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DANGEROUS
COLLEGES IN
AMERICA?
THEY'RE IN THE
TOP TEN
ACCORDING TO A
NEW LIST.
BUT TONIGHT
THOSE RANKINGS
ARE RAISING
QUESTIONS.
NEWS 13'S
AMANDA
GOODMAN IS LIVE
AT UNM WITH THE
DETAILS.
OFFICIALS FROM
BOTH SCHOOLS
SAY THE
RANKINGS ARE
MISLEADING...
STUDENTS I
SPOKE WITH
AGREE.
WHEN IT COMES
TO TOP TEN
LISTS-- COLLEGES
ARE USUALLY
CLAMBERING TO
BE ON THEM..
BUT NOT THIS
ONE.
BUSINESS
INSIDER: AN
ONLINE MAGAZINE
RECENTLY
RANKED THE MOST
DANGEROUS
COLLEGES IN
AMERICA.
N-M-S-U AND U-
N-M BOTH LANDED
ON THAT LIST.
...
... "its kind of
shocking."
NEW MEXICO
STATE CAME IN AT
NUMBER 2.
WITH AN AVERAGE
OF 22 VIOLENT
CRIMES PER YEAR
AND 392
PROPERTY CRIMES
PER YEAR.
THE LIST WAS
COMPILED BY
USING AN
AVERAGE OF FBI
CRIME DATA FROM
2008-2011 FOR
COLLEGES WITH
MORE THAN 10-
THOUSAND
STUDENTS -- THE
RANKINGS ARE
PER CAPITA.
...
... "The Lobo Campus
came in at number 8
but staff and students I
spoke with both say
that ranking seems
way to high."
...
... "I think that's
surprising just
because there's
nothing evident of
anything harmful on
campus."
ACCORDING TO
THE LIST-- UNM
AVERAGES 24
VIOLENT CRIMES
PER YEAR AND 659
PROPERTY CRIMES
PER YEAR.
BUT THOSE
AVERAGES JUST
LIKE NMSU'S
INCLUDE AREAS
SURROUNDING
CAMPUS TOO:
...
... "especially since
we're near Central
where there's a lot of
activity you could
cross something that
suspicious or
dangerous.. but on
campus I think its
pretty safe."
UNM POLICE SAY
THERE WERE 16
VIOLENT CRIMES
ON CAMPUS
LAST YEAR -- 10 OF
THEM
AGGRAVATED
ASSAULTS.
THEY SAY THAT IS
NOT ENOUGH
CRIME TO
WARRANT A TOP
TEN RANKING FOR
THE UNIVERSITY.
STUDENTS
AGREE.
...
... "its just shocking ..
its really not that ..
violent out here."
N-M-S-U TOLD ME
CAMPUS SAFETY
IS A TOP PRIORTY
FOR THEM-- AND
THEY FEEL THE
AUTHOR OF THE
ARTICLE MISUSED
THE FBI DATA.
EVEN THE FBI
CAUTIONS
AGAINST USING
THE CRIME STATS
TO PUT TOGETHER
RANKINGS....
SAYING THERE
ARE TOO MANY
VARIABLES.
...BACK TO YOU.
OKAY AMANDA.
THERE HAVE
BEEN NO
MURDERS AT
EITHER SCHOOL IN
RECENT MEMORY.
THERE WERE
TWO ***
ASSAULTS
REPORTED AT UNM
LAST YEAR BUT
NONE AT STATE.