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Students are overwhelmingly satisfied with the level of campus safety. Given the huge size and isolated nature of campus, it is rare that outsiders venture here at night. The police forces are adequate, and they do a good job of patrolling. It is so safe that students feel at ease when walking or biking around late at night. Students may even leave their dorm rooms unlocked without any problems. The only crime that occurs frequently is bike theft. Sometimes—especially during move-in and move-out periods—there can be more serious theft from dorms, including laptops and other expensive electronics, but this is easily avoided by locking your door.

Though often viewed as a bad thing, the Stanford “bubble” phenomenon does create a very safe and secure environment. If you’re at a campus party, you can safely stumble back home. If you’re 21, you don’t even have to worry about carrying alcohol, as the current University policy does not have an open-container rule. It is true that a large number of the blue safety lights have been out of order for a while, but these are rarely used. Chances are, you will have a cell phone anyway. Overall, Stanford has very few big safety problems, so just keep your bike and laptop securely locked, and you probably won’t be the victim of any serious crime at Stanford.

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Donush47

'12

Medical Assistant

5.0

A+

A Fantastic College

Stanford University is a very helpful University . Love the College reccomend to anybody.

Dec 30, 2011

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Coccinelle12

'13

Neuroscience

3.5

B

Safe but Don't Push It

It gets sketchy when it's dark but you just shouldn't wander in non-well lit places alone.

Aug 24, 2011

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kazoow

'11

International Relations and National Security Studies

3.5

B

Nice Area but Open Campus = Some Break-Ins

Even though there are no gates around Stanford's huge campus, it generally feels safe walking around at any hour. Neighboring Palo Alto and Menlo Park are very wealthy, safe, small cities. The few times I felt somewhat unsafe: 1) a middle-aged man got let into my dorm, and he stole the cash out of my wallet (but thankfully nothing else) in my unlocked room; 2) when my coat (with my keys and phone in the pockets) was stolen while I left it on a bench at night, and the campus police said that it was probably an outsider who was wandering around; 3) on several occasions, laptops were stolen from unlocked dorm rooms; 4) at least 2 different "peeping toms" were reported in/near the women's showers in a few of the houses. There is also a surprisingly high rate of sexual assault and "date rape" among the student population, but unfortunately I think that is the norm on college campuses.

Apr 14, 2011

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