VA
Washington and Lee University
7.14 incidents / 1,000 students
Lexington, VA · Clery Act 2024 · Private Nonprofit
Washington and Lee University
Across 2022–2024, Washington and Lee University reported 20 incidents in the Clery Criminal Offenses section, and the yearly count rose over that span (largest filed category: Rape). Nearby same-state same-level comparison: University of Virginia's College at Wise.
- 7.14
- Incidents / 1k students
- #1,801
- Rank of 2,072
- #65
- VA rank
- 2,241
- Enrolled students
7.14 reported score-category incidents per 1,000 students
Washington and Lee University reports 7.14 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 207% above United Talmudical Seminary. Similar-enrollment scored peers: United Talmudical Seminary (0.00/1k); American Career College-Ontario (0.89/1k); Trinity College (10.28/1k); Chicago State University (0.45/1k); Robeson Community College (0.00/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes University of Virginia's College at Wise (24.00/1k); University of Lynchburg (7.34/1k); Strayer University-Virginia (0.00/1k); Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine (0.00/1k); Virginia Wesleyan University (2.16/1k); Roanoke College (4.43/1k); Mary Baldwin University (3.95/1k); Bryant & Stratton College-Virginia Beach (0.00/1k). Largest Criminal Offenses total across filed years: Rape.
Data source U.S. Department of Education, OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey
- incidents / 1,000 students
- 7.14
- of 2,072 ranked nationally
- #1,801
- report fewer incidents than this campus
- 87%
- Criminal Offenses, 2024
- 9
Source: U.S. Department of Education OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey
Data updated August 2026
Clery Act plate
Sheet 234207 · Washington and Lee University 7.14/1k score rate · #1,801/2,072
RATE-HOT · RANK-BOTTOM · ST-MID · BELOW-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-UP · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO
- RATE-HOT 7.14/1k
- RANK-BOTTOM #1,801/2,072
- ST-MID #65 in state
- BELOW-PEER Trinity College · 3.14 back
- ZERO-NONE Scored
- TREND-UP ↑ 125%
- CAT-LEAD Rape
- ENR-SMALL 2,241
- FIRE-ZERO 0 fires filed
Nearest enrollment peer: Trinity College (+3.14/1k)
Washington and Lee University sheet RATE-HOT · RANK-BOTTOM · ST-MID · BELOW-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-UP · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO · peer Trinity 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-HOT · RANK-BOTTOM · ST-MID · BELOW-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-UP · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-ZERO. Nearest similar-enrollment peer is Trinity College (+3.14/1k). National rank #1,801 of 2,072 scored campuses. Instrument codes from this campus OPE sheet; compare similarly sized peers before treating any single rate as decisive.
Washington and Lee University reports 7.14 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 207% above United Talmudical Seminary. Similar-enrollment scored peers: United Talmudical Seminary (0.00/1k); American Career College-Ontario (0.89/1k); Trinity College (10.28/1k); Chicago State University (0.45/1k); Robeson Community College (0.00/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes University of Virginia's College at Wise (24.00/1k); University of Lynchburg (7.34/1k); Strayer University-Virginia (0.00/1k); Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine (0.00/1k); Virginia Wesleyan University (2.16/1k); Roanoke College (4.43/1k); Mary Baldwin University (3.95/1k); Bryant & Stratton College-Virginia Beach (0.00/1k). Largest Criminal Offenses total across filed years: Rape.
Peer-rate neighbourhood around Washington and Lee
Lowest/highest enrollment peers plus campuses nearest Washington on score-category rate. Full ladder: /rankings/safest-campuses.
- United Talmudical Seminary · lowest peer 0
United Talmudical Seminary — lowest peer
0 per 1,000 students
- Chicago State University · near 0.45
Chicago State University — near
0.45 per 1,000 students
- American Career College-Ontario · near 0.89
American Career College-Ontario — near
0.89 per 1,000 students
- Washington and Lee University · this campus
Washington and Lee University — this campus
7.14 per 1,000 students
- Trinity College · highest peer
Trinity College — highest peer
10.28 per 1,000 students
What this shows Neighbourhood of similar-enrollment peers around Washington and Lee University's 7.14/1k rate, not a full-corpus distribution reprint.
