What is New Haven Really Like?
Even if you go “some distance off-campus at night alone,” you are still very unlikely to be mugged. If you went wandering, it is much more likely that you would be stopped by the police or by a local resident, who would ask you if you were lost. Sure there are a few areas about 2 miles from the Yale campus that you might want to avoid between 9pm and 3am at night because of drug or prostitution activity (mostly because they would be unpleasant, not necessarily dangerous), but that’s true of any town of more than 10,000 people. All that said, yes you can reduce your risk if you are familiar with your neighborhood and take precautions like staying aware of your surroundings and not walking alone in places/times where nobody else is around. This is true of any city, town, village or rural area. You definitely have to lock your bike very well (or even keep it inside if you don’t know how to do this), but that’s true of any city. A city with bike theft is actually a good sign because that m
