity Christian College (0.00/1k). Largest Criminal Offenses total across filed years: Burglary.
Peer-rate neighbourhood around Knox College
Lowest/highest enrollment peers plus campuses nearest Knox on score-category rate. Full ladder: /rankings/safest-campuses.
- Salem Community College · lowest peer 0
Salem Community College — lowest peer
0 per 1,000 students
- Concordia University Ann Arbor · near 1.76
Concordia University Ann Arbor — near
1.76 per 1,000 students
- Maryville College · near
Maryville College — near
8.8 per 1,000 students
- Knox College · this campus
Knox College — this campus
10.56 per 1,000 students
- Scripps College · highest peer
Scripps College — highest peer
16.71 per 1,000 students
What this shows Neighbourhood of similar-enrollment peers around Knox College's 10.56/1k rate, not a full-corpus distribution reprint.
Reporting-period change
What changed in 2024
Knox College increased from 8 to 9 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 changesSignature insight · size does not equal danger
Campus size vs reported safety rate
Among 37 IL 4-year peers in this comparison, Knox College is larger than 81% and safer-reporting than 6% - the larger, 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.
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- Point 1: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 78, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 25
- Point 2: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 75, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 36
- Point 3: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 83, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 8
- Point 4: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 86, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 22
- Point 5: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 72, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 33
- Point 6: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 69, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 11
- Point 7: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 67, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 36
- Point 8: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 64, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 36
- Point 9: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 61, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 31
- Point 10: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 58, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 17
- Point 11: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 89, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 14
- Point 12: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 92, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 36
- Point 13: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 94, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 36
- Point 14: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 56, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 36
- Point 15: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 53, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 3
- Point 16: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 50, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 36
- Point 17: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 47, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 36
- Point 18: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 44, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 36
- Point 19: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 42, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 36
- Point 20: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 97, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 19
- Point 21: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 39, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 36
- Point 22: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 36, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 36
- Point 23: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 33, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 36
- Point 24: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 31, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 36
- Point 25: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 28, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 36
- Point 26: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 25, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 36
- Point 27: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 22, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 36
- Point 28: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 100, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 28
- Point 29: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 19, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 36
- Point 30: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 17, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 36
- Point 31: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 14, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 36
- Point 32: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 11, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 36
- Point 33: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 8, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 36
- Point 34: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 6, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 36
- Point 35: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 3, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 36
- Point 36: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 0, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 0
- Knox College: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 81, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 6
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| Campus | Enrollment | Rate / 1k | Size pct | Safety pct |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's College-Department of Nursing | 132 | 75.76 | 0 | 0 |
| Hebrew Theological College | 182 | 0.00 | 3 | 36 |
| Blessing Rieman College of Nursing and Health Sciences | 193 | 0.00 | 6 | 36 |
| Lake Forest Graduate School of Management | 196 | 0.00 | 8 | 36 |
| University of Saint Mary of the Lake | 200 | 0.00 | 11 | 36 |
| Catholic Theological Union at Chicago | 210 | 0.00 | 14 | 36 |
| Chicago Theological Seminary | 215 | 0.00 | 17 | 36 |
| Pacific College of Health and Science | 245 | 0.00 | 19 | 36 |
| Saint Anthony College of Nursing | 263 | 0.00 | 22 | 36 |
| Methodist College | 267 | 0.00 | 25 | 36 |
| Erikson Institute | 297 | 0.00 | 28 | 36 |
| Knox College (this campus) | 1,136 | 10.56 | 81 | 6 |
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 Knox College rose from 8 to 9 (+13%). The increase shows up in Fondling (2 to 3) and Motor Vehicle Theft (1 to 2). Falling over the same period: Rape (2 to 1).
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 Knox College
Across 3 reporting years, on-campus incidents were recorded in 5 Clery Act categories here: Burglary, Fondling, Rape, Motor Vehicle Theft and Arson.
The remaining 6 categories were reported with no on-campus incidents, among them Aggravated Assault, Incest, Murder / Non-Negligent Manslaughter and 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 onlyKnox College: Criminal Offenses by year
Declining 36% (14 → 9 incidents)
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| Period | On-campus incidents |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 14 |
| 2023 | 8 |
| 2024 | 9 |
| Crime Type | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burglary | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| Fondling | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Rape | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Motor Vehicle Theft | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Arson | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Aggravated Assault | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Incest | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Murder / Non-Negligent Manslaughter | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Negligent Manslaughter | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Robbery | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Statutory Rape | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Arrests & Disciplinary Actions
9 category-year records| Category | Year | Arrests | Discipline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drugs | 2024 | 1 | 11 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 0 | 18 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 1 |
| Drugs | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2023 | 0 | 28 |
| Weapons | 2023 | 0 | 2 |
| Drugs | 2022 | 0 | 5 |
| Liquor | 2022 | 0 | 42 |
| Weapons | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
Knox College 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).
TN
Maryville College
8.80 incidents / 1,000 students
CA
Scripps College
16.71 incidents / 1,000 students
Cost context
Where Knox College sits on price and outcomes
At $24,595, Knox College's reported average net price is cheaper than 85% among 178 Illinois colleges with a reported figure. The state median is $15,405.
