Fresno State Associated Students President Arthur Montejano said he has never felt unsafe on campus, but he knows some people who have been crime victims. They have expressed their concerns, and the student group is working with the school to address them, he said.

The student association plans a Crime Prevention Week in February to educate students about safety and to provide self defense classes.

Students have resources to help them be safe on campus, Montejano said.

The campus offers police escorts at night, as well as help towers with buttons that alert police to a problem and a new smartphone app.

The app has a GPS locator and an emergency button that when pushed alerts the police that there is a problem, Montejano said.

"I think that the report represents an inaccurate picture because the statistics can be skewed," Montejano said. "At the same time, certainly there is crime on and around campus that students need to be aware of."

Charles Ettner, a 63-year-old anthropology and linguistics professor who has taught for 15 years at Fresno State, said he thinks most students are aware of the safety resources available to them on campus.

"I think they have done a lot to try and make things safe with various alarm stations and escorts available," Ettner said.

He said when he wraps up class, he makes sure his students, especially the women, get to their cars safely or waits with them for their rides to arrive.

"I think a lot of us (faculty) do that. We pay attention to our students."

'Most Dangerous Colleges'

Business Insider (www.businessinsider.com), an online business news website, ranked the country's college campuses based on most crimes per capita on -- and in some cases around -- college campuses with at least 10,000 students. The rankings were based on FBI crime statistics for violent and property crimes from 2008 through 2011.

1. University of California at Los Angeles

2. New Mexico State University

3. University of California at Berkeley

4. Duke University

5. Florida A&M University

6. Vanderbilt University

7. San Diego State University

8. University of New Mexico

9. University of South Alabama

10. Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge

11. Georgia Institute of Technology

12. Ball State University

13. Indiana State University

14. University of Cincinnati

15. Southern Illinois University, Carbondale

16. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

17. Northern Arizona University

18. Rutgers University, Newark

19. California State University, Fresno

20. Western Illinois University

21. North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University

22. State University of New York College, Buffalo

23. Arkansas State University, Jonesboro

24. University of California at Riverside

25. Florida State University, Tallahassee

Source: Business Insider