BYU-Idaho ranked third-safest university by national security firm

Brigham Young University-Idaho was ranked high as one of the safest universities in the nations. In fact, BYU-Idaho ranks third. Safe Wise, an online, home security agency conducted their own nationwide study and pulled data from the FBI to see which university is the safest.

Jason Steiner, Junior at BYU-Idaho, feels like the university deserves the recognition. "We feel like our possession are safe, our cars are safe, it's great campus to be at," Steiner said.

One reason the university remains safe is through its free Rape Aggression Defense course for women, known as R.A.D.

“It’s a program that teaches women to have options. It teaches them how to use what they have available to them, their personal weapons instead of putting their safety in objects like pepper spray,” Emi Flamm R.A.D. instructor said.

Flamm said students should still keep their guard up, even though it’s generally a safe area.

“A lot of people when they get to Rexburg too think, I’m so safe here, But it’s still a college campus it still attracts people that would victimize others.

Although the campus has doubled in size over the last 15 years, Rexburg police haven’t seen a drastic increase in crime.

"I have half of my population for the community that signs a contract saying that they aren’t gonna smoke, drink, commit crimes, that they are going to be in by a curfew,” Shane Turman, Cheif of Rexburg Police, "I got half the population that signs the contract, it’s the moral code for up at the college, it makes a huge difference."