Interactive tools · Clery Act + Scorecard

Campus Safety Tools

Free campus safety incident tools to look up Clery Act rates, compare colleges side-by-side, and rank net price among in-state peers, built on federal filings, not editorial estimates.

5,585
Institutions tracked
59
States covered
1,493
Ranked mid-to-large campuses

Registry plate

Sheet TOOLS-REG · 5,585 institutions Clery 2024 · 8 layers

REG-5K+ · CORE-FULL · SCORE-DEEP · FIRE-PART · TOOL-4 · YR-2024 · ACCESS-OPEN

  • REG-5K+ 5,585
  • CORE-FULL 100% Clery
  • SCORE-DEEP 83% cost/earn
  • FIRE-PART 37% fire
  • TOOL-4 4 live tools
  • YR-2024 2024
  • ACCESS-OPEN No account

Registry plate for the PlainCampus tools hub: institution count, Clery core completeness, Scorecard partial layers, fire filing share, live tool count, latest reporting year, and open access. Counts are live SQL from the serving database.

Look up Clery safety scores, compare campuses, or rank net price among in-state peers

According to U.S. Department of Education Clery Act and College Scorecard filings, PlainCampus tools cover 5,585 tracked institutions across 59 states, including 1,493 mid-to-large campuses with safety scores. Start with the campus safety incident tool for Clery rates, Compare for two-school stacks, or My School Profile for cost and earnings context. Every figure comes from federal public data, not editorial estimates.

Data source U.S. Department of Education, OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey

Institutions tracked
5,585
States covered
59
Ranked mid-to-large campuses
1,493
Years of Clery history
3

Start here

Four lookup paths

Numbered for mobile scan order: incident lookup, two-school compare, personal profile, then state net-price ranks.

  1. Campus Safety Incident Tool

    Look up Clery Act incident rates for 5,600+ institutions. Add up to 4 schools for side-by-side comparison with national rankings and percentiles.

  2. School Comparison

    Compare two schools side-by-side with full crime statistics, fire safety data, and trend analysis.

  3. My School Profile

    Pick your school to see its average net price ranked against in-state peers, four nearest-cost comparison schools, and median graduate earnings, from the DOE College Scorecard.

  4. Cheapest Colleges by State

    Every state's colleges ranked by real average net price after aid, not sticker tuition, from the DOE College Scorecard.

What a lookup returns

Descending coverage of independently verifiable layers on the 5,585 institutions these tools search. Clery core layers are complete; Scorecard cost/earnings and fire filings cover a measured share (deepest listed layer 33.4%). Counts are live SQL from the serving database, not hand-typed.

Data-layer coverage across the institution registry

Share of institutions that carry each independently verifiable layer

%

What this shows Institution profiles and Clery criminal/VAWA/arrest layers are complete at 5,585. Average net price covers 4,965; 10-year earnings 4,616; fire safety filings 2,046. Gaps stay empty.

Source U.S. Department of Education OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey + College Scorecard (PlainCampus SQLite registry) As of 2026-08-26

Source: U.S. Department of Education · OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey · College Scorecard Coverage percentages are COUNT / institution-population from the serving database. Completeness only, not incident rates.

Frequently asked questions

What will a school lookup return?
Every tracked institution has a base profile (5,585 records). Clery criminal offenses, VAWA, and arrests/disciplinary layers cover the full registry. Average net price covers about 88.9%, 10-year median earnings about 82.6%, and fire safety filings about 36.6%. Missing Scorecard or fire layers stay blank rather than invented.
Are these tools free?
Yes. Every PlainCampus tool is free and requires no account. Each tool states its source, reporting year, and limits before you use a result.
Where does the data come from?
Clery Act, VAWA, arrests/disciplinary, and fire safety figures come from the U.S. Department of Education OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey (latest year 2024). Net price, earnings, and admissions come from the College Scorecard. PlainCampus does not invent missing fields.

Download the institution extract these tools read: institutions.csv (same CSV as /data).

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 and College Scorecard source data; no coverage figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.

PlainCampus is for informational purposes only and does not constitute safety, security, legal, or enrollment advice; the data describes reported on-campus activity, it is not a complete picture of safety at any campus and cannot predict any individual student's experience. See our appropriate use guidance.