PA
La Salle University
12.05 incidents / 1,000 students
Philadelphia, PA · Clery Act 2024 · Private Nonprofit
La Salle University
Across 2022–2024, La Salle University reported 59 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: Holy Family University.
- 12.05
- Incidents / 1k students
- #1,971
- Rank of 2,072
- #134
- PA rank
- 3,153
- Enrolled students
12.05 reported score-category incidents per 1,000 students
La Salle University reports 12.05 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 442% above Norwich University. Similar-enrollment scored peers: Norwich University (4.76/1k); Northland Pioneer College (0.00/1k); Ridgewater College (0.00/1k); Culinary Institute of America (5.72/1k); Cisco College (0.63/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes Holy Family University (0.62/1k); DeSales University (3.36/1k); Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College (6.00/1k); Saint Francis University (3.38/1k); Mount Aloysius College (0.00/1k); Messiah University (10.97/1k); Arcadia University (2.94/1k); Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (0.69/1k). Largest Criminal Offenses total across filed years: Motor Vehicle Theft.
Data source U.S. Department of Education, OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey
- incidents / 1,000 students
- 12.05
- of 2,072 ranked nationally
- #1,971
- report fewer incidents than this campus
- 95%
- Criminal Offenses, 2024
- 36
Source: U.S. Department of Education OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey
Data updated August 2026
Clery Act plate
Sheet 213367 · La Salle University 12.05/1k score rate · #1,971/2,072
RATE-HOT · RANK-BOTTOM · ST-MID · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-UP · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO
- RATE-HOT 12.05/1k
- RANK-BOTTOM #1,971/2,072
- ST-MID #134 in state
- ABOVE-PEER Culinary Institute of America · +6.33
- ZERO-NONE Scored
- TREND-UP ↑ 200%
- CAT-LEAD Motor Vehicle Th…
- ENR-SMALL 3,153
- FIRE-ZERO 0 fires filed
Nearest enrollment peer: Culinary Institute of America (-6.33/1k)
La Salle University sheet RATE-HOT · RANK-BOTTOM · ST-MID · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-UP · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO · peer Culinary Institute of America. 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-UP · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO. Nearest similar-enrollment peer is Culinary Institute of America (-6.33/1k). National rank #1,971 of 2,072 scored campuses. Instrument codes from this campus OPE sheet; compare similarly sized peers before treating any single rate as decisive.
La Salle University reports 12.05 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 442% above Norwich University. Similar-enrollment scored peers: Norwich University (4.76/1k); Northland Pioneer College (0.00/1k); Ridgewater College (0.00/1k); Culinary Institute of America (5.72/1k); Cisco College (0.63/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes Holy Family University (0.62/1k); DeSales University (3.36/1k); Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College (6.00/1k); Saint Francis University (3.38/1k); Mount Aloysius College (0.00/1k); Messiah University (10.97/1k); Arcadia University (2.94/1k); Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (0.69/1k). Largest Criminal Offenses total across filed years: Motor Vehicle Theft.
Peer-rate neighbourhood around La Salle University
Lowest/highest enrollment peers plus campuses nearest La on score-category rate. Full ladder: /rankings/safest-campuses.
- Northland Pioneer College · lowest peer 0
Northland Pioneer College — lowest peer
0 per 1,000 students
- Cisco College · near 0.63
Cisco College — near
0.63 per 1,000 students
- Norwich University · near 4.76
Norwich University — near
4.76 per 1,000 students
- Culinary Institute of America · near
Culinary Institute of America — near
5.72 per 1,000 students
- La Salle University · this campus · highest
La Salle University — this campus · highest
12.05 per 1,000 students
What this shows Neighbourhood of similar-enrollment peers around La Salle University's 12.05/1k rate, not a full-corpus distribution reprint.
