CA
West Valley College
0.39 incidents / 1,000 students
Saratoga, CA · Clery Act 2024 · Public
West Valley College
Across 2022–2024, West Valley College reported 8 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: Oxnard College.
- 0.39
- Incidents / 1k students
- #253
- Rank of 2,072
- #141
- CA rank
- 7,655
- Enrolled students
0.39 reported score-category incidents per 1,000 students
West Valley College reports 0.39 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 82% below St. Thomas University. Similar-enrollment scored peers: St. Thomas University (0.91/1k); University of North Carolina at Pembroke (9.38/1k); Pitt Community College (0.52/1k); Westcliff University (0.00/1k); Chattanooga State Community College (0.26/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes Oxnard College (0.82/1k); Las Positas College (0.12/1k); Monterey Peninsula College (1.81/1k); Merritt College (0.43/1k); Mission College (0.14/1k); Victor Valley College (0.12/1k); Los Medanos College (2.37/1k); Crafton Hills 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
- 0.39
- of 2,072 ranked nationally
- #253
- safer than ranked campuses its size
- 88%
- Criminal Offenses, 2024
- 0
Source: U.S. Department of Education OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey
Data updated August 2026
Clery Act plate
Sheet 125499 · West Valley College 0.39/1k score rate · #253/2,072
RATE-QUIET · RANK-UPPER · ST-MID · PEER-FINISH · ZERO-NONE · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-MID · FIRE-NONE
- RATE-QUIET 0.39/1k
- RANK-UPPER #253/2,072
- ST-MID #141 in state
- PEER-FINISH Pitt Community College · ±0.13
- ZERO-NONE Scored
- TREND-DOWN ↓ 100%
- CAT-LEAD Burglary
- ENR-MID 7,655
- FIRE-NONE No res filing
Nearest enrollment peer: Pitt Community College (+0.13/1k)
West Valley College sheet RATE-QUIET · RANK-UPPER · ST-MID · PEER-FINISH · ZERO-NONE · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-MID · FIRE-NONE · peer Pitt Community 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-UPPER · ST-MID · PEER-FINISH · ZERO-NONE · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-MID · FIRE-NONE. Nearest similar-enrollment peer is Pitt Community College (+0.13/1k). National rank #253 of 2,072 scored campuses. Instrument codes from this campus OPE sheet; compare similarly sized peers before treating any single rate as decisive.
West Valley College reports 0.39 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 82% below St. Thomas University. Similar-enrollment scored peers: St. Thomas University (0.91/1k); University of North Carolina at Pembroke (9.38/1k); Pitt Community College (0.52/1k); Westcliff University (0.00/1k); Chattanooga State Community College (0.26/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes Oxnard College (0.82/1k); Las Positas College (0.12/1k); Monterey Peninsula College (1.81/1k); Merritt College (0.43/1k); Mission College (0.14/1k); Victor Valley College (0.12/1k); Los Medanos College (2.37/1k); Crafton Hills College (0.00/1k). Largest Criminal Offenses total across filed years: Burglary.
Peer-rate neighbourhood around West Valley College
Lowest/highest enrollment peers plus campuses nearest West on score-category rate. Full ladder: /rankings/safest-campuses.
- Westcliff University · lowest peer 0
Westcliff University — lowest peer
0 per 1,000 students
- Chattanooga State Community College · near 0.26
Chattanooga State Community College — near
0.26 per 1,000 students
- West Valley College · this campus 0.39
West Valley College — this campus
0.39 per 1,000 students
- Pitt Community College · near 0.52
Pitt Community College — near
0.52 per 1,000 students
- University of North Carolina · highest peer
University of North Carolina at Pembroke — highest peer
9.38 per 1,000 students
What this shows Neighbourhood of similar-enrollment peers around West Valley College's 0.39/1k rate, not a full-corpus distribution reprint.
Reporting-period change
What changed in 2024
West Valley College decreased from 6 to 0 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 2-year peers in this comparison, West Valley College is larger than 53% and safer-reporting than 56% - the larger, safer-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.
