Nationally, one third of students are victims of crime in the UK according to

government statistics. Similar figures exist in the USA.

These crimes are mostly theft and burglary.

“ Students are seen as rich pickings for petty criminals who can guarantee

that they will have I phones, MP3 players, lap tops etc…” (Complete

University Guide)

Why is this?

1. First time living away from home.

2. New city that you don’t know that well.

3. University accommodation is rarely in the best part of town.

4. Add alcohol to the mix (20% of the crimes occur in first 3 weeks – Freshers?)

University of British Columbia, Canada

Safe walk service – can arrange personal escorts for

certain walking routes

UBC blue phones – connect to main campus office

immediately

Self defense classes

University of Toronto, Canada

WALKSAFER PROGRAMME

ASK FIRST CAMPAIGN

CAMPUS POLICE

University of Leicester

All Universities have personal safety websites.

Just type in the name of your chosen

Universities followed by personal safety. This

will offer an outline of advice plus useful phone

numbers and services that the University have.

University of

Cardiff, Utrecht and

Queen Mary’s are just

a few that I have seen

Free personal alarms.

Many Universities