According to Abraham Maslow's hierarchy of needs, safety is the second most basic need, before love and belonging, esteem, and self-actualization, that humans require in order to be motivated. When this theory is placed within the context of higher education, one could argue that in order to reach their full potential, students must first feel safe in their environment. If students feel unsafe, they will not feel motivated to achieve personal or academic success. It should be noted that the concept and measurement of student success is an integral aspect of higher education and student affairs. In this context, student success will not only refer to retention rates and grade point averages, but also other factors such as campus involvement, activeness, and overall happiness/satisfaction. This study examined the relationship between campus safety and student success at York College of Pennsylvania. In order to assess how physically safe the campus was, we gathered crime rate data from various national and institutional resources. Student success was determined by the institution's retention rates and overall grade point average over a time frame of 16 years. There was a strong negative correlation between crime rates and overall grade point average, meaning as crime rates decrease on campus, the overall grade point average of students increases. These findings suggest that there is a relationship between campus safety and student success. However, all data in the present study is correlational and therefore, further research needs to be conducted in order to determine causation.