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AmherstAlum has pretty much nailed it from what I have seen. My daughter, who will be returning to Lafayette for her sophomore year in August, spent a lot of time walking around the Lafayette campus and surrounding College Hill community in the evening and never reported a problem. She and her friends also regularly walked to the downtown area to shop, check out the Farmers' Market and to catch a bus to Manhattan on several occasions. My wife and I also took a number of evening walks around College Hill when staying at the Lafayette Inn for visits and never experienced anything we wouldn't strolling around Rhinebeck or Saratoga at night. I think LC is quite safe as long as you take the same precautions you would in any urban area. One of those precautions is to stay out of the west ward and the neighborhood south of downtown if you are walking alone or after dark.
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