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District of Columbia Campus Safety

According to the U.S. Department of Education's Clery Act filings, this covers on-campus safety for all 20 tracked colleges and universities in District of Columbia, ranked by reported incident rate per 1,000 enrolled students.

20
Institutions tracked
12.60
Avg incidents / 1k
#58
State safety rank
87,741
Students enrolled

Data updated June 2026

The state in one line

Across District of Columbia's 20 campuses, Trinity Washington University reports the lowest rate (0.00 per 1,000), the median campus reports 0.00, and 12 campuses reported zero on-campus incidents.

20
campuses tracked
12.60
statewide avg, per 1,000
0.00
safest - Trinity Washington University
12
campuses reporting zero

Per-1,000-student rates let small and large campuses be compared fairly, but a handful of reports at a small school can still produce a high rate. Read alongside enrollment.

District of Columbia reports Clery Act campus safety data across 20 higher education institutions distributed across 1 cities , serving approximately 87,741 enrolled students combined. The statewide average safety score stands at 12.60 on-campus incidents per 1,000 enrolled students, placing District of Columbia at national rank #58 among US states for campus safety outcomes. The median institution in District of Columbia reports 0.00 incidents per 1,000 students, while 12 campuses reported zero on-campus incidents during the survey window.

The largest institution by enrollment is George Washington University with 25,568 students and a safety score of 1.37. Raw incident counts across institutions in this state must be interpreted alongside enrollment size, a large urban research university and a small rural liberal arts college produce very different absolute numbers for identical underlying risk.

Every institution listed below participates in federal financial aid programs and is therefore legally required under the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act to publish annual on-campus crime statistics. The data is collected by the US Department of Education via the OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey. Rankings shown on this page reflect incident rates per 1,000 enrolled students, so smaller schools with a handful of reports can score worse than large universities with dozens of reports. Use the table below to compare campuses with similar enrollment profiles before drawing conclusions about relative safety.

District of Columbia campuses, ranked by safety

# Campus EnrollmentIncidents /1k
1 Trinity Washington University Washington · 1,865 students 1,865 0.00 4% of the leader · rank #1
2 University of the Potomac-Washington DC Campus Washington · 593 students 593 0.00 4% of the leader · rank #2
3 The Chicago School at Washington DC Washington · 615 students 615 0.00 4% of the leader · rank #3
4 American University Washington · 13,019 students 13,019 0.77 4% of the leader · rank #4
5 George Washington University Washington · 25,568 students 25,568 1.37 4% of the leader · rank #5
6 The Catholic University of America Washington · 5,171 students 5,171 1.74 4% of the leader · rank #6
7 University of the District of Columbia Washington · 3,855 students 3,855 2.08 4% of the leader · rank #7
8 Georgetown University Washington · 20,392 students 20,392 2.40 4% of the leader · rank #8
9 Howard University Washington · 13,416 students 13,416 3.21 4% of the leader · rank #9
10 Gallaudet University Washington · 1,364 students 1,364 97.51 68% of the leader · rank #10
11 Bennett Career Institute Washington · 177 students 177 0.00 4% of the leader · rank #11
12 Career Technical Institute Washington · 383 students 383 0.00 4% of the leader · rank #12
13 Institute of World Politics Washington · 119 students 119 0.00 4% of the leader · rank #13
14 National Conservatory of Dramatic Arts Washington · 25 students 25 0.00 4% of the leader · rank #14
15 Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception at the Dominican House of Studies Washington · 73 students 73 0.00 4% of the leader · rank #15
16 Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family Washington · 63 students 63 142.86 100% of the leader · rank #16
17 Saint Michael College of Allied Health Washington · 123 students 123 0.00 4% of the leader · rank #17
18 Strayer University-District of Columbia Washington · 353 students 353 0.00 4% of the leader · rank #18
19 The Salon Professional Academy-Washington DC Washington · 117 students 117 0.00 4% of the leader · rank #19
20 Wesley Theological Seminary Washington · 450 students 450 0.00 4% of the leader · rank #20

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What this means for you

Use District of Columbia's list as a starting point for comparison, not a final judgment on any one campus.

Figures reflect the June 2026 Clery Act reporting release as filed with the U.S. Department of Education.

Data sourced from the U.S. Department of Education, OPE Campus Safety & Security Survey (Clery Act). See our methodology. Retrieved and formatted by PlainCampus Editorial.

Every figure on PlainCampus is rendered directly from federal Clery Act source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on federal Clery Act source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.

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