<p>While I too would postulate that there is almost certainly much more crime around NYU than around Cornell, I think you're being a bit rosey-eyed.</p>
<p>When I attended Cornell, petty thefts from dorm rooms did occur on occasion. There were even rapes on campus. Not on Seneca Street, not in downtown Ithaca, on campus. I'm sure Campus Security has some incidents on its blotter every year.</p>
<p>I know someone who had their dorm room burgled at Vassar. Crime can happen everyplace, pretty much. Not to the same extent, I'm sure, but not nothing either.</p>