Just weeks after Baton Rouge was ranked among the top 25 most dangerous cities in the country, Business Insider ranked the University as the country’s 10th most dangerous college.

Business Insider averaged FBI crime data from 2008 to 2011 in schools with more than 10,000 students. Schools were then ranked based on a combination of the violent crime rank and property crime rank, weighted 4-to-1.

Overall, the University had an average of 26 violent crimes and an average of 474 property crimes per year, according to the publication.

It also noted that the University had an average of 22 robberies in 2011.

However, the statistics cited by Business Insider may be misleading, said LSU Police Department spokesman Capt. Cory Lalonde.

Lalonde said a majority of the 22 robberies in 2011 were “snatch and grab” cell phone thefts, when a criminal simply grabbed a phone out of someone’s hands.

“There were very few incidents where there were actual acts of violence during the offense,” Lalonde said.

Despite the ranking, many students said they feel safe on campus.

“I don’t think it’s dangerous,” said mass communication freshman Monique King.

Computer engineering freshman John Hogg felt similarly.

“Overall, I feel pretty safe,” Hogg said, adding that the thought of being threatened rarely crosses his mind when he walks across campus at night.

On the other hand, biology sophomore Victoria Bertrand said she feels insecure at certain times and in certain places.

“The only time I don’t feel safe is when I have night class,” Bertrand said.

She noted that the parking lots near Miller Hall and Herget Hall appear to be dangerous places to walk at night because of the dim lighting.

King mirrored her sentiments.

“I try to avoid walking at night, or I’ll walk fast,” she said.

The only other Southeastern Conference schools to make the list were Vanderbilt University at No. 6 and Florida State University at No. 25.

University of California, Los Angeles ranked No. 1, registering 49 violent crimes per year.

Baton Rouge as a whole was named as the 25th most dangerous city in the country after the FBI released its 2011 crime statistics in late October.

Other Southern cities like Little Rock, Atlanta and Orlando ranked as more violent than Baton Rouge.

Baton Rouge’s violent crime rate was 1065.7 crimes per 100,000 in 2011.