AL
Lawson State Community College
0.87 incidents / 1,000 students
Birmingham, AL · Clery Act 2024 · Public
Lawson State Community College
Across 2022–2024, Lawson State Community College reported 11 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: Northeast Alabama Community College.
- 0.87
- Incidents / 1k students
- #564
- Rank of 2,072
- #30
- AL rank
- 3,453
- Enrolled students
0.87 reported score-category incidents per 1,000 students
Lawson State Community College reports 0.87 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 67% below St. Mary's University. Similar-enrollment scored peers: St. Mary's University (6.37/1k); Cumberland University (0.00/1k); Wingate University (3.76/1k); Point Park University (0.29/1k); SUNY College of Technology at Canton (2.60/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes Northeast Alabama Community College (0.31/1k); Snead State Community College (0.00/1k); Bishop State Community College (0.00/1k); George C Wallace Community College-Dothan (0.00/1k); Enterprise State Community College (0.37/1k); Bevill State Community College (0.23/1k); Shelton State Community College (0.00/1k); Northwest Shoals Community 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
- 0.87
- of 2,072 ranked nationally
- #564
- safer than ranked campuses its size
- 73%
- Criminal Offenses, 2024
- 1
Source: U.S. Department of Education OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey
Data updated August 2026
Clery Act plate
Sheet 101569 · Lawson State Community College 0.87/1k score rate · #564/2,072
RATE-QUIET · RANK-MID · ST-MID · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO
- RATE-QUIET 0.87/1k
- RANK-MID #564/2,072
- ST-MID #30 in state
- ABOVE-PEER Point Park University · +0.58
- ZERO-NONE Scored
- TREND-DOWN ↓ 50%
- CAT-LEAD Burglary
- ENR-SMALL 3,453
- FIRE-ZERO 0 fires filed
Nearest enrollment peer: Point Park University (-0.58/1k)
Lawson State Community College sheet RATE-QUIET · RANK-MID · ST-MID · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO · peer Point Park 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-QUIET · RANK-MID · ST-MID · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO. Nearest similar-enrollment peer is Point Park University (-0.58/1k). National rank #564 of 2,072 scored campuses. Instrument codes from this campus OPE sheet; compare similarly sized peers before treating any single rate as decisive.
Lawson State Community College reports 0.87 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 67% below St. Mary's University. Similar-enrollment scored peers: St. Mary's University (6.37/1k); Cumberland University (0.00/1k); Wingate University (3.76/1k); Point Park University (0.29/1k); SUNY College of Technology at Canton (2.60/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes Northeast Alabama Community College (0.31/1k); Snead State Community College (0.00/1k); Bishop State Community College (0.00/1k); George C Wallace Community College-Dothan (0.00/1k); Enterprise State Community College (0.37/1k); Bevill State Community College (0.23/1k); Shelton State Community College (0.00/1k); Northwest Shoals Community College (0.00/1k). Largest Criminal Offenses total across filed years: Burglary.
Peer-rate neighbourhood around Lawson State Community
Lowest/highest enrollment peers plus campuses nearest Lawson on score-category rate. Full ladder: /rankings/safest-campuses.
- Cumberland University · lowest peer 0
Cumberland University — lowest peer
0 per 1,000 students
- Point Park University · near 0.29
Point Park University — near
0.29 per 1,000 students
- Lawson State Community College · this campus 0.87
Lawson State Community College — this campus
0.87 per 1,000 students
- SUNY College of Technology · near
SUNY College of Technology at Canton — near
2.6 per 1,000 students
- St. Mary's University · highest peer
St. Mary's University — highest peer
6.37 per 1,000 students
What this shows Neighbourhood of similar-enrollment peers around Lawson State Community College's 0.87/1k rate, not a full-corpus distribution reprint.
