<p>I guess my point is that you need to consider the area around the campus, as well as the campus. If you think your son or daughter won’t venture off campus, you may be wrong. The Cleary Act just measures on-campus crimes. That’s why you need to check out other sources.
I have a son living on an urban campus, where crime is up dramatically. Part of the reason may be the recent cuts in the city’s police force. Part of it may be the increase in unemployment. He still likes the school and said he will stay unless he, or a close friend, become robbery victims (the primary problem in his area). Last year, his roommate was chased several blocks, but made it back to the dorm. He was thankful there was no gun involved.</p>
<p>I understand your point. I live near Yale and see a lot of campus crime there but many times the students are not very smart. My neighbor had a child at Drexal that was robbed and he came home and went to a state school. That state school wasn’t much safer, but he felt safer overall, which was more of a emotional decision.
My husband doesn’t like Trinity in Ct because of the neighborhood but thinks New Haven is better, by crime stats.he also knows people there. It’s a hard decision again, because although some neighborhoods/colleges seem worse on paper, others are also, but because of reporting negligence, seem better.
Parents give him odd looks on tours because that is his area of questions, but it’s important to know how security is, what is available and how they respond.</p>
<p>D1 is at college in Los Angeles and D2 is considering some urban colleges out east…so yes, I think about it. But they’re young adults now and I can’t lock them away in a bubble to keep them safe. I can only hope that the caution and common sense I instilled in them all these years counts for something.</p>
<p>And realistically, the biggest safety risks they’ll face are 1) driving places with friends and 2) being at college parties where there’s drinking. Those things happen everywhere.</p>