Provost Lee's response to the protest outside her house

[Mwfan1921]

@BrianBoiler

@Happytimes2001

My kid was talking about applying to UC, after looking at the stats of violence on campus, it came off the list. Perhaps, some parents/kids are willing to take the risk of being a victim but other parents/kids will make the call that there are many colleges where crime isn’t as much of an issue.
Sounds like they have a good police force in place. But also sounds like that are an oasis, surrounded by a very violent city.
You would think the University would work hard to maintain a police force that protects their “clients”, the students.
Seems like this is an issue for many top schools. And given the current climate, I think it’s likely to get much more dangerous for all.

Really, is it that bad? Can you post the violent crime stats on campus and how they compare with your kid’s ultimate landing spot? To be honest, I’ve been getting the UCPD emails everyday for 2 1/2 years now and can’t remember the last violent crime on campus. There was one instance where some kids knocked off a GameStop about 30 blocks south of campus and a merry chase lead them onto campus, but no violent crime occurred on campus itself. My students older brother went to UMD and there was much more chatter on the email alerts there than at UChicago.

The problem with drive-by posts like this is that they offer up a snippet of truth. Then other legitimately concerned person reads it and all of a sudden. Hyde Park is unsafe. Please do the research or back your post up with facts.

We don’t have to rely on our memories for campus crime information, as all colleges must report this information annually in the Clery Report. This report is publically available on each college’s website.

People might differ in which crimes they define as ‘violent’, but U Chicago’s 2019 Clery report lists 85 crimes from 2018 that I would call violent (aggravated assault, domestic violence, murder/manslaughter, sex offenses forcible, rape, fondling). I did not include robbery, motor vehicle theft, stalking in that number. https://safety-security.uchicago.edu/clery_act_reporting/annual_security_report/

I have no skin in the game at UC, just sharing facts. It is easy to compare crime rates (as well as drinking/drug violations) at schools using this information, of course, one must take into account the size of the student populations to make the comparisons accurate.