CA
Simpson University
2.02 incidents / 1,000 students
Redding, CA · Clery Act 2024 · Private Nonprofit
Simpson University
Across 2022–2024, Simpson University reported 7 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: Southwestern Law School.
- 2.02
- Incidents / 1k students
- #1,039
- Rank of 2,072
- #232
- CA rank
- 992
- Enrolled students
2.02 reported score-category incidents per 1,000 students
Simpson University reports 2.02 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 899% above Antioch University-New England. Similar-enrollment scored peers: Antioch University-New England (0.00/1k); Southern Arkansas University Tech (1.01/1k); Mountain Gateway Community College (0.00/1k); Summit College (0.00/1k); Fort Hays Tech North Central (0.00/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes Southwestern Law School (1.99/1k); Pacific Union College (3.08/1k); Hope International University (0.98/1k); Harvey Mudd College (12.62/1k); Saybrook University (0.00/1k); Palo Alto University (0.00/1k); Pacific Oaks College (0.00/1k); Fielding Graduate University (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
- 2.02
- of 2,072 ranked nationally
- #1,039
- safer than ranked campuses its size
- 50%
- Criminal Offenses, 2024
- 2
Source: U.S. Department of Education OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey
Data updated August 2026
Clery Act plate
Sheet 123457 · Simpson University 2.02/1k score rate · #1,039/2,072
RATE-MID · RANK-LOWER · ST-MID · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO
- RATE-MID 2.02/1k
- RANK-LOWER #1,039/2,072
- ST-MID #232 in state
- ABOVE-PEER Southern Arkansas University Tech · +1.01
- ZERO-NONE Scored
- TREND-DOWN ↓ 50%
- CAT-LEAD Burglary
- ENR-SMALL 992
- FIRE-ZERO 0 fires filed
Nearest enrollment peer: Southern Arkansas University Tech (-1.01/1k)
Simpson University sheet RATE-MID · RANK-LOWER · ST-MID · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO · peer Southern Arkansas University Tech. 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-MID · RANK-LOWER · ST-MID · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO. Nearest similar-enrollment peer is Southern Arkansas University Tech (-1.01/1k). National rank #1,039 of 2,072 scored campuses. Instrument codes from this campus OPE sheet; compare similarly sized peers before treating any single rate as decisive.
Simpson University reports 2.02 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 899% above Antioch University-New England. Similar-enrollment scored peers: Antioch University-New England (0.00/1k); Southern Arkansas University Tech (1.01/1k); Mountain Gateway Community College (0.00/1k); Summit College (0.00/1k); Fort Hays Tech North Central (0.00/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes Southwestern Law School (1.99/1k); Pacific Union College (3.08/1k); Hope International University (0.98/1k); Harvey Mudd College (12.62/1k); Saybrook University (0.00/1k); Palo Alto University (0.00/1k); Pacific Oaks College (0.00/1k); Fielding Graduate University (0.00/1k). Largest Criminal Offenses total across filed years: Burglary.
Peer-rate neighbourhood around Simpson University
Lowest/highest enrollment peers plus campuses nearest Simpson on score-category rate. Full ladder: /rankings/safest-campuses.
- Antioch University-New England · lowest peer 0
Antioch University-New England — lowest peer
0 per 1,000 students
- Mountain Gateway Community College · near 0
Mountain Gateway Community College — near
0 per 1,000 students
- Southern Arkansas University Tech · near
Southern Arkansas University Tech — near
1.01 per 1,000 students
- Simpson University · this campus · highest
Simpson University — this campus · highest
2.02 per 1,000 students
What this shows Neighbourhood of similar-enrollment peers around Simpson University's 2.02/1k rate, not a full-corpus distribution reprint.