Reporting-period change
What changed in 2024
Lawson State Community College decreased from 8 to 1 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 26 AL 2-year peers in this comparison, Lawson State Community College is larger than 56% and safer-reporting than 8% - 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 52, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 24
- Point 2: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 48, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 44
- Point 3: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 60, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 44
- Point 4: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 64, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 44
- Point 5: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 44, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 20
- Point 6: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 68, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 32
- Point 7: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 72, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 44
- Point 8: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 76, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 44
- Point 9: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 40, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 44
- Point 10: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 36, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 4
- Point 11: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 32, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 16
- Point 12: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 28, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 44
- Point 13: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 80, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 36
- Point 14: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 84, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 44
- Point 15: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 24, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 44
- Point 16: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 20, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 44
- Point 17: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 16, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 44
- Point 18: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 12, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 44
- Point 19: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 88, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 28
- Point 20: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 8, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 0
- Point 21: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 4, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 44
- Point 22: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 0, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 44
- Point 23: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 92, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 12
- Point 24: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 96, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 44
- Point 25: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 100, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 40
- Lawson State Community Col…: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 56, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 8
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| Campus | Enrollment | Rate / 1k | Size pct | Safety pct |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cardiac and Vascular Institute of Ultrasound | 56 | 0.00 | 0 | 44 |
| Remington College-Mobile Campus | 257 | 0.00 | 4 | 44 |
| Marion Military Institute | 332 | 18.07 | 8 | 0 |
| Fortis Institute-Birmingham | 613 | 0.00 | 12 | 44 |
| Reid State Technical College | 641 | 0.00 | 16 | 44 |
| J. F. Drake State Community and Technical College | 1,187 | 0.00 | 20 | 44 |
| Chattahoochee Valley Community College | 1,705 | 0.00 | 24 | 44 |
| George C Wallace State Community College-Selma | 1,925 | 0.00 | 28 | 44 |
| H Councill Trenholm State Community College | 2,046 | 0.49 | 32 | 16 |
| Lurleen B Wallace Community College | 2,062 | 0.97 | 36 | 4 |
| Central Alabama Community College | 2,140 | 0.00 | 40 | 44 |
| Lawson State Community College (this campus) | 3,453 | 0.87 | 56 | 8 |
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 Lawson State Community College fell from 8 to 1 (-87%). The decrease shows up in Fondling (2 to 0), Robbery (2 to 0) and Burglary (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 Lawson State Community College
Across 3 reporting years, on-campus incidents were recorded in 5 Clery Act categories here: Burglary, Fondling, Motor Vehicle Theft, Rape and Robbery.
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 onlyLawson State Community College: Criminal Offenses by year
Declining 50% (2 → 1 incidents)
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| Period | On-campus incidents |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 |
| 2023 | 8 |
| 2024 | 1 |
| Crime Type | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burglary | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Fondling | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Motor Vehicle Theft | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Rape | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Robbery | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 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
18 category-year records| Category | Year | Arrests | Discipline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drugs | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2024 | 0 | 1 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2023 | 0 | 4 |
| Liquor | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2023 | 0 | 1 |
| Weapons | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2022 | 2 | 4 |
| Liquor | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2022 | 1 | 1 |
| Weapons | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
Lawson State Community 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).
TX
St. Mary's University
6.37 incidents / 1,000 students
TN
Cumberland University
0.00 incidents / 1,000 students
Cost context
Where Lawson State Community College sits on price and outcomes
At $6,275, Lawson State Community College's reported average net price is cheaper than 18% among 65 Alabama colleges with a reported figure. The state median is $15,258.
- $6,275
- average net price
- $15,258
- Alabama median
Six years after enrolling, the median former student who received federal aid reports $27,733 - about 4.4 times one year of the reported net price here. On that ratio the cost is recovered quickly. Only 26% complete within six years. Most students here do not finish, which is the single most important number on this page for anyone weighing the cost.
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
- $5,040
- Out-of-State Tuition
- $8,910
- Avg Net Price
- $6,275
- Pell Grant Recipients
- 60%
Outcomes
- Median Earnings (6yr)
- $27,733
- Median Earnings (10yr)
- $31,701
Source: IPEDS & College Scorecard. Methodology.
Similar Institutions
Showing 5 of 1,225 similar institutions by enrollment size.
