WA
South Puget Sound Community College
0.21 incidents / 1,000 students
Olympia, WA · Clery Act 2024 · Public
South Puget Sound Community College
Across 2022–2024, South Puget Sound Community College reported 5 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: Shoreline Community College.
- 0.21
- Incidents / 1k students
- #117
- Rank of 2,072
- #7
- WA rank
- 4,871
- Enrolled students
0.21 reported score-category incidents per 1,000 students
South Puget Sound Community College reports 0.21 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 91% below Owensboro Community and Technical College. Similar-enrollment scored peers: Owensboro Community and Technical College (0.00/1k); Heartland Community College (0.62/1k); Winthrop University (5.52/1k); Loyola University Maryland (4.90/1k); Napa Valley College (0.21/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes Shoreline Community College (2.01/1k); Bates Technical College (1.71/1k); Perry Technical Institute (1.87/1k); Pima Medical Institute-Seattle (0.00/1k); Pima Medical Institute-Renton (0.00/1k); Carrington College-Spokane (0.00/1k); Summit Salon Academy (0.00/1k); Pacific Northwest 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
- 0.21
- of 2,072 ranked nationally
- #117
- safer than ranked campuses its size
- 94%
- Criminal Offenses, 2024
- 1
Source: U.S. Department of Education OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey
Data updated August 2026
Clery Act plate
Sheet 236656 · South Puget Sound Community 0.21/1k score rate · #117/2,072
RATE-QUIET · RANK-TOP · ST-UPPER · PEER-FINISH · ZERO-NONE · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO
- RATE-QUIET 0.21/1k
- RANK-TOP #117/2,072
- ST-UPPER #7 in state
- PEER-FINISH Napa Valley College · ±0.00
- ZERO-NONE Scored
- TREND-DOWN ↓ 67%
- CAT-LEAD Burglary
- ENR-SMALL 4,871
- FIRE-ZERO 0 fires filed
Nearest enrollment peer: Napa Valley College (+0.00/1k)
South Puget Sound Community College sheet RATE-QUIET · RANK-TOP · ST-UPPER · PEER-FINISH · ZERO-NONE · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO · peer Napa Valley 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-QUIET · RANK-TOP · ST-UPPER · PEER-FINISH · ZERO-NONE · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO. Nearest similar-enrollment peer is Napa Valley College (+0.00/1k). National rank #117 of 2,072 scored campuses. Instrument codes from this campus OPE sheet; compare similarly sized peers before treating any single rate as decisive.
South Puget Sound Community College reports 0.21 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 91% below Owensboro Community and Technical College. Similar-enrollment scored peers: Owensboro Community and Technical College (0.00/1k); Heartland Community College (0.62/1k); Winthrop University (5.52/1k); Loyola University Maryland (4.90/1k); Napa Valley College (0.21/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes Shoreline Community College (2.01/1k); Bates Technical College (1.71/1k); Perry Technical Institute (1.87/1k); Pima Medical Institute-Seattle (0.00/1k); Pima Medical Institute-Renton (0.00/1k); Carrington College-Spokane (0.00/1k); Summit Salon Academy (0.00/1k); Pacific Northwest Christian College (0.00/1k). Largest Criminal Offenses total across filed years: Burglary.
Peer-rate neighbourhood around South Puget Sound
Lowest/highest enrollment peers plus campuses nearest South on score-category rate. Full ladder: /rankings/safest-campuses.
- Owensboro Community and Technical · lowest peer 0
Owensboro Community and Technical College — lowest peer
0 per 1,000 students
- South Puget Sound Community · this campus 0.21
South Puget Sound Community College — this campus
0.21 per 1,000 students
- Napa Valley College · near 0.21
Napa Valley College — near
0.21 per 1,000 students
- Heartland Community College · near 0.62
Heartland Community College — near
0.62 per 1,000 students
- Winthrop University · highest peer
Winthrop University — highest peer
5.52 per 1,000 students
What this shows Neighbourhood of similar-enrollment peers around South Puget Sound Community College's 0.21/1k rate, not a full-corpus distribution reprint.
Reporting-period change
What changed in 2024
South Puget Sound Community College was unchanged from 1 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 changesWhat actually gets reported at South Puget Sound Community College
Across 3 reporting years, on-campus incidents were recorded in 2 Clery Act categories here: Burglary and Motor Vehicle Theft. Burglary accounts for most of them.
The remaining 9 categories were reported with no on-campus incidents, among them Aggravated Assault, Arson, Fondling and Incest. 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 onlySouth Puget Sound Community College: Criminal Offenses by year
Declining 67% (3 → 1 incidents)
Read the chart as text
| Period | On-campus incidents |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 |
| 2023 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 |
| Crime Type | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burglary | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Motor Vehicle Theft | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Aggravated Assault | 0 | 0 | 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
27 category-year records| Category | Year | Arrests | Discipline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drugs | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 0 | 5 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2023 | 1 | 2 |
| Liquor | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2023 | 0 | 1 |
| Drugs | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
South Puget Sound 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).