Reporting-period change
What changed in 2024
La Salle University increased from 11 to 36 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 PA 4-year peers in this comparison, La Salle University is larger than 72% 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 75, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 81
- Point 2: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 69, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 47
- Point 3: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 78, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 31
- Point 4: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 67, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 44
- Point 5: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 64, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 97
- Point 6: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 81, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 8
- Point 7: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 83, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 56
- Point 8: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 61, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 78
- Point 9: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 58, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 25
- Point 10: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 86, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 92
- Point 11: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 56, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 3
- Point 12: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 53, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 89
- Point 13: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 50, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 17
- Point 14: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 47, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 33
- Point 15: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 89, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 94
- Point 16: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 44, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 36
- Point 17: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 42, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 75
- Point 18: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 39, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 64
- Point 19: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 36, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 86
- Point 20: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 92, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 42
- Point 21: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 33, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 97
- Point 22: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 31, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 14
- Point 23: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 94, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 19
- Point 24: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 28, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 0
- Point 25: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 25, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 50
- Point 26: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 22, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 22
- Point 27: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 19, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 11
- Point 28: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 17, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 39
- Point 29: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 14, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 72
- Point 30: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 11, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 67
- Point 31: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 8, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 28
- Point 32: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 97, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 61
- Point 33: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 6, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 83
- Point 34: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 3, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 58
- Point 35: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 100, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 69
- Point 36: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 0, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 53
- La Salle University: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 72, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 6
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| Campus | Enrollment | Rate / 1k | Size pct | Safety pct |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gwynedd Mercy University | 2,017 | 2.97 | 0 | 53 |
| Lebanon Valley College | 2,146 | 2.33 | 3 | 58 |
| La Roche University | 2,153 | 0.46 | 6 | 83 |
| Delaware Valley University | 2,199 | 6.37 | 8 | 28 |
| Misericordia University | 2,200 | 1.36 | 11 | 67 |
| Lackawanna College | 2,211 | 0.90 | 14 | 72 |
| Neumann University | 2,244 | 4.46 | 17 | 39 |
| Susquehanna University | 2,255 | 10.20 | 19 | 11 |
| Elizabethtown College | 2,283 | 7.45 | 22 | 22 |
| Chatham University | 2,309 | 3.03 | 25 | 50 |
| Dickinson College | 2,314 | 17.29 | 28 | 0 |
| La Salle University (this campus) | 3,153 | 12.05 | 72 | 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 La Salle University rose from 11 to 36 (+227%). The increase shows up in Motor Vehicle Theft (9 to 32), Rape (0 to 2) and Burglary (1 to 2). Falling over the same period: Fondling (1 to 0).
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 La Salle University
Across 3 reporting years, on-campus incidents were recorded in 5 Clery Act categories here: Motor Vehicle Theft, Rape, Burglary, Fondling and Robbery. Motor Vehicle Theft accounts for most of them.
The remaining 6 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 onlyLa Salle University: Criminal Offenses by year
Rising 200% (12 → 36 incidents)
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| Period | On-campus incidents |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 12 |
| 2023 | 11 |
| 2024 | 36 |
| Crime Type | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Motor Vehicle Theft | 32 | 9 | 3 |
| Rape | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Burglary | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Fondling | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Robbery | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Aggravated Assault | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arson | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Incest | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Murder / Non-Negligent Manslaughter | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Negligent Manslaughter | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Arrests & Disciplinary Actions
9 category-year records| Category | Year | Arrests | Discipline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drugs | 2024 | 0 | 8 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 0 | 18 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2023 | 0 | 13 |
| Liquor | 2023 | 0 | 99 |
| Weapons | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2022 | 0 | 13 |
| Liquor | 2022 | 0 | 46 |
| Weapons | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
La Salle University 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).
VT
Norwich University
4.76 incidents / 1,000 students
AZ
Northland Pioneer College
0.00 incidents / 1,000 students
Cost context
Where La Salle University sits on price and outcomes
At $19,409, La Salle University's reported average net price is cheaper than 44% among 261 Pennsylvania colleges with a reported figure. The state median is $19,954.
- $19,409
- average net price
- $19,954
- Pennsylvania median
- 2.1×
- six-year earnings to median debt
- $10,645
- reported income-bracket spread
Net price moves with income here, but not sharply: $16,545 for families reporting under $30,000 against $27,190 above $110,000, a difference of $10,645. Aid narrows the gap without closing it, so the $19,409 average sits reasonably close to what most brackets report.
Median reported earnings six years after entry are $53,701, roughly 2.8 times a year of net price. That is a workable ratio, though it says nothing about how long the programme takes to finish.
