<p>Agreed with socal523, the campus itself is VERY safe. DPS does an excellent job of maintaining a visible presence via a fleet of Ford Explorers and Segway chariot scooters. There are also a bunch of those emergency, blue-light “poles” every few hundred feet away, I never once felt in danger on campus.</p>
<p>However, off-campus is very different, especially after sunset/when it’s dark. I would strongly advise staying on campus during the night (if you can help it, stay around the dorms and heavily populated areas… a night walk from Parkside to New/North is not necessarily that safe either, IMO). I had the DPS emergency # first under my “favorites” list as a precaution. </p>
<p>Be street-smart, and you will be fine; we are talking about South Central LA here.</p>