<p>Hello all!</p>
<p>I am starting my college search and marylands programs really appeal to me...</p>
<p>however, I have found it a bit 'disturbing' about the 'perieved campus safety'....</p>
<p>I am a female student, and would like to feel safe at a college that I will be spending four years...</p>
<p>Please give me any honest advice/experiences/etc....it would be much appreciated</p>
<p>I am just posting this from a site called college p.r.o.wler (no periods)</p>
<p>UMD got a B+ in safety. These schools ranked lower. </p>
<p>B Loyola Marymount University 2007 Los Angeles, CA
B University of Tennessee 2007 Knoxville, TN
B UCLA 2007 Los Angeles, CA
B Xavier University 2007 Cincinnati, OH
B University of Chicago 2007 Chicago, IL
B Loyola College in Maryland 2007 Baltimore, MD
B University of Massachusetts 2007 Amherst, MA
B MIT 2007 Boston, MA
B Texas A & M University 2007 College Station, TX
B Seton Hall University 2007 South Orange, NJ
B Seattle University 2007 Seattle, WA
B Northeastern University 2007 Boston, MA
B University of Michigan 2007 Ann Arbor, MI
B University of Miami 2007 Coral Gables, FL
B Towson University 2007 Towson, MD
B Union College 2007 Schenectady, NY
B San Diego State University 2007 San Diego, CA
B Rochester Institute of Technology 2007 Rochester, NY
B Stony Brook University 2007 Stony Brook, NY
B Louisiana State University 2007 Baton Rouge, LA
B Caltech 2006 Pasadena, CA
B Loyola College - Maryland 2006 Baltimore, MD
B Northeastern University 2006 Boston, MA
B University of Chicago 2006 Chicago, IL
B San Diego State University 2006 San Diego, CA
B University of Miami 2006 Coral Gables, FL
B SUNY Stony Brook 2006 Long Island, NY
B Towson University 2006 Baltimore, MD
B Louisiana State University 2006 Baton Rouge, LA
B Xavier University 2006 Cincinnati, OH
B West Virginia University 2006 Morgantown, WV
B Union College 2006 Schenectady, NY
B George Washington University 2006 Washington, DC
B Arizona State University 2006 Tempe, AZ
B Seattle University 2006 Seattle, WA
B College of Charleston 2006 Charleston, SC
B Florida State University 2006 Tallahassee, FL
B University of Massachusetts 2006 Amherst, MA
B Loyola Marymount University 2006 Los Angeles, CA
B Rochester Institute of Technology 2006 Rochester, NY
B University of Pittsburgh 2006 Pittsburgh, PA
B University of Tennessee 2006 Knoxville, TN
B Seton Hall University 2006 South Orange, NJ
B Barnard College 2006 New York, NY
B Cornell University 2006 Ithaca, NY
B University of Michigan 2006 Ann Arbor, MI
B Texas A & M University 2006 College Station, TX
B Cal State - Northridge 2006 Northridge, CA
B Arizona State University 2007 Tempe, AZ
B College of Charleston 2007 Charleston, SC
B MIT 2006 Cambridge, MA
B George Washington University 2007 Washington, DC
B Florida State University 2007 Tallahassee, FL
B Caltech 2007 Pasadena, CA
B Cornell University 2007 Ithaca, NY
B University of California, Los Angeles 2006 Los Angeles, CA
B Barnard College 2007 New York, NY
B- New York University 2006 New York, NY
B- Wheaton College (MA) 2006 Norton, MA
B- University of South Florida 2006 Tampa, FL
B- University of Delaware 2007 Newark, DE
B- Ohio State University 2006 Columbus, OH
B- University of California, Berkeley 2006 Berkeley, CA
B- University of Colorado 2007 Boulder, CO
B- Rutgers University - New Brunswick 2006 New Brunswick, NJ
B- Drexel University 2007 Philadelphia, PA
B- UC Santa Cruz 2007 Santa Cruz, CA
B- University of Iowa 2007 Iowa City, IA
B- Rhodes College 2006 Memphis, TN
B- Johns Hopkins University 2007 Baltimore, MD
B- Hofstra University 2006 Hempstead, NY
B- University of South Florida 2007 Tampa, FL
