California College of the Arts: Crime & Safety

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California College of the Arts LogoC+ California College of the Arts is a private not-for-profit school in San Francisco, California with about 1,500 students and 680 employees.

Our Safety Report for this school is based on the US Department of Education 2023 public data sets for various categories of violent and non-violent crimes committed both on-campus and off-campus over the last three years.

Safety Evaluation

Based on our analysis of the government data, California College of the Arts is a relatively safe place to be enrolled at. American School Search gives this school grade "C+" on safety.

From our perception of the data, this campus experiences no significant crime problems.

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Criminal Offenses at California College of the Arts in 2020 - 2022

Alleged criminal offenses reported to campus security authorities and/or local police
Does not necessarily reflect prosecutions or convictions for crime


Type of Crime or Arrest
On-campus
Off-campus
Crime Chance*

Murder
0
0
0.0%

Neglient Manslaughter
0
0
0.0%

Forcible Sex Offense
0
1
0.1%

Nonforcible Sex Offense
1
0
0.2%

Robbery
0
1
0.1%

Aggravated Assault
2
0
0.3%

Burglary
4
0
0.5%

Motor Vehicle Theft
0
2
0.2%

Arson
0
1
0.1%

Illegal Weapons Possession
0
0
0.0%

Drug Law Violation
0
0
0.0%

Liquor Law Violation
0
0
0.0%

* Crime Chance is American School Search's subjective and approximate estimate for a student's chance of experiencing this crime during their study at California College of the Arts based on the present enrollment, past crime history, current crime trend, and an assumption that the school reports accurate numbers to the government. Safety Grade is American School Search's subjective evaluation of California College of the Arts campus safety based on the same criteria and assumption.

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If you have been discriminated or abused at California College of the Arts, or you believe that this college underreports campus crime statistics, then please consider filing a complaint with US Department of Education.

As of May 1st, 2014, fifty five colleges are under investigation for possible violations of federal law over the handling of sexual violence and harassment complaints. Many of those schools are frequent guests in our exclusive 100 Most Dangerous Colleges list.

Safety in Competing Colleges

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More than 6,800 students. Unsafe campus. Our mark for campus security: C-.

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About 35,800 students. Very dangerous campus. Alleged problems with forcible sex offenses. Our rating for campus security: F. ACT 23 to enroll.

University of California BerkeleyUniversity of California BerkeleyBerkeley, CA
Approximately 45,400 students. Very dangerous campus. Disappointing statistics for forcible sex offenses. Our mark for campus security: F. SAT 1420, ACT 33 to enroll.

San Francisco State UniversitySan Francisco State UniversitySan Francisco, CA
About 25,300 students. Dangerous campus. Our mark for campus security is D+. ACT 20 to enroll.

California State University SacramentoCalifornia State University SacramentoSacramento, CA
Roughly 31,900 students. Dangerous campus. Our mark for campus security: D. ACT 20 to enroll.

California State University East BayCalifornia State University East BayHayward, CA
Approximately 13,700 students. Dangerous campus. Our mark for campus security: D+. ACT 19 to enroll.

Saint Mary's College of CaliforniaSaint Mary's College of CaliforniaMoraga, CA
Around 2,800 students. Very dangerous campus. Our grade for campus security: D-. SAT 1150, ACT 25 to enroll.

University of California DavisUniversity of California DavisDavis, CA
Around 39,700 students. Very dangerous campus. Apparent problems with forcible sex offenses. Our mark for campus security is F. SAT 1270, ACT 29 to enroll.

University of San FranciscoUniversity of San FranciscoSan Francisco, CA
About 9,700 students. Dangerous campus. Our grade for campus security is C-. SAT 1270, ACT 29 to enroll.

University of Silicon ValleyUniversity of Silicon ValleySan Jose, CA
Over 400 students. Dangerous campus. Our rating for campus security is D.

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