With thousands of students heading home this weekend (some as early as Thursday), you have to be questioning the safety of the campus housing community. There seems to be something appealing about the broughdale/sunset/university strip of housing that calls to criminals. These communities will be empty with the allure of laptops/big screen TVs/video game systems all at the disposal.
In the past, I've heard horror stories of criminals actually living in these houses for days on end. In addition, students returning to find back doors or windows broken, and everything gone.
However, Campus Police/the Safe Campus Community initiative claim you have nothing to worry about. Campus Community Police reported at the beginning of this year that campus break-ins and robbery are at an all time low. With only 30 break and enters over last year, the initiative seems to be holding strong.
Is your house safe this weekend? Will criminals just start to pick new areas of the London community to break into? Furthermore, with such a large, spread out community, can campus police actually, properly moderate the campus community?
Come Monday we will know for certain. In the meantime - LOCK UP and have a great weekend!
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
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I live on Central. Out of the 5 roommates, 3 of them were home and some robber walked right into my house, took my knapsack (with text books) my laptop, my ipod and cell phone. You gotta be reaaal careful! this wasn't even during the holidays. AND 3 ROOMMATES WERE HOME!!!
ReplyDeleteI find that London, especially around student housing, needs a lot of protection. The police should be patrolling student housing areas all weekend for potential robbers. I am really worried my house will get broken into. It’s not a relaxing weekend, when all you’re worrying about is, is my TV still where I left it? Is my iPod still attached to my alarm clock? Do I even have an alarm clock still? Unfortunately, break-ins happen, even with people in them. London police and local Londoners just need to keep their eyes open for any suspicious people.
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