<p>Property crime is a problem, so please don’t be like my S & leave your wallet & cell phone on the campus gym bench, unattended. Otherwise, he has not mentioned any safety issues in his two years of attending USC. The campus IS in an lower-income urban area, so if treated as such, there should not be a problem–safety in numbers when off campus, particularly at night. During the day, the campus has LOTS of people all over it and should not pose any dangers.</p>