<p>I think people over exaggerate the neighborhood outside USC. But let me ask you, why would you be off campus anyways? You might go off campus, 1-2 a week to go groceries shopping?</p>
<p>Once you are on campus, there’s USC security everywhere. The security presences is so large on campus, they told me not to bother calling 911, but call the Trojan Emergency line. There’s gates that circle the campus.</p>
<p>I live in downtown LA and commute to USC, which takes 10 minutes. I’ve never ran into any problems. Just use common sense. Don’t leave valuables in the car, don’t drive around with your stereo booming, and so forth.</p>
<p>Than again, I’m a California native.</p>