Reporting-period change
What changed in 2024
Simpson University increased from 1 to 2 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 CA 4-year peers in this comparison, Simpson University is larger than 53% and safer-reporting than 33% - 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 56, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 36
- Point 2: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 50, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 28
- Point 3: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 58, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 53
- Point 4: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 47, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 6
- Point 5: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 61, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 58
- Point 6: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 64, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 58
- Point 7: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 67, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 58
- Point 8: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 44, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 58
- Point 9: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 42, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 58
- Point 10: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 39, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 58
- Point 11: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 69, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 56
- Point 12: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 72, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 58
- Point 13: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 36, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 31
- Point 14: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 75, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 58
- Point 15: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 33, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 58
- Point 16: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 78, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 0
- Point 17: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 81, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 8
- Point 18: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 83, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 58
- Point 19: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 31, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 3
- Point 20: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 28, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 58
- Point 21: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 25, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 58
- Point 22: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 22, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 50
- Point 23: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 19, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 14
- Point 24: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 86, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 39
- Point 25: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 17, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 58
- Point 26: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 14, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 58
- Point 27: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 11, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 47
- Point 28: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 8, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 58
- Point 29: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 89, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 11
- Point 30: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 92, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 19
- Point 31: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 94, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 17
- Point 32: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 6, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 58
- Point 33: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 97, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 22
- Point 34: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 100, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 25
- Point 35: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 3, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 44
- Point 36: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 0, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 42
- Simpson University: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 53, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 33
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| Campus | Enrollment | Rate / 1k | Size pct | Safety pct |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| California Western School of Law | 650 | 1.54 | 0 | 42 |
| Marshall B Ketchum University | 653 | 1.53 | 3 | 44 |
| Humphreys University-Stockton and Modesto Campuses | 699 | 0.00 | 6 | 58 |
| Chamberlain University-California | 751 | 0.00 | 8 | 58 |
| Casa Loma College-Los Angeles | 759 | 1.32 | 11 | 47 |
| Laguna College of Art and Design | 775 | 0.00 | 14 | 58 |
| Pacific College of Health and Science | 786 | 0.00 | 17 | 58 |
| Whittier College | 795 | 5.03 | 19 | 14 |
| Menlo College | 810 | 1.23 | 22 | 50 |
| Musicians Institute | 824 | 0.00 | 25 | 58 |
| Pacifica Graduate Institute | 833 | 0.00 | 28 | 58 |
| Simpson University (this campus) | 992 | 2.02 | 53 | 33 |
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 Simpson University rose from 1 to 2 (+100%). The increase shows up in Burglary (0 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 Simpson University
Across 3 reporting years, on-campus incidents were recorded in 3 Clery Act categories here: Burglary, Aggravated Assault and Motor Vehicle Theft.
The remaining 8 categories were reported with no on-campus incidents, among them Arson, Fondling, 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 onlySimpson University: Criminal Offenses by year
Declining 50% (4 → 2 incidents)
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| Period | On-campus incidents |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 4 |
| 2023 | 1 |
| 2024 | 2 |
| Crime Type | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burglary | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Aggravated Assault | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Motor Vehicle Theft | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Arson | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fondling | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Incest | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Murder / Non-Negligent Manslaughter | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Negligent Manslaughter | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rape | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Arrests & Disciplinary Actions
9 category-year records| Category | Year | Arrests | Discipline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drugs | 2024 | 0 | 1 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 0 | 1 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 1 |
| Drugs | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2022 | 1 | 1 |
| Liquor | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2022 | 2 | 0 |
Simpson 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).
NH
Antioch University-New England
0.00 incidents / 1,000 students
AR
Southern Arkansas University Tech
1.01 incidents / 1,000 students
Cost context
Where Simpson University sits on price and outcomes
At $27,817, Simpson University's reported average net price is cheaper than 71% among 492 California colleges with a reported figure. The state median is $20,161.
- $27,817
- average net price
- $20,161
- California median
- 2.7×
- six-year earnings to median debt
- $4,652
- reported income-bracket spread
Price barely responds to income at this institution. Families under $30,000 report $25,511 and those above $110,000 report $30,163, a difference of just $4,652. Where the curve is this flat, need-based aid is doing little of the work and the sticker figure is close to what most families actually pay.
Six-year median earnings of $51,256 run about 1.8 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
- $39,708
- Out-of-State Tuition
- $39,708
- Avg Net Price
- $27,817
- Median Debt
- $18,750
- Pell Grant Recipients
- 44%
Admissions
- Acceptance Rate
- 86%
Outcomes
- 4-Year Graduation Rate
- 45%
- Retention Rate
- 60%
- Median Earnings (6yr)
- $51,256
- Median Earnings (10yr)
- $54,340
- Loan Repayment (3yr)
- 72%
Source: IPEDS & College Scorecard. Methodology.
