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Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
4.12 incidents / 1,000 students
Lubbock, TX · Clery Act 2024 · Public
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Across 2022–2024, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center reported 17 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: College of the Mainland.
- 4.12
- Incidents / 1k students
- #1,501
- Rank of 2,072
- #158
- TX rank
- 5,098
- Enrolled students
4.12 reported score-category incidents per 1,000 students
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center reports 4.12 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 81% above Vermont State University. Similar-enrollment scored peers: Vermont State University (4.71/1k); Barton County Community College (1.18/1k); Jackson College (0.98/1k); Hagerstown Community College (0.59/1k); Southern Oregon University (3.91/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes College of the Mainland (0.00/1k); Abilene Christian University (1.53/1k); The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (5.47/1k); Midwestern State University (3.76/1k); The University of Texas Permian Basin (2.86/1k); The College of Health Care Professions-Northwest (0.00/1k); Midland College (0.18/1k); Grayson College (0.00/1k). 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
- 4.12
- of 2,072 ranked nationally
- #1,501
- report fewer incidents than this campus
- 72%
- Criminal Offenses, 2024
- 9
Source: U.S. Department of Education OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey
Data updated August 2026
Clery Act plate
Sheet 229337 · Texas Tech University Health 4.12/1k score rate · #1,501/2,072
RATE-HIGH · RANK-LOWER · ST-MID · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-UP · CAT-LEAD · ENR-MID · FIRE-NONE
- RATE-HIGH 4.12/1k
- RANK-LOWER #1,501/2,072
- ST-MID #158 in state
- ABOVE-PEER Southern Oregon University · +0.21
- ZERO-NONE Scored
- TREND-UP ↑ 350%
- CAT-LEAD Motor Vehicle Th…
- ENR-MID 5,098
- FIRE-NONE No res filing
Nearest enrollment peer: Southern Oregon University (-0.21/1k)
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center sheet RATE-HIGH · RANK-LOWER · ST-MID · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-UP · CAT-LEAD · ENR-MID · FIRE-NONE · peer Southern Oregon 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-HIGH · RANK-LOWER · ST-MID · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-UP · CAT-LEAD · ENR-MID · FIRE-NONE. Nearest similar-enrollment peer is Southern Oregon University (-0.21/1k). National rank #1,501 of 2,072 scored campuses. Instrument codes from this campus OPE sheet; compare similarly sized peers before treating any single rate as decisive.
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center reports 4.12 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 81% above Vermont State University. Similar-enrollment scored peers: Vermont State University (4.71/1k); Barton County Community College (1.18/1k); Jackson College (0.98/1k); Hagerstown Community College (0.59/1k); Southern Oregon University (3.91/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes College of the Mainland (0.00/1k); Abilene Christian University (1.53/1k); The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (5.47/1k); Midwestern State University (3.76/1k); The University of Texas Permian Basin (2.86/1k); The College of Health Care Professions-Northwest (0.00/1k); Midland College (0.18/1k); Grayson College (0.00/1k). Largest Criminal Offenses total across filed years: Motor Vehicle Theft.
Peer-rate neighbourhood around Texas Tech University
Lowest/highest enrollment peers plus campuses nearest Texas on score-category rate. Full ladder: /rankings/safest-campuses.
- Hagerstown Community College · lowest peer 0.59
Hagerstown Community College — lowest peer
0.59 per 1,000 students
- Barton County Community College · near 1.18
Barton County Community College — near
1.18 per 1,000 students
- Southern Oregon University · near
Southern Oregon University — near
3.91 per 1,000 students
- Texas Tech University Health · this campus
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center — this campus
4.12 per 1,000 students
- Vermont State University · highest peer
Vermont State University — highest peer
4.71 per 1,000 students
What this shows Neighbourhood of similar-enrollment peers around Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center's 4.12/1k rate, not a full-corpus distribution reprint.