B- Case Western Reserve 2006 Cleveland, OH
B- Hofstra University 2007 Long Island, NY
B- College of Wooster 2006 Wooster, OH
B- Colorado College 2006 Colorado Springs, CO
B- Drexel University 2006 Philadelphia, PA
B- Colorado College 2007 Colorado Springs, CO
B- Yale University 2007 New Haven, CT
B- Fordham University 2006 Bronx, NY
B- University of Kentucky 2006 Lexington, KY
B- Fordham University 2007 Bronx, NY
B- University of Kentucky 2007 Lexington, KY
B- New York University 2007 New York, NY
B- College of Wooster 2007 Wooster, OH
B- Southern Methodist University 2006 Dallas, TX
B- Yale University 2006 New Haven, CT
B- University of Delaware 2006 Newark, DE
B- Skidmore College 2006 Saratoga Springs, NY
B- St. John''s University 2007 Queens, NY
B- Wheaton College 2007 Norton, MA
B- Southern Methodist University 2007 Dallas, TX
B- Skidmore College 2007 Saratoga Springs, NY
B- St Johns University 2006 Jamaica, NY
B- Providence College 2007 Providence, RI
B- Sarah Lawrence College 2007 Bronxville, NY
B- University of California, Santa Cruz 2006 Santa Cruz, CA
B- Sarah Lawrence College 2006 Bronxville, NY
B- Case Western Reserve 2007 Cleveland, OH
B- University of Arizona 2006 Tucson, AZ
B- UC Berkeley 2007 Berkeley, CA
B- University of Arizona 2007 Tucson, AZ
B- University of Iowa 2006 Iowa City, IA
B- Providence College 2006 Providence, RI
B- Northwestern University 2007 Evanston, IL
B- Johns Hopkins University 2006 Baltimore, MD
B- Rhodes College 2007 Memphis, TN
B- Ohio State University 2007 Columbus, OH
B- Northwestern University 2006 Evanston, IL
B- University of Colorado 2006 Boulder, CO
B- Rutgers University 2007 New Brunswick, NJ
C+ University of Pennsylvania 2006 Philadelphia, PA
C+ Syracuse University 2006 Syracuse, NY
C+ Wesleyan University 2007 Middletown, CT
C+ Cal Poly - San Luis Obispo 2006 San Luis Obispo, CA
C+ University of Washington 2007 Seattle, WA
C+ University of Southern California 2006 Los Angeles, CA
C+ Columbia University 2006 New York, NY
C+ Tulane University 2006 New Orleans, LA
C+ University of Southern California 2007 Los Angeles, CA
C+ Brown University 2006 Providence, RI
C+ Syracuse University 2007 Syracuse, NY
C+ Brown University 2007 Providence, RI
C+ Cal Poly 2007 San Luis Obispo, CA
C+ Rollins College 2007 Winter Park, FL
C+ Columbia University 2007 New York, NY
C+ Rollins College 2006 Winter Park, FL
C+ Loyola University Chicago 2007 Chicago, IL
C+ Wesleyan University 2006 Middletown, CT
C+ University of Pennsylvania 2007 Philadelphia, PA
C+ University of Washington 2006 Seattle, WA
C+ University of Oregon 2007 Eugene, OR
C+ University of Oregon 2006 Eugene, OR
C+ Loyola University - Chicago 2006 Chicago, IL
C SUNY Buffalo 2006 Buffalo, NY
C Duke University 2006 Durham, NC
C University at Buffalo 2007 Buffalo, NY
C Duke University 2007 Durham, NC
C Loyola University - New Orleans 2006 New Orleans, LA
C Trinity College Connecticut 2007 Hartford, CT
C Trinity College - Connecticut 2006 Hartford, CT
N/A Untangling the Ivy League 2006 Ivy League
N/A Schools of the South 2006 South
N/A California Colleges 2006 California, CA
N/A New England Colleges 2006 New England
N/A Morehouse College 2006<br>
N/A University at Albany 2007 Albany, NY
N/A University of Pittsburgh 2007 Pittsburgh, PA
N/A Howard University 2006<br>
N/A The Big Book Of Colleges 2007 USA</p>
<p>Do you do any of the following:</p>
<p>A) Walk down dark, unlit alleyways at 3:00AM?
B) Purposely avoid walking down main roads?
C) Refuse to walk with friends or in a group?
D) Plan on not taking advantage of police escorts and programs such as Night Ride so you won't have to walk home alone?
E) Approach a group of suspicious strangers?