- $24,595
- average net price
- $15,405
- Illinois median
- 1.4×
- six-year earnings to median debt
- $14,849
- reported income-bracket spread
Aid here is steeply income-scaled. Families reporting under $30,000 of income record a net price of $17,134, while those above $110,000 record $31,983 - roughly 1.9 times as much. A published average of $24,595 therefore describes very few families well; the bracket nearest your own income is the more useful figure.
Six-year median earnings of $37,757 run about 1.5 times the annual net price. The margin is real but narrow, so how many years of price a student actually pays matters a great deal here.
Average net price reflects grant and scholarship aid for aided students, not a personal offer. Earnings cover former students who received federal aid; neither measure predicts an individual's outcome.
Academic & Financial Profile
Tuition & Costs
- In-State Tuition
- $57,903
- Out-of-State Tuition
- $57,903
- Avg Net Price
- $24,595
- Median Debt
- $27,000
- Pell Grant Recipients
- 31%
Admissions
- Acceptance Rate
- 71%
- SAT Average
- 1326
- SAT Math Range
- 580-760
- ACT Average
- 28
- ACT Range
- 21-32
Outcomes
- 4-Year Graduation Rate
- 68%
- Retention Rate
- 83%
- Median Earnings (6yr)
- $37,757
- Median Earnings (10yr)
- $54,820
- Loan Repayment (3yr)
- 79%
Source: IPEDS & College Scorecard. Methodology.
Similar Institutions
Showing 5 of 1,260 similar institutions by enrollment size.
Maryville College
Maryville, TN · 1,136 enrolled
Safety Score 8.80
Scripps College
Claremont, CA · 1,137 enrolled
Safety Score 16.71
Concordia University Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, MI · 1,135 enrolled
Safety Score 1.76
Salem Community College
Carneys Point, NJ · 1,135 enrolled
Safety Score 0.00
Mayville State University
Mayville, ND · 1,134 enrolled
Safety Score 0.88
Closest by National Rank
Knox College (national rank #1947) sits near Texas Lutheran University (#1946) and Saint Michael's College (#1948) on the scored national list, nearest by rank, not by size or state.
Nationwide campuses with similar scale or Clery rate
Two Clery-derived peer sets for Knox College, both outside IL so the neighborhoods are not state containment (Similar Institutions and national-rank neighbors above stay enrollment- or rank-based).
Similar enrollment (nationwide)
Maryville College
Maryville, TN · 1,136 enrolled
Safety score 8.80
Concordia University Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, MI · 1,135 enrolled
Safety score 1.76
Scripps College
Claremont, CA · 1,137 enrolled
Safety score 16.71
Mayville State University
Mayville, ND · 1,134 enrolled
Safety score 0.88
Career Networks Institute
Santa Ana, CA · 1,133 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
New York Film Academy
Burbank, CA · 1,132 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
New England Law-Boston
Boston, MA · 1,131 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
University of the Southwest
Hobbs, NM · 1,130 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
Similar 2024 Clery rate (nationwide)
Saint Michael's College
Colchester, VT · 1,323 enrolled
Safety score 10.58
Texas Lutheran University
Seguin, TX · 1,423 enrolled
Safety score 10.54
Earlham College
Richmond, IN · 753 enrolled
Safety score 10.62
Elizabeth City State University
Elizabeth City, NC · 2,258 enrolled
Safety score 10.63
Ithaca College
Ithaca, NY · 4,767 enrolled
Safety score 10.49
Babson College
Wellesley, MA · 3,932 enrolled
Safety score 10.68
Centre College
Danville, KY · 1,404 enrolled
Safety score 10.68
Middlebury College
Middlebury, VT · 2,803 enrolled
Safety score 10.70
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Knox College safe?
Knox College has a safety score of 10.56 (2024 on-campus Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents per 1,000 enrolled students) and ranks #1,947 nationally out of 2,072 ranked institutions - nearest similar-enrollment comparison: Maryville College (8.80/1k). Same-state same-level set: Greenville University (2.72/1k); The Chicago School at Chicago (0.00/1k); Quincy University (8.26/1k); Rockford University (4.03/1k); Judson University (1.04/1k); Illinois College (7.43/1k); Trinity International University-Illinois (0.00/1k); Trinity Christian College (0.00/1k).
What crimes are reported at Knox College?
For calendar year 2024, Knox College reported Fondling (3), Burglary (2), Motor Vehicle Theft (2), Arson (1) and Rape (1) in the Criminal Offenses section. Every other category in that section was reported at zero; other Clery tables are separate.
How does Knox College compare to similar schools?
Knox College reports 88% more 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 than Maryville College. Scored similar-enrollment peers on this page: Maryville College (8.80/1k); Scripps College (16.71/1k); Concordia University Ann Arbor (1.76/1k); Salem Community College (0.00/1k); Mayville State University (0.88/1k). Same-state same-level set: Greenville University (2.72/1k); The Chicago School at Chicago (0.00/1k); Quincy University (8.26/1k); Rockford University (4.03/1k); Judson University (1.04/1k); Illinois College (7.43/1k); Trinity International University-Illinois (0.00/1k); Trinity Christian College (0.00/1k).
Does Knox College have fire safety data?
Yes. Knox College reports fire safety data for on-campus residential facilities, including total fires, injuries, deaths, and fire damage categories. 1 fire was reported in the most recent year.
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