St. Mary's University
San Antonio, TX · 3,456 enrolled
Safety Score 6.37
Cumberland University
Lebanon, TN · 3,457 enrolled
Safety Score 0.00
Wingate University
Wingate, NC · 3,458 enrolled
Safety Score 3.76
Point Park University
Pittsburgh, PA · 3,448 enrolled
Safety Score 0.29
SUNY College of Technology at Canton
Canton, NY · 3,459 enrolled
Safety Score 2.60
Closest by National Rank
Lawson State Community College (national rank #564) sits near North Shore Community College (#565) and A T Still University of Health Sciences (#563) on the scored national list, nearest by rank, not by size or state.
North Shore Community College
Danvers, MA
National Rank #565
A T Still University of Health Sciences
Kirksville, MO
National Rank #563
Northeast Mississippi Community College
Booneville, MS
National Rank #566
Central Technology Center
Drumright, OK
National Rank #562
Westfield State University
Westfield, MA
National Rank #567
Nationwide campuses with similar scale or Clery rate
Two Clery-derived peer sets for Lawson State Community College, both outside AL so the neighborhoods are not state containment (Similar Institutions and national-rank neighbors above stay enrollment- or rank-based).
Similar enrollment (nationwide)
SOWELA Technical Community College
Lake Charles, LA · 3,446 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
Louisiana Delta Community College
Monroe, LA · 3,463 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
Northeast Mississippi Community College
Booneville, MS · 3,442 enrolled
Safety score 0.87
Central Virginia Community College
Lynchburg, VA · 3,481 enrolled
Safety score 0.29
Schenectady County Community College
Schenectady, NY · 3,490 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
Casper College
Casper, WY · 3,403 enrolled
Safety score 1.76
Jackson State Community College
Jackson, TN · 3,518 enrolled
Safety score 0.28
Florence-Darlington Technical College
Florence, SC · 3,522 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
Similar 2024 Clery rate (nationwide)
North Shore Community College
Danvers, MA · 5,743 enrolled
Safety score 0.87
Western Dakota Technical College
Rapid City, SD · 1,164 enrolled
Safety score 0.86
SUNY Westchester Community College
Valhalla, NY · 9,359 enrolled
Safety score 0.85
Lamar State College-Port Arthur
Port Arthur, TX · 4,680 enrolled
Safety score 0.85
Alvin Community College
Alvin, TX · 5,872 enrolled
Safety score 0.85
American Career College-Ontario
Ontario, CA · 2,242 enrolled
Safety score 0.89
Mott Community College
Flint, MI · 6,718 enrolled
Safety score 0.89
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Lawson State Community College safe?
Lawson State Community College has a safety score of 0.87 (2024 on-campus Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents per 1,000 enrolled students) and ranks #564 nationally out of 2,072 ranked institutions - nearest similar-enrollment comparison: St. Mary's University (6.37/1k). Same-state same-level set: Northeast Alabama Community College (0.31/1k); Snead State Community College (0.00/1k); Bishop State Community College (0.00/1k); George C Wallace Community College-Dothan (0.00/1k); Enterprise State Community College (0.37/1k); Bevill State Community College (0.23/1k); Shelton State Community College (0.00/1k); Northwest Shoals Community College (0.00/1k).
What crimes are reported at Lawson State Community College?
For calendar year 2024, Lawson State Community College reported Burglary (1) in the Criminal Offenses section. Every other category in that section was reported at zero; other Clery tables are separate.
How does Lawson State Community College compare to similar schools?
Lawson State Community College reports 67% fewer 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 than St. Mary's University. Scored similar-enrollment peers on this page: St. Mary's University (6.37/1k); Cumberland University (0.00/1k); Wingate University (3.76/1k); Point Park University (0.29/1k); SUNY College of Technology at Canton (2.60/1k). Same-state same-level set: Northeast Alabama Community College (0.31/1k); Snead State Community College (0.00/1k); Bishop State Community College (0.00/1k); George C Wallace Community College-Dothan (0.00/1k); Enterprise State Community College (0.37/1k); Bevill State Community College (0.23/1k); Shelton State Community College (0.00/1k); Northwest Shoals Community College (0.00/1k).
Does Lawson State Community College have fire safety data?
Yes. Lawson State Community College 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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