It’s simply not that bad, most of these types of posts are written by people that have never been there. DD is starting her 4th year, lives south of campus in Woodlawn and has had zero issues. She spent today walking her dog in Jackson Park. I’ve ridden the public buses in the area and its a very pleasant crowd. Any big city is going to have crime, but the area around UChicago is really pretty nice and relatively free of crime. Frankly there is no well known University where crime is rampant, it would cease to exist.