Reporting-period change
What changed in 2024
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center increased from 6 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 TX 4-year peers in this comparison, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center is larger than 72% 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 75, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 81
- Point 2: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 78, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 58
- Point 3: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 69, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 22
- Point 4: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 81, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 36
- Point 5: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 83, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 39
- Point 6: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 67, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 81
- Point 7: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 86, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 78
- Point 8: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 64, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 81
- Point 9: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 61, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 42
- Point 10: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 58, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 61
- Point 11: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 89, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 69
- Point 12: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 56, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 50
- Point 13: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 53, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 81
- Point 14: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 50, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 67
- Point 15: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 47, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 56
- Point 16: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 92, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 64
- Point 17: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 94, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 81
- Point 18: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 44, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 44
- Point 19: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 42, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 17
- Point 20: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 97, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 6
- Point 21: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 39, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 81
- Point 22: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 36, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 19
- Point 23: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 33, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 8
- Point 24: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 31, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 47
- Point 25: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 100, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 31
- Point 26: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 28, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 3
- Point 27: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 25, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 81
- Point 28: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 22, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 25
- Point 29: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 19, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 28
- Point 30: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 17, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 75
- Point 31: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 14, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 0
- Point 32: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 11, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 81
- Point 33: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 8, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 11
- Point 34: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 6, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 14
- Point 35: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 3, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 72
- Point 36: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 0, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 53
- Texas Tech University Heal…: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 72, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 33
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| Campus | Enrollment | Rate / 1k | Size pct | Safety pct |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texas A&M University-Central Texas | 2,403 | 1.66 | 0 | 53 |
| Galveston College | 2,405 | 0.42 | 3 | 72 |
| Texas A&M University-Texarkana | 2,412 | 6.63 | 6 | 14 |
| Texas Wesleyan University | 2,487 | 6.84 | 8 | 11 |
| Strayer University-Texas | 2,508 | 0.00 | 11 | 81 |
| University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center | 2,549 | 29.03 | 14 | 0 |
| Dallas Theological Seminary | 2,589 | 0.39 | 17 | 75 |
| Trinity University | 2,687 | 4.84 | 19 | 28 |
| Wayland Baptist University | 2,809 | 5.34 | 22 | 25 |
| Galen College of Nursing-San Antonio | 2,953 | 0.00 | 25 | 81 |
| Saint Edward's University | 3,033 | 13.52 | 28 | 3 |
| Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (this campus) | 5,098 | 4.12 | 72 | 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 Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center rose from 6 to 9 (+50%). The increase shows up in Fondling (0 to 2), Aggravated Assault (1 to 2) and Rape (0 to 1). Falling over the same period: Burglary (2 to 1) and Motor Vehicle Theft (3 to 2).
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 Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Across 3 reporting years, on-campus incidents were recorded in 6 Clery Act categories here: Motor Vehicle Theft, Burglary, Aggravated Assault, Fondling, Rape and Robbery.
The remaining 5 categories were reported with no on-campus incidents, among them Arson, 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 onlyTexas Tech University Health Sciences Center: Criminal Offenses by year
Rising 350% (2 → 9 incidents)
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| Period | On-campus incidents |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 |
| 2023 | 6 |
| 2024 | 9 |
| Crime Type | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Motor Vehicle Theft | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Burglary | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Aggravated Assault | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Fondling | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Rape | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Robbery | 1 | 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
Arrests & Disciplinary Actions
54 category-year records| Category | Year | Arrests | Discipline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drugs | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2024 | 5 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 3 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center 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
Vermont State University
4.71 incidents / 1,000 students
KS
Barton County Community College
1.18 incidents / 1,000 students
Academic & Financial Profile
Outcomes
- Median Earnings (6yr)
- $84,007
- Median Earnings (10yr)
- $92,348
- Loan Repayment (3yr)
- 82%
Source: IPEDS & College Scorecard. Methodology.
Similar Institutions
Showing 5 of 1,087 similar institutions by enrollment size.