Read the chart as text
- Point 1: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 50, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 28
- Point 2: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 56, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 81
- Point 3: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 47, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 6
- Point 4: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 44, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 53
- Point 5: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 42, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 78
- Point 6: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 58, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 83
- Point 7: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 61, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 3
- Point 8: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 39, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 92
- Point 9: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 64, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 17
- Point 10: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 36, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 8
- Point 11: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 33, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 75
- Point 12: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 31, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 19
- Point 13: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 67, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 47
- Point 14: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 69, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 86
- Point 15: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 72, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 64
- Point 16: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 28, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 72
- Point 17: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 75, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 92
- Point 18: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 25, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 69
- Point 19: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 78, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 31
- Point 20: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 22, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 92
- Point 21: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 19, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 25
- Point 22: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 81, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 50
- Point 23: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 83, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 39
- Point 24: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 86, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 42
- Point 25: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 89, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 33
- Point 26: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 17, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 61
- Point 27: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 92, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 89
- Point 28: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 14, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 11
- Point 29: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 11, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 0
- Point 30: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 94, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 36
- Point 31: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 97, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 58
- Point 32: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 8, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 67
- Point 33: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 6, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 22
- Point 34: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 3, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 14
- Point 35: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 0, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 92
- Point 36: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 100, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 44
- West Valley College: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 53, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 56
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| Campus | Enrollment | Rate / 1k | Size pct | Safety pct |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| College of the Redwoods | 4,706 | 0.00 | 0 | 92 |
| Porterville College | 4,784 | 1.46 | 3 | 14 |
| College of Marin | 4,838 | 0.83 | 6 | 22 |
| Napa Valley College | 4,844 | 0.21 | 8 | 67 |
| Compton College | 5,225 | 2.49 | 11 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Southwest College | 5,371 | 1.49 | 14 | 11 |
| Cerro Coso Community College | 5,549 | 0.36 | 17 | 61 |
| Gavilan College | 6,083 | 0.82 | 19 | 25 |
| College of Alameda | 6,141 | 0.00 | 22 | 92 |
| Berkeley City College | 6,278 | 0.16 | 25 | 69 |
| Yuba College | 6,320 | 0.16 | 28 | 72 |
| West Valley College (this campus) | 7,655 | 0.39 | 53 | 56 |
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 West Valley College fell from 6 to 0 (-100%). The decrease shows up in Burglary (3 to 0), Rape (2 to 0) and Aggravated Assault (1 to 0).
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 West Valley College
Across 3 reporting years, on-campus incidents were recorded in 4 Clery Act categories here: Burglary, Rape, Aggravated Assault and Motor Vehicle Theft.
The remaining 7 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 onlyWest Valley College: Criminal Offenses by year
Declining 100% (2 → 0 incidents)
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| Period | On-campus incidents |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 |
| 2023 | 6 |
| 2024 | 0 |
| Crime Type | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burglary | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Rape | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Aggravated Assault | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Motor Vehicle Theft | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Arson | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fondling | 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
Arrests & Disciplinary Actions
9 category-year records| Category | Year | Arrests | Discipline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drugs | 2024 | 0 | 2 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 1 | 1 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 1 |
| Drugs | 2023 | 3 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2023 | 0 | 1 |
| Weapons | 2023 | 2 | 1 |
| Drugs | 2022 | 3 | 0 |
| Liquor | 2022 | 1 | 0 |
| Weapons | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
West Valley 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).
FL
St. Thomas University
0.91 incidents / 1,000 students
NC
University of North Carolina at Pembroke
9.38 incidents / 1,000 students
Cost context
Where West Valley College sits on price and outcomes
At $3,423, West Valley College's reported average net price is among the lowest reported prices among 492 California colleges with a reported figure. The state median is $20,161.
- $3,423
- average net price
- $20,161
- California median
- $8,235
- reported income-bracket spread
Aid here is steeply income-scaled. Families reporting under $30,000 of income record a net price of $1,658, while those above $110,000 record $9,893 - roughly 6.0 times as much. A published average of $3,423 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 $41,764 - about 12.2 times one year of the reported net price here. On that ratio the cost is recovered quickly. 52% complete within six years, so roughly 48% leave without the credential - and those students still carry whatever they paid.