Similar Institutions
Showing 5 of 1,232 similar institutions by enrollment size.
Antioch University-New England
Keene, NH · 992 enrolled
Safety Score 0.00
Southern Arkansas University Tech
Camden, AR · 991 enrolled
Safety Score 1.01
Mountain Gateway Community College
Clifton Forge, VA · 989 enrolled
Safety Score 0.00
Summit College
San Bernardino, CA · 989 enrolled
Safety Score 0.00
Fort Hays Tech North Central
Beloit, KS · 987 enrolled
Safety Score 0.00
Closest by National Rank
Simpson University (national rank #1039) sits near University of Miami (#1038) and Texas Woman's University (#1040) 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 Simpson University, both outside CA so the neighborhoods are not state containment (Similar Institutions and national-rank neighbors above stay enrollment- or rank-based).
Similar enrollment (nationwide)
Antioch University-New England
Keene, NH · 992 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center-El Paso
El Paso, TX · 997 enrolled
Safety score 1.00
Central Yeshiva Tomchei Tmimim Lubavitz
Brooklyn, NY · 986 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
Franklin College
Franklin, IN · 985 enrolled
Safety score 14.21
Ottawa University-Ottawa
Ottawa, KS · 999 enrolled
Safety score 1.00
Goldey-Beacom College
Wilmington, DE · 1,001 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
North American University
Stafford, TX · 983 enrolled
Safety score 4.07
Harris-Stowe State University
Saint Louis, MO · 1,002 enrolled
Safety score 9.98
Similar 2024 Clery rate (nationwide)
University of Miami
Coral Gables, FL · 19,852 enrolled
Safety score 2.01
Texas Woman's University
Denton, TX · 15,361 enrolled
Safety score 2.02
University of Connecticut
Storrs, CT · 28,306 enrolled
Safety score 2.01
Marian University
Indianapolis, IN · 3,486 enrolled
Safety score 2.01
Barnard College
New York, NY · 3,487 enrolled
Safety score 2.01
University of Nebraska at Omaha
Omaha, NE · 14,972 enrolled
Safety score 2.00
University of South Carolina-Upstate
Spartanburg, SC · 4,916 enrolled
Safety score 2.03
Sacred Heart University
Fairfield, CT · 11,022 enrolled
Safety score 2.00
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Simpson University safe?
Simpson University has a safety score of 2.02 (2024 on-campus Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents per 1,000 enrolled students) and ranks #1,039 nationally out of 2,072 ranked institutions - nearest similar-enrollment comparison: Antioch University-New England (0.00/1k). Same-state same-level set: Southwestern Law School (1.99/1k); Pacific Union College (3.08/1k); Hope International University (0.98/1k); Harvey Mudd College (12.62/1k); Saybrook University (0.00/1k); Palo Alto University (0.00/1k); Pacific Oaks College (0.00/1k); Fielding Graduate University (0.00/1k).
What crimes are reported at Simpson University?
For calendar year 2024, Simpson University reported Burglary (1) and Motor Vehicle Theft (1) in the Criminal Offenses section. Every other category in that section was reported at zero; other Clery tables are separate.
How does Simpson University compare to similar schools?
Simpson University reports 899% more 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 than Antioch University-New England. Scored similar-enrollment peers on this page: Antioch University-New England (0.00/1k); Southern Arkansas University Tech (1.01/1k); Mountain Gateway Community College (0.00/1k); Summit College (0.00/1k); Fort Hays Tech North Central (0.00/1k). Same-state same-level set: Southwestern Law School (1.99/1k); Pacific Union College (3.08/1k); Hope International University (0.98/1k); Harvey Mudd College (12.62/1k); Saybrook University (0.00/1k); Palo Alto University (0.00/1k); Pacific Oaks College (0.00/1k); Fielding Graduate University (0.00/1k).
Does Simpson University have fire safety data?
Yes. Simpson 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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