Vermont State University
Randolph, VT · 5,093 enrolled
Safety Score 4.71
Barton County Community College
Great Bend, KS · 5,092 enrolled
Safety Score 1.18
Jackson College
Jackson, MI · 5,086 enrolled
Safety Score 0.98
Hagerstown Community College
Hagerstown, MD · 5,085 enrolled
Safety Score 0.59
Southern Oregon University
Ashland, OR · 5,113 enrolled
Safety Score 3.91
Closest by National Rank
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (national rank #1501) sits near Felician University (#1502) and Universal Technical Institute of Northern California Inc (#1500) on the scored national list, nearest by rank, not by size or state.
Felician University
Lodi, NJ
National Rank #1502
Universal Technical Institute of Northern California Inc
Sacramento, CA
National Rank #1500
University of Hawaii at Hilo
Hilo, HI
National Rank #1503
Johnson University
Knoxville, TN
National Rank #1499
Lincoln College of Technology-Denver
Denver, CO
National Rank #1504
Nationwide campuses with similar scale or Clery rate
Two Clery-derived peer sets for Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, both outside TX so the neighborhoods are not state containment (Similar Institutions and national-rank neighbors above stay enrollment- or rank-based).
Similar enrollment (nationwide)
Vermont State University
Randolph, VT · 5,093 enrolled
Safety score 4.71
Jackson College
Jackson, MI · 5,086 enrolled
Safety score 0.98
Southern Oregon University
Ashland, OR · 5,113 enrolled
Safety score 3.91
Clark State College
Springfield, OH · 5,077 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
Dalton State College
Dalton, GA · 5,135 enrolled
Safety score 1.75
Grambling State University
Grambling, LA · 5,150 enrolled
Safety score 4.66
Universidad del Sagrado Corazon
Santurce, PR · 5,037 enrolled
Safety score 0.20
Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania
Shippensburg, PA · 5,161 enrolled
Safety score 1.55
Similar 2024 Clery rate (nationwide)
Felician University
Lodi, NJ · 2,427 enrolled
Safety score 4.12
University of Hawaii at Hilo
Hilo, HI · 2,668 enrolled
Safety score 4.12
Saint Joseph's College of Maine
Standish, ME · 1,454 enrolled
Safety score 4.13
Miami University-Oxford
Oxford, OH · 18,838 enrolled
Safety score 4.14
Johnson University
Knoxville, TN · 978 enrolled
Safety score 4.09
Gonzaga University
Spokane, WA · 7,470 enrolled
Safety score 4.15
Whatcom Community College
Bellingham, WA · 3,674 enrolled
Safety score 4.08
Mississippi Valley State University
Itta Bena, MS · 2,205 enrolled
Safety score 4.08
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center safe?
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center has a safety score of 4.12 (2024 on-campus Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents per 1,000 enrolled students) and ranks #1,501 nationally out of 2,072 ranked institutions - nearest similar-enrollment comparison: Vermont State University (4.71/1k). Same-state same-level set: College of the Mainland (0.00/1k); Abilene Christian University (1.53/1k); The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (5.47/1k); Midwestern State University (3.76/1k); The University of Texas Permian Basin (2.86/1k); The College of Health Care Professions-Northwest (0.00/1k); Midland College (0.18/1k); Grayson College (0.00/1k).
What crimes are reported at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center?
For calendar year 2024, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center reported Aggravated Assault (2), Fondling (2), Motor Vehicle Theft (2), Burglary (1) and Rape (1), and 1 further category in the Criminal Offenses section. Every other category in that section was reported at zero; other Clery tables are separate.
How does Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center compare to similar schools?
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center reports 81% more 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 than Vermont State University. Scored similar-enrollment peers on this page: Vermont State University (4.71/1k); Barton County Community College (1.18/1k); Jackson College (0.98/1k); Hagerstown Community College (0.59/1k); Southern Oregon University (3.91/1k). Same-state same-level set: College of the Mainland (0.00/1k); Abilene Christian University (1.53/1k); The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (5.47/1k); Midwestern State University (3.76/1k); The University of Texas Permian Basin (2.86/1k); The College of Health Care Professions-Northwest (0.00/1k); Midland College (0.18/1k); Grayson College (0.00/1k).
Does Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center have fire safety data?
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center has no on-campus residential fire filing in this Clery release.
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