Reporting-period change
What changed in 2024
Washington and Lee University increased from 7 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 VA 4-year peers in this comparison, Washington and Lee University is larger than 86% and safer-reporting than 19% - 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 83, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 0
- Point 2: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 89, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 14
- Point 3: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 81, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 64
- Point 4: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 92, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 64
- Point 5: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 78, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 50
- Point 6: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 75, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 33
- Point 7: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 72, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 39
- Point 8: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 69, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 64
- Point 9: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 67, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 8
- Point 10: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 64, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 44
- Point 11: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 61, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 17
- Point 12: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 58, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 11
- Point 13: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 56, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 3
- Point 14: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 53, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 22
- Point 15: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 50, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 31
- Point 16: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 47, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 28
- Point 17: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 44, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 64
- Point 18: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 42, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 53
- Point 19: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 39, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 25
- Point 20: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 36, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 36
- Point 21: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 33, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 6
- Point 22: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 31, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 64
- Point 23: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 28, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 42
- Point 24: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 25, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 64
- Point 25: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 94, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 58
- Point 26: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 97, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 47
- Point 27: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 22, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 64
- Point 28: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 19, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 64
- Point 29: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 17, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 56
- Point 30: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 14, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 64
- Point 31: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 11, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 64
- Point 32: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 8, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 64
- Point 33: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 6, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 64
- Point 34: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 100, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 61
- Point 35: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 3, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 64
- Point 36: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 0, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 64
- Washington and Lee Univers…: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 86, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 19
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| Campus | Enrollment | Rate / 1k | Size pct | Safety pct |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riverside College of Health Careers | 350 | 0.00 | 0 | 64 |
| South University-Richmond | 395 | 0.00 | 3 | 64 |
| Sweet Briar College | 444 | 0.00 | 6 | 64 |
| Virginia University of Integrative Medicine | 457 | 0.00 | 8 | 64 |
| Divine Mercy University | 463 | 0.00 | 11 | 64 |
| University of the Potomac-VA Campus | 551 | 0.00 | 14 | 64 |
| Chamberlain University-Virginia | 557 | 1.80 | 17 | 56 |
| Virginia University of Lynchburg | 581 | 0.00 | 19 | 64 |
| Bon Secours Memorial College of Nursing | 591 | 0.00 | 22 | 64 |
| Hollins University | 761 | 0.00 | 25 | 64 |
| Ferrum College | 763 | 3.93 | 28 | 42 |
| Washington and Lee University (this campus) | 2,241 | 7.14 | 86 | 19 |
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 Washington and Lee University rose from 7 to 9 (+29%). The increase shows up in Fondling (0 to 4), Burglary (0 to 1) and Motor Vehicle Theft (0 to 1). Falling over the same period: Rape (7 to 3).
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 Washington and Lee University
Across 3 reporting years, on-campus incidents were recorded in 4 Clery Act categories here: Rape, Fondling, Motor Vehicle Theft and Burglary. Rape accounts for most of them.
The remaining 7 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 onlyWashington and Lee University: Criminal Offenses by year
Rising 125% (4 → 9 incidents)
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| Period | On-campus incidents |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 4 |
| 2023 | 7 |
| 2024 | 9 |
| Crime Type | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rape | 3 | 7 | 2 |
| Fondling | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Motor Vehicle Theft | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Burglary | 1 | 0 | 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 |
| 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 | 3 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 0 | 57 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2023 | 0 | 1 |
| Liquor | 2023 | 2 | 91 |
| Weapons | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2022 | 0 | 31 |
| Liquor | 2022 | 2 | 119 |
| Weapons | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
Washington and Lee 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).
NY
United Talmudical Seminary
0.00 incidents / 1,000 students
CA
American Career College-Ontario
0.89 incidents / 1,000 students
Cost context
Where Washington and Lee University sits on price and outcomes
At $23,781, Washington and Lee University's reported average net price is cheaper than 73% among 107 Virginia colleges with a reported figure. The state median is $19,096.
- $23,781
- average net price
- $19,096
- Virginia median
- 3.9×
- six-year earnings to median debt
- $42,423
- reported income-bracket spread
Median reported earnings six years after entry are $76,516, roughly 3.2 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
- $68,045
- Out-of-State Tuition
- $68,045
- Avg Net Price
- $23,781
- Median Debt
- $19,500
- Pell Grant Recipients
- 11%
Admissions
- Acceptance Rate
- 14%
- SAT Average
- 1498
- SAT Math Range
- 720-780
- ACT Average
- 34
- ACT Range
- 33-34
Outcomes
- 4-Year Graduation Rate
- 94%
- Retention Rate
- 97%
- Median Earnings (6yr)
- $76,516
- Median Earnings (10yr)
- $94,810
Source: IPEDS & College Scorecard. Methodology.
