pomona crime rate

princessbell
Thu, 05 Mar 2009 21:50:19 +0000

seriously, claremont is obviously a very wealthy area if you’ve ever been there, and most of the crime listed above is student-on-student, something that can happen at any college and something that is very easy to prevent. it seems like it’s not really crime that is a problem as the temptation of people leaving their stuff completely unlocked and out in the open. and when i was there, my tour guide/students described bike thefts as “bike borrowing”, i.e. someone takes your bike, rides it in an emergency, and leaves it halfway across campus. people are probably reporting these things as thefts simply because there are a crapload of bikes on campus times five campuses and it might be hard to find a missing bike simply through observation.

i didn’t see a single homeless person, sketchy townie, or anything remotely creepy or out of the ordinary while i was there. in my opinion, i’d rather be at a school where theft is a problem rather than one where rapings and muggings occur. it seems that pomona students are a little too trusting, and it would be a safe campus if people would take the time to just lock up their stuff. and in general, college kids are notriously stupid. they think they’re invincible and free and do a lot of dumb things.

on a side note, not to anyone in particular, I always wonder who these parents are that worry about “campus safety.” honestly, the world is an unsafe place. how long must one hide their kids in these “safe” utopias of low crime? I sort of understand not wanting to send a kid from westchester to some super large state university in a metropolis where rapings are common etc, but worrying about sending your kid to wealth-ridden suburbia because of a few thefts? there are general rules about safety that honestly, you’d think everyone would learn by age 18, but after meeting kids from all different areas and lifestyles at various programs, only kids who live in or frequenty large cities learn. don’t walk alone at night. don’t leave your stuff unprotected. don’t carry a lot of money/credit cards/identification in an expensive looking purse while walking down a sketchy street. don’t wear an outfit that makes you look like “you’re asking for it”. don’t get too drunk at a party where you don’t know many people. preferably, don’t get drunk at all. these things will keep you a lot safer than using statistics and anecdotes to try to find the safest schools.