<p>Most housing access is from entryways within quads such as the residential colleges or to an extent, the Old campus. To enter the residential colleges, one must use a key card. Then your entryway has a lock and finally your room/suite has its lock. Theft does occur but it’s relatively rare. Someone stole some money in a jug we had on our fireplace mantle sophomore year. Some buddies had teenagers rummage through their room (they had pretended to be selling candy or something earlier) our freshman year.</p>
<p>The bluelight system are emergency phones placed throughout campus for quick contact w/Yale Police. Oh yeah: no security guards: Yale has its own police force.</p>
<p>I grew up in an urban area so not much of Yale/New Haven scared me. Really, if either of my daughters wanted to attend, I would worry a lick.</p>
<p>In reality, random things can happen anywhere. A friend was assaulted by a complete stranger who attacked her in the middle of well-lit Beinecke Plaza a 7PM with about 50 people walking through. He was mentally disturbed and apprehended by other students. She was injured enough to have to withdraw that semester. But isolated incidents like that don’t color how I choose to live.</p>