F) Do any of the above while very intoxicated?</p>
<p>If you answered yes to any 2 of those above questions, then you're probably going to be a victim of a violent crime here at Maryland.</p>
<p>However, if you travel with friends, stick to the lit roads, and just be smart about things, you'll never have anything to worry about. Since you're a female, this is especially necessary.</p>
<p>Heck, even if you don't do these things, nothing is really going to happen anyway. I've walked home alone at all hours of the night in a drunken stupor all across campus, and nothing has ever happened to me as a result of it. Might I be lucky? Sure. But it's not nearly as bad as people make it out to be. Frat Row is safe, over by College, Knox, and Yale is all safe, and on campus is relatively safe.</p>
<p>thank you BigJ and Cheapseats...</p>
<p>anyone else have any insight??</p>
<p>BigJ is right. Most crime reports occur during the night when someone is drunk or alone. It is not hard to find people to walk with and even then there is night ride. In addition, there are "blue phones" which are located all around campus that allow you to immediately call the police if you feel unsafe. Being the devil's advocate, yes there are crimes that occur during the day, but this is PG county -- not the best in MD. There are much more dangerous places to goto school, but at UMCP, I feel safe. There are also safer places, but these places are usually in some backwater area with nothing to do. I was scared of being robbed when I first came here, but now I feel secure. Don't let this control your college making decision. The better question is: do you like the campus and its programs?</p>
<p>Thankyou everyone......</p>
<p>Honestly Im still scared out of my mind.... not quite as much asI was thanks to all of you alls quick responses...</p>
<p>however studentsreview.com is showing lotsof students talking about how dangerous the school is..</p>
<p>broad daylight shooting, mugging, theft, etc......</p>
<p>I dont know i want to go to a place where i dont feel safe running(im a runner) in broad fdaylight.......</p>
<p>I have a lot of soulsearching to do i guess........</p>
<p>Studentsreview is simply put, full of crap.</p>
<p>Do you have any idea of the number of people on campus during the day? There are tens of thousands of students that attend the University. You're not going to run into any trouble in broad daylight, unless it's in a store. Even then, the only stores you really have to worry about are those when you approach I95 (which is where you have crazies coming in off the interstate). On a nice day, there will literally be hundreds of students just hanging out at the mall. People jog, ride their bikes, whatever. </p>
<p>As for the stats, out of approximately 30,000 students, I've put the probability that this happens to you next to the numbers in []:
Criminal Offenses - On-campus 2003</p>
<p>a. Sex offenses(forcible)-11 [0.037%]</p>
<p>b. Robbery-11 [0.037%]</p>
<p>c. Aggravated assault -23 [0.07%]</p>
<p>d. Burglary-148 [0.49%]</p>
<p>e. Motor vehicle-theft71 [0.24%]</p>
<p>f. Arson-2 [0.007%]</p>
<p>And lets see, SAE (a fraternity) has been kicked off campus (where numerous rapes and drug use used to happen). And I'm betting that a majority of those burglary crimes happened at night because people left their doors open.</p>
<p>The only incident I've ever heard of in regards to broad daylight was a bunch of people jacking a car, who were caught within 2 weeks.</p>
<p>It's true, if you go in either direction away from the University, you start running into some sketchy neighborhoods very quickly. But guess what? Nobody EVER goes to these areas. It's a moot issue.</p>
<p>Hell, I've been held up at gunpoint while working in College Park, and I still feel perfectly safe here. I was working at Alario's Pizzeria (bout a 35-45 minute walk towards I95 from Ellicott Hall) when, to make a long story short, I had a gun put to my head and was told to empy the register. They collected everyone's valuables that were there and took off. Nobody got hurt. This also happened as it was getting dark out. Couple of weeks later, they were caught.</p>
<p>As far as the shooting was concerned, it happened around 2 miles off campus. Here's the link to the actual article:
<a href="http://www.diamondbackonline.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/07/08/44afa3cb1a4ec%5B/url%5D">http://www.diamondbackonline.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/07/08/44afa3cb1a4ec</a>
Which as it looks, was gang-related.
If you're worried about Campus Safety while in "town" (by Wawa, Bentleys, Cornerstone, etc) The buses stop right at Wawas so you don't have to walk anywhere. On top of that, like I said before, you can call Night Ride.</p>
<p>I'm not saying the campus is a haven from all crime, but I am saying that people vastly exaggerate what goes on on the campus.</p>
<p>Thanks Big J You are exactly right.... studentsrev. is totally out of whack. I read some of the information about other schools I know about and almost had to laugh out loud.</p>
<p>drumnrun, feel free to do "a lot of soul-searching", as you put it.... but i don't really see what the issue is. you like UMD. no matter where you are (and certainly not in college park) you are not going to get mugged and/or shot while jogging in broad daylight. so please don't be scared out of your mind.</p>
<p>drumrun, I don't think you're going to have a problem running on campus in the daytime. The UMCP campus is OK, and the very nearby places where some students live off-campus (such as the places Testudo mentioned) are also OK. </p>
<p>The problem lies a bit beyond the campus area. The surrounding community is, well, sort of downscale. You may not feel comfortable there. But you can probably avoid going there as long as you do most of your shopping for clothes and things when you're home.</p>
<p>If you haven't visited UMCP yet, you should come and take a look. You may be pleasantly surprised.</p>