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
- $37,800
- Out-of-State Tuition
- $37,800
- Avg Net Price
- $19,409
- Median Debt
- $25,000
- Pell Grant Recipients
- 35%
Admissions
- Acceptance Rate
- 97%
Outcomes
- 4-Year Graduation Rate
- 58%
- Retention Rate
- 74%
- Median Earnings (6yr)
- $53,701
- Median Earnings (10yr)
- $67,416
- Loan Repayment (3yr)
- 76%
Source: IPEDS & College Scorecard. Methodology.
Similar Institutions
Showing 5 of 1,239 similar institutions by enrollment size.
Norwich University
Northfield, VT · 3,149 enrolled
Safety Score 4.76
Northland Pioneer College
Holbrook, AZ · 3,158 enrolled
Safety Score 0.00
Ridgewater College
Willmar, MN · 3,148 enrolled
Safety Score 0.00
Culinary Institute of America
Hyde Park, NY · 3,147 enrolled
Safety Score 5.72
Cisco College
Cisco, TX · 3,160 enrolled
Safety Score 0.63
Closest by National Rank
La Salle University (national rank #1971) sits near University of Tulsa (#1970) and Vanderbilt University (#1972) 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 La Salle University, both outside PA so the neighborhoods are not state containment (Similar Institutions and national-rank neighbors above stay enrollment- or rank-based).
Similar enrollment (nationwide)
Norwich University
Northfield, VT · 3,149 enrolled
Safety score 4.76
Culinary Institute of America
Hyde Park, NY · 3,147 enrolled
Safety score 5.72
Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Aguadilla
Aguadilla, PR · 3,161 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
Ohio Northern University
Ada, OH · 3,140 enrolled
Safety score 2.87
Carroll University
Waukesha, WI · 3,138 enrolled
Safety score 2.55
McMurry University
Abilene, TX · 3,175 enrolled
Safety score 1.89
University of Maryland Eastern Shore
Princess Anne, MD · 3,177 enrolled
Safety score 15.11
Gordon State College
Barnesville, GA · 3,179 enrolled
Safety score 3.15
Similar 2024 Clery rate (nationwide)
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN · 13,575 enrolled
Safety score 12.08
University of Tulsa
Tulsa, OK · 3,914 enrolled
Safety score 12.01
Clayton State University
Morrow, GA · 6,163 enrolled
Safety score 12.17
The College of Idaho
Caldwell, ID · 1,090 enrolled
Safety score 11.93
Landmark College
Putney, VT · 672 enrolled
Safety score 11.90
Albion College
Albion, MI · 1,308 enrolled
Safety score 12.23
Emory University
Atlanta, GA · 15,175 enrolled
Safety score 11.86
Randolph College
Lynchburg, VA · 816 enrolled
Safety score 12.25
Frequently Asked Questions
Is La Salle University safe?
La Salle University has a safety score of 12.05 (2024 on-campus Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents per 1,000 enrolled students) and ranks #1,971 nationally out of 2,072 ranked institutions - nearest similar-enrollment comparison: Norwich University (4.76/1k). Same-state same-level set: Holy Family University (0.62/1k); DeSales University (3.36/1k); Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College (6.00/1k); Saint Francis University (3.38/1k); Mount Aloysius College (0.00/1k); Messiah University (10.97/1k); Arcadia University (2.94/1k); Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (0.69/1k).
What crimes are reported at La Salle University?
For calendar year 2024, La Salle University reported Motor Vehicle Theft (32), Burglary (2) 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 La Salle University compare to similar schools?
La Salle University reports 442% more 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 than Norwich University. Scored similar-enrollment peers on this page: Norwich University (4.76/1k); Northland Pioneer College (0.00/1k); Ridgewater College (0.00/1k); Culinary Institute of America (5.72/1k); Cisco College (0.63/1k). Same-state same-level set: Holy Family University (0.62/1k); DeSales University (3.36/1k); Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College (6.00/1k); Saint Francis University (3.38/1k); Mount Aloysius College (0.00/1k); Messiah University (10.97/1k); Arcadia University (2.94/1k); Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (0.69/1k).
Does La Salle University have fire safety data?
Yes. La Salle University 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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