Questions about Campus Safety

swimchris
Wed, 22 Feb 2012 10:50:41 +0000

There was a ranking that came out a couple years ago that had NU as #2 for safest campus, but I think the metrics had more to do with preventative stuff and resources for staying safe versus actual amount of crime. I graduated in 2010 and now live on the other side of the Fens. The school is very safe and there are blue lights everywhere even if they did not point them out. I walk and job through the Fens all the time at night and havent had any issues (if i were a girl i wouldnt walk alone at night though). I would say the NU campus is much safer than a lot of the neighborhoods in Boston (namely Allston, which is much more crime-ridden)