Similar Institutions
Showing 5 of 1,302 similar institutions by enrollment size.
United Talmudical Seminary
Brooklyn, NY · 2,241 enrolled
Safety Score 0.00
American Career College-Ontario
Ontario, CA · 2,242 enrolled
Safety Score 0.89
Trinity College
Hartford, CT · 2,238 enrolled
Safety Score 10.28
Chicago State University
Chicago, IL · 2,238 enrolled
Safety Score 0.45
Robeson Community College
Lumberton, NC · 2,238 enrolled
Safety Score 0.00
Closest by National Rank
Washington and Lee University (national rank #1801) sits near University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus (#1800) and The University of Olivet (#1802) on the scored national list, nearest by rank, not by size or state.
University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus
Denver, CO
National Rank #1800
The University of Olivet
Olivet, MI
National Rank #1802
Centenary University
Hackettstown, NJ
National Rank #1803
University of Oklahoma-Health Sciences Center
Oklahoma City, OK
National Rank #1799
St Lawrence University
Canton, NY
National Rank #1798
Nationwide campuses with similar scale or Clery rate
Two Clery-derived peer sets for Washington and Lee University, both outside VA so the neighborhoods are not state containment (Similar Institutions and national-rank neighbors above stay enrollment- or rank-based).
Similar enrollment (nationwide)
United Talmudical Seminary
Brooklyn, NY · 2,241 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
Centralia College
Centralia, WA · 2,244 enrolled
Safety score 5.79
Chicago State University
Chicago, IL · 2,238 enrolled
Safety score 0.45
Neumann University
Aston, PA · 2,244 enrolled
Safety score 4.46
Trinity College
Hartford, CT · 2,238 enrolled
Safety score 10.28
Vanguard University of Southern California
Costa Mesa, CA · 2,246 enrolled
Safety score 1.78
Kenyon College
Gambier, OH · 2,249 enrolled
Safety score 8.89
Drew University
Madison, NJ · 2,232 enrolled
Safety score 1.34
Similar 2024 Clery rate (nationwide)
University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus
Denver, CO · 23,124 enrolled
Safety score 7.14
The University of Olivet
Olivet, MI · 979 enrolled
Safety score 7.15
Centenary University
Hackettstown, NJ · 1,398 enrolled
Safety score 7.15
Wofford College
Spartanburg, SC · 1,817 enrolled
Safety score 7.15
Dominican University New York
Orangeburg, NY · 1,396 enrolled
Safety score 7.16
University of Oklahoma-Health Sciences Center
Oklahoma City, OK · 3,680 enrolled
Safety score 7.07
Minneapolis College of Art and Design
Minneapolis, MN · 831 enrolled
Safety score 7.22
Pitzer College
Claremont, CA · 1,242 enrolled
Safety score 7.25
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Washington and Lee University safe?
Washington and Lee University has a safety score of 7.14 (2024 on-campus Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents per 1,000 enrolled students) and ranks #1,801 nationally out of 2,072 ranked institutions - nearest similar-enrollment comparison: United Talmudical Seminary (0.00/1k). Same-state same-level set: University of Virginia's College at Wise (24.00/1k); University of Lynchburg (7.34/1k); Strayer University-Virginia (0.00/1k); Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine (0.00/1k); Virginia Wesleyan University (2.16/1k); Roanoke College (4.43/1k); Mary Baldwin University (3.95/1k); Bryant & Stratton College-Virginia Beach (0.00/1k).
What crimes are reported at Washington and Lee University?
For calendar year 2024, Washington and Lee University reported Fondling (4), Rape (3), 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 Washington and Lee University compare to similar schools?
Washington and Lee University reports 207% more 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 than United Talmudical Seminary. Scored similar-enrollment peers on this page: United Talmudical Seminary (0.00/1k); American Career College-Ontario (0.89/1k); Trinity College (10.28/1k); Chicago State University (0.45/1k); Robeson Community College (0.00/1k). Same-state same-level set: University of Virginia's College at Wise (24.00/1k); University of Lynchburg (7.34/1k); Strayer University-Virginia (0.00/1k); Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine (0.00/1k); Virginia Wesleyan University (2.16/1k); Roanoke College (4.43/1k); Mary Baldwin University (3.95/1k); Bryant & Stratton College-Virginia Beach (0.00/1k).
Does Washington and Lee University have fire safety data?
Yes. Washington and Lee 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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