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Old 02-12-2010, 09:18 AM
 
Location: Chicago
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IDK, am I the only one wanting stats regarding actual crimes against people? where are the stats for colleges w/ the highest murder rates? attempted murder? rapes? attempted rapes? assault? murder, assault, and rape are the big 3 in my mind when it comes to crime and safety. sure it's nice to know about property crimes, but I'd be more concerned about my physical well being and if I had college aged kids, would likely avoid any campus that had a high rate of rapes, shootings, etc. these are the stats I'm really looking for
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Old 02-12-2010, 09:49 AM
 
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eevee, this site might help Campus Security Data Analysis Cutting Tool Website
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Old 02-12-2010, 09:56 AM
 
Location: New York, NY
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One year my college was listed as #1 for grand theft auto. Turns out they included the number of times students stole golf carts to joy ride around campus. Clearly, it was a dangerous place.
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Old 02-12-2010, 10:00 AM
 
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dominos quit delivering to my campus for a while - some idiot driver left his car running while delivering a pizza into the dorms

usually not a quick process as security will hold you up entering the dorm, the students need to get their money together, select who needs to actually go down and get it, etc

he wasn't watching his vehicle and it was stolen

pretty urban campus in an area where this type of stuff happens

don't know if it was a student or a local - but stupid none the less
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Old 02-12-2010, 10:02 AM
 
Location: An absurd world.
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My friend goes to UC Santa Barbara and he's always complaining about all the crime there. He's had a gun stuck in his face two times.
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Old 02-12-2010, 02:59 PM
 
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Austin and UT Austin are both crap. But the problem is with drugs and I'm pretty sure those crimes go unreported and un-investigated.

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The only thing that surprises me on that list is Austin. I thought it was relatively safe, for a medium-sized city.
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Old 02-12-2010, 03:50 PM
 
Location: Chicago
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thanks, but I'm just thinking that it's silly for all these sites to have these sort of polls when it's not the type of crime most people are really worried about. are they afraid to point out the fact that a certain university had X number of murders or rapes cause it'll make the school look bad?
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Old 02-22-2010, 12:50 AM
 
Location: Telford, TN
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These schools seem to be hotbeds of criminal activity.
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Old 03-22-2010, 06:03 PM
 
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WHAT?! NO GEORGIA TECH?! There have been so many robberies and murders around campus. God I can't even walk across north avenue without worrying about getting shot. So many people complained about the home park house invasions that the Atlanta Police Department had to step in and set up checkpoints around the area.
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