University of Washington
- Health & Safety

Safe

The campus is generally pretty safe. There are emergency towers located around campus where you can press a button to call for help. If you are afraid to walk home late at night, there's a night walk service where a security guard who works at UW who will walk or drive you back to your dorm or apartment, so long as it is within a mile from the campus. Normally, there are students walking around late at night due to late-night studying sessions at the library so it feels safe.

Extremely Safe, but Close to a Sketch Part of Town

The UW campus is very safe. I'm a girl and I walk through it alone at night all the time, where things get a little bit scary are The Ave and The Burke Gilman Trail. The Ave is THE place to go for food and entertainment, but it's full of pretty sketchy people at night. There are crazies, and sometimes robberies. But if you're in a group it's fine. The Burke-Gilman is a trail that everyone uses to get from place to place in this part of the city. I've been on it alone at night and been fine, but my friends always warn me against it. There are always night walk and night ride services that you can use through the university if you aren't feeling safe. So overall, they do a great job here.

Lots of Muggings

I'm a guy and even I don't feel completely safe. Campus itself is fairly safe but the surrounding streets are not particularly safe. We get emails from campus police every time there is a particularly nasty incident and I get a lot of those emails. Even bank robberies, usually of 20-30-year-olds so most likely college students themselves.