Clery Report is the best basis to compare. Of course, you might be more worried about certain crimes based on several factors.
Robbery is hardly the same crime as murder. But, everyone will base their criteria on various things. Personally, I wouldn’t have my kids skip a school unless the violent crime rate was super high ( murder and rape being the criterion we’d use, robberies aren’t pretty but they are common in many American cities so we’d be less worried about them than other violent crimes).
This is another good site to see what crime looks like broken down by neighborhood. The demographics for the area and for the city as a whole aren’t that inspiring. There are multiple red flag on this site pertaining to the area. https://www.neighborhoodscout.com/il/chicago/crime
The DOE website presents the data in a couple of ways. One is actual numbers which will match the Clery report. The other is to normalize by dividing by the total number of enrolled students on campus, a number also provided. For the University of Chicago that was approximately 17,000 students in 2018. Penn and Columbia are larger. When you select the university, you can actually choose which campus you want to include. Some universities will have campuses in several locations. I stuck to the data relating to the main campus for all the universities presented above.
Murder and rape are pretty common in many American cities as well, fyi. In Hyde Park, including near the university, robberies/muggings are one of the most common of violent crimes so they really should be included in your assessment. And they happen off campus, usually with a weapon shown or implied. Reported rapes are primarily on-campus offenses and a good number are found to happen in conjunction with much drinking and even a disputation of facts. Not trying to dismiss the crime here, but it’s not the same thing as a mugging. Muggings happen where I used to live in the Golden Rectangle, where my kids live now (near 53rd) and many other places around Hyde Park. We know people who have been mugged. Sometimes it’s not even reported if the perp didn’t actually grab anything. So, having lived there myself once, and having kids living there now (three in a couple of weeks once my son returns), that would be my primary worry.
This site is simply incorrect as it lists the UChicago quads as equivalently dangerous to Englewood. It must be pulling data from across Washington Park and applying it to the blocks east of Cottage Grove. It should be shaded similarly to the two sections to the immediate east. Incidentally, those sections are shaded a bit lighter than my kids' section of Hyde Park - and lighter than my brother's area up north around Lincoln Square (with its million dollar rehabbed houses). So go figure. Of course, some may simply not like Chicago or the "demographics" of the area. UChicago isn't for everyone.