Table 9

SOUTH DAKOTA
Offenses Known to Law Enforcement
by State by University and College, 2007

University/College	Student enrollment¹	Violent crime	Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter	Forcible rape	Robbery	Aggravated assault	Property crime	Burglary	Larceny- theft	Motor vehicle theft	Arson²
South Dakota State University	11,303	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

¹ The student enrollment figures provided by the United States Department of Education are for the 2006 school year, the most recent available. The enrollment figures include full-time and part-time students.
² The FBI does not publish arson data unless it receives data from either the agency or the state for all 12 months of the calendar year.
NOTE: Caution should be exercised in making any intercampus comparisons or ranking schools because university/college crime statistics are affected by a variety of factors. These include demographic characteristics of the surrounding community, ratio of male to female students, number of on-campus residents, accessibility of the campus to outside visitors, size of enrollment, etc.

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