<p>How safe is the immediate area around U of Chicago? Does anyone worry about their child attending there because of crime or inability to explore the area outside of campus out of fear?</p>
<p>This subject has been discussed to death on this board. If you do a little search, you will find 50 of them. OTOH, look at this</p>
<p><a href=“http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2012/02/08/two-stanford-women-attacked-on-campus-early-sunday/[/url]”>http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2012/02/08/two-stanford-women-attacked-on-campus-early-sunday/</a></p>
<p>I only show 3 pages of threads and do not see the subject addressed. No worries, I’ll just google it and search the web, thx anyway.</p>
<p>I have numerous relatives who’ve gone there. The campus is safe. Precautions should be taken as in any large city. Immediate area surrounding, not as safe.</p>
<p>Students can explore the city as long as they use safely precautions one would use in any big city such as NYC, LA, Detroit, Cleveland, etc.</p>
<p>pleaseadvise-- very much agreed with OhioMom. It is important to be alert and aware of your surroundings in any urban setting, but it is very possible to do so if you take advantage of the many safety resources UChicago makes available to students. Campus police is responsible for security both on campus and in the surrounding area, and patrols on foot, on scooter, and by car; they are reachable by phone or by emergency phone poles placed on and off campus. We also have a free campus shuttle service that runs from 6pm-early morning for safe, reliable transit for students, both along predetermined routes and through a “Safe Ride” van that operates like a free taxi service within Hyde Park. Campus and the surrounding area are well-lit at night, and crossing guards/police personnel are able to walk with you or drive behind you as you walk if you are out alone and wish to have company. Buildings require an ID card swipe to enter after hours, and dormitories have front desk staff and a card-swipe system for entry 24/7. </p>
<p>As a (female, physically wimpy) graduate of the College who still lives in the Hyde Park neighborhood, I have never been in a situation either on or off-campus in which I have felt unsafe. But, I also take precautions-- not walking with my iPod on after dark, using campus resources like the Safe Ride shuttle, and going places with friends-- for my own peace of mind.</p>
<p>thanks for the response.</p>
<p>Here are the most recent:</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-chicago/1190315-safe.html?highlight=safety[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-chicago/1190315-safe.html?highlight=safety</a>
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-chicago/948349-uofc-surrounding-area.html?highlight=safety[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-chicago/948349-uofc-surrounding-area.html?highlight=safety</a></p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-chicago/885244-university-chicago-safe.html?highlight=safety[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-chicago/885244-university-chicago-safe.html?highlight=safety</a>
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-chicago/835488-how-safe-uchicago.html?highlight=safety[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-chicago/835488-how-safe-uchicago.html?highlight=safety</a></p>
<p>Hyde Park itself is very safe. Your child will certainly not feel scared to travel within the neighborhood–in fact, almost student chooses to live in these places by third year. It’s a city and things do happen, but it’s one of the safest neighborhoods in Chicago. If you’re okay with your child going anywhere for school that isn’t a quiet suburb or secluded countryside, then there’s no reason to fear Hyde Park. Your child probably will only be going into Woodlawn, Washington Park etc. (the more crime-ridden surrounding neighborhoods) via public transport, which is still nothing to worry about and can be avoided completely if he/she wishes (that’s really unnecessary though). The crime statistics for are available in multiple places online if you want verification.</p>
<p>Honestly, as a second-year girl who grew up in an English village, I haven’t found Hyde Park to be at all difficult to live in. Sure, it’s a city - there are risks and precautions associated with any urban setting - but the University provides ways to ensure that you’re always comfortable, and our neighborhood is safe. If I have to walk back to my apartment late at night, I get ‘Umbrella Coverage’ (a UCPD car will drive behind you while you go), ‘Safe Ride’ (the University provided shuttle service) or I go with a friend. Keep your wits about you, get to know the area, and have the University safety phone numbers in your phone - then it’s fine :)</p>
<p>Being it’s chicago, what kind of self-defense devices are allowed? Pepper spray/Mace? Bear spray? Knives? Firearms?</p>
<p>In the dorms? Nothing. Nada. Zilch. You will probably be removed from housing for having them. If people really want pepper spray or something, they could probably get away with having them provided they did not let anybody else know, but I wouldn’t recommend that. It’s Chicago, not the Thunderdome.</p>
<p>ahahaha good point. That must be one good police force then</p>
<p>I’ve lived in Hyde Park and Hyde Park’s neighboring communities (the ones that have more of a reputation because fewer students live there.)</p>
<p>Put it this way: if you are a parent who has never lived in a city and you are sending off your kid to live in a city, you have plenty of reasons to be afraid. Forget that, if you are a parent sending your kid off to a college anywhere you have reasons to be afraid. College students are liable to be risks to themselves and to each other.</p>
<p>If you’re terrified of Hyde Park and have never visited; all you have to do is look up some real estate listings. And if you have 1.5-2 mil for a condo in Hyde Park, let’s talk offline.</p>
<p>Very well put.</p>
<p>I lived in Chicago for years and never had a problem. Just use common sense as you would in any big city. If you want safe, move to Europe, but that’s another story.</p>
<p>The President of the United States has a house in the neighborhood and sent his kids to school at the UChicago Lab Schools. The current Mayor of Chicago also sends his kids to school at the UChicago Lab Schools (which actually caused a bit of a controversy because it was considered to be a commentary on the Chicago Public School system, which is another story in itself.)</p>
<p>[Exclusive:</a> Emanuel To Send Kids To U. Of C. Lab Schools CBS Chicago](<a href=“http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2011/07/20/exclusive-emanuel-to-send-kids-to-u-of-c-lab-school/]Exclusive:”>Exclusive: Emanuel To Send Kids To U. Of C. Lab Schools - CBS Chicago)</p>
<p>Presumably the President and Mayor wouldn’t have sent their kids there if they felt the neighborhood was dangerous.</p>
<p>Don’t worry. It was said UChicago has the third largest campus police department in the United States just behind Harvard and Yale.</p>
<p>Take a look at FBI’s statistics, Crime in the United States by Metropolitan Statistical Area, 2010, Chicago is not on the list.</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2010/crime-in-the-u.s.-2010/tables/table-6[/url]”>http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2010/crime-in-the-u.s.-2010/tables/table-6</a></p>
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