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
- 0
- Out-of-State Tuition
- $8,702
- Avg Net Price
- $3,423
- Pell Grant Recipients
- 12%
Outcomes
- Median Earnings (6yr)
- $41,764
- Median Earnings (10yr)
- $51,688
Source: IPEDS & College Scorecard. Methodology.
Similar Institutions
Showing 5 of 908 similar institutions by enrollment size.
St. Thomas University
Miami Gardens, FL · 7,652 enrolled
Safety Score 0.91
University of North Carolina at Pembroke
Pembroke, NC · 7,674 enrolled
Safety Score 9.38
Pitt Community College
Winterville, NC · 7,684 enrolled
Safety Score 0.52
Westcliff University
Irvine, CA · 7,686 enrolled
Safety Score 0.00
Chattanooga State Community College
Chattanooga, TN · 7,623 enrolled
Safety Score 0.26
Closest by National Rank
West Valley College (national rank #253) sits near Kirkwood Community College (#252) and Holmes Community College (#254) 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 West Valley College, 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)
Pitt Community College
Winterville, NC · 7,684 enrolled
Safety score 0.52
Chattanooga State Community College
Chattanooga, TN · 7,623 enrolled
Safety score 0.26
Camden County College
Blackwood, NJ · 7,622 enrolled
Safety score 0.13
Coastal Alabama Community College
Bay Minette, AL · 7,553 enrolled
Safety score 0.79
Rose State College
Midwest City, OK · 7,758 enrolled
Safety score 1.29
Hudson County Community College
Jersey City, NJ · 7,763 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
Nashville State Community College
Nashville, TN · 7,533 enrolled
Safety score 0.13
City Colleges of Chicago-Wilbur Wright College
Chicago, IL · 7,798 enrolled
Safety score 0.64
Similar 2024 Clery rate (nationwide)
Kirkwood Community College
Cedar Rapids, IA · 12,763 enrolled
Safety score 0.39
SUNY Adirondack
Queensbury, NY · 2,576 enrolled
Safety score 0.39
Holmes Community College
Goodman, MS · 5,039 enrolled
Safety score 0.40
Eastern Arizona College
Thatcher, AZ · 5,213 enrolled
Safety score 0.38
Rowan College of South Jersey-Gloucester Campus
Sewell, NJ · 5,218 enrolled
Safety score 0.38
Central Lakes College-Brainerd
Brainerd, MN · 4,981 enrolled
Safety score 0.40
Palo Alto College
San Antonio, TX · 12,395 enrolled
Safety score 0.40
Southeast Technical College
Sioux Falls, SD · 2,659 enrolled
Safety score 0.38
Frequently Asked Questions
Is West Valley College safe?
West Valley College has a safety score of 0.39 (2024 on-campus Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents per 1,000 enrolled students) and ranks #253 nationally out of 2,072 ranked institutions - nearest similar-enrollment comparison: St. Thomas University (0.91/1k). Same-state same-level set: Oxnard College (0.82/1k); Las Positas College (0.12/1k); Monterey Peninsula College (1.81/1k); Merritt College (0.43/1k); Mission College (0.14/1k); Victor Valley College (0.12/1k); Los Medanos College (2.37/1k); Crafton Hills College (0.00/1k).
What crimes are reported at West Valley College?
None in the Criminal Offenses section. West Valley College reported zero in every category in that section for calendar year 2024. VAWA, arrests, disciplinary referrals, and fire records are separate tables.
How does West Valley College compare to similar schools?
West Valley College reports 82% fewer 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 than St. Thomas University. Scored similar-enrollment peers on this page: St. Thomas University (0.91/1k); University of North Carolina at Pembroke (9.38/1k); Pitt Community College (0.52/1k); Westcliff University (0.00/1k); Chattanooga State Community College (0.26/1k). Same-state same-level set: Oxnard College (0.82/1k); Las Positas College (0.12/1k); Monterey Peninsula College (1.81/1k); Merritt College (0.43/1k); Mission College (0.14/1k); Victor Valley College (0.12/1k); Los Medanos College (2.37/1k); Crafton Hills College (0.00/1k).
Does West Valley College have fire safety data?
West Valley College has no on-campus residential fire filing in this Clery release.
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