KY
Owensboro Community and Technical College
0.00 incidents / 1,000 students
IL
Heartland Community College
0.62 incidents / 1,000 students
Cost context
Where South Puget Sound Community College sits on price and outcomes
At $9,132, South Puget Sound Community College's reported average net price is cheaper than 20% among 83 Washington colleges with a reported figure. The state median is $14,091.
- $9,132
- average net price
- $14,091
- Washington median
- 3.4×
- six-year earnings to median debt
- $9,009
- reported income-bracket spread
Aid here is steeply income-scaled. Families reporting under $30,000 of income record a net price of $7,757, while those above $110,000 record $16,766 - roughly 2.2 times as much. A published average of $9,132 therefore describes very few families well; the bracket nearest your own income is the more useful figure.
Six years after enrolling, the median former student who received federal aid reports $37,270 - about 4.1 times one year of the reported net price here. On that ratio the cost is recovered quickly.
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
- $5,252
- Out-of-State Tuition
- $5,813
- Avg Net Price
- $9,132
- Median Debt
- $11,000
- Pell Grant Recipients
- 22%
Outcomes
- 4-Year Graduation Rate
- 44%
- Median Earnings (6yr)
- $37,270
- Median Earnings (10yr)
- $45,039
- Loan Repayment (3yr)
- 57%
Source: IPEDS & College Scorecard. Methodology.
Similar Institutions
Showing 5 of 1,101 similar institutions by enrollment size.
Owensboro Community and Technical College
Owensboro, KY · 4,875 enrolled
Safety Score 0.00
Heartland Community College
Normal, IL · 4,855 enrolled
Safety Score 0.62
Winthrop University
Rock Hill, SC · 4,894 enrolled
Safety Score 5.52
Loyola University Maryland
Baltimore, MD · 4,897 enrolled
Safety Score 4.90
Napa Valley College
Napa, CA · 4,844 enrolled
Safety Score 0.21
Closest by National Rank
South Puget Sound Community College (national rank #117) sits near Napa Valley College (#118) and Catawba Valley Community College (#116) 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 South Puget Sound Community College, both outside WA so the neighborhoods are not state containment (Similar Institutions and national-rank neighbors above stay enrollment- or rank-based).
Similar enrollment (nationwide)
Owensboro Community and Technical College
Owensboro, KY · 4,875 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
Heartland Community College
Normal, IL · 4,855 enrolled
Safety score 0.62
Napa Valley College
Napa, CA · 4,844 enrolled
Safety score 0.21
Catawba Valley Community College
Hickory, NC · 4,904 enrolled
Safety score 0.20
College of Marin
Kentfield, CA · 4,838 enrolled
Safety score 0.83
Alamance Community College
Graham, NC · 4,827 enrolled
Safety score 0.62
Northeast Iowa Community College
Calmar, IA · 4,808 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
Iowa Central Community College
Fort Dodge, IA · 4,949 enrolled
Safety score 1.41
Similar 2024 Clery rate (nationwide)
Chandler-Gilbert Community College
Chandler, AZ · 15,085 enrolled
Safety score 0.20
Estrella Mountain Community College
Avondale, AZ · 10,109 enrolled
Safety score 0.20
Southern Union State Community College
Wadley, AL · 5,063 enrolled
Safety score 0.20
El Paso Community College
El Paso, TX · 25,567 enrolled
Safety score 0.20
Hudson Valley Community College
Troy, NY · 9,227 enrolled
Safety score 0.22
Midlands Technical College
West Columbia, SC · 9,226 enrolled
Safety score 0.22
Frequently Asked Questions
Is South Puget Sound Community College safe?
South Puget Sound Community College has a safety score of 0.21 (2024 on-campus Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents per 1,000 enrolled students) and ranks #117 nationally out of 2,072 ranked institutions - nearest similar-enrollment comparison: Owensboro Community and Technical College (0.00/1k). Same-state same-level set: Shoreline Community College (2.01/1k); Bates Technical College (1.71/1k); Perry Technical Institute (1.87/1k); Pima Medical Institute-Seattle (0.00/1k); Pima Medical Institute-Renton (0.00/1k); Carrington College-Spokane (0.00/1k); Summit Salon Academy (0.00/1k); Pacific Northwest Christian College (0.00/1k).
What crimes are reported at South Puget Sound Community College?
For calendar year 2024, South Puget Sound Community College reported 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 South Puget Sound Community College compare to similar schools?
South Puget Sound Community College reports 91% fewer 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 than Owensboro Community and Technical College. Scored similar-enrollment peers on this page: Owensboro Community and Technical College (0.00/1k); Heartland Community College (0.62/1k); Winthrop University (5.52/1k); Loyola University Maryland (4.90/1k); Napa Valley College (0.21/1k). Same-state same-level set: Shoreline Community College (2.01/1k); Bates Technical College (1.71/1k); Perry Technical Institute (1.87/1k); Pima Medical Institute-Seattle (0.00/1k); Pima Medical Institute-Renton (0.00/1k); Carrington College-Spokane (0.00/1k); Summit Salon Academy (0.00/1k); Pacific Northwest Christian College (0.00/1k).
Does South Puget Sound Community College have fire safety data?
Yes. South Puget Sound 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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