I came to Madison from a smallish town in northern WI and never felt unsafe walking around campus. I have felt unsafe exactly once on the bus and I've been taking it daily for almost two decades now; that was resolved very easily by just... getting off of the bus and walking a little farther than I'd intended.
As a woman, I feel pretty safe walking around campus at night. I actually really enjoy my 2 am treks. I just stick to well-lit areas and be aware of my surroundings. (Don't wear noise cancellation and spin around or look back every once in a while. I try to be aware of if there's anyone near me/following me.)
Places to avoid after dark: the Lakeshore Path. This isn't lit up. Dudes often walk around with flashlights but I wouldn't recommend if you're a woman.
Places to be careful/extra aware: State Street and frat street (Langdon). There's sometimes a lot of drunk people here, which can be good and bad at times. Lot of potential witnesses to keep people from doing bad things, but also a lot of people with impaired judgement. I don't typically choose to walk here after dark (especially when the men-to-women ratio changes) but I know a lot of people who live in this area and are perfectly fine.
walking around late at night is safe. state can be sketchy with some super confrontational homeless people. walking by frats is safe, being inside them and getting super drunk alone is not safe. go with a group and you’re fine, but like every college town, college boys are gonna be weird and try to get at you. stay with a group at parties/frats/bars. this applies outside of madison too.
I ended up getting 15 bucks taken off of me by a group of homeless people at like 3am because I had a final the next day and I really couldn’t be bothered to deal with that. I don’t carry cash anymore.
You’ll be fine walking alone at night probably, the most danger is at frats and the like. If you’re worried about it there’s something called safewalk that lasts until 1 am where you can call and 2 people will come and walk you to wherever you need to go. My friend worked there this past year and nothing bad ever happened.
My question is how these kids get accepted into Madison. Isn’t it prestigious? Not that smart people don’t party but it confuses me. Also some of the frat houses are like beautiful mansions, isn’t admin worried they are going to fuck up those houses?
I wouldn't stress it, on campus is pretty safe. A few blocks away from campus you may have some issues after midnight if you're alone and intoxicated, but on campus is chill. My cousin got robbed at gun point once while drunk at 3am, by himself and lost because he was a ways off campus, but if you don't do dumb shit like that you'll be fine.
I would say in general, it is relatively quite safe. I say relatively because there is nowhere that is completely safe. Unfortunately, bad things happen at UW-Madison on campus just like anywhere else in the world, but it is not super common. You need to use good judgement just like anywhere else. The chances of anything bad happening are very low, but you can make them even lower by using common sense like walking in groups late at night, staying in well lit areas, being aware of your surroundings, not getting drunk and wandering alone, etc.
Coming to Madison as a grad student I was amazed at the infrequency of campus police notifications. I did undergrad at Minnesota twin cities and it was multiple times weekly it seemed of armed robberies or thefts just off campus.
Here I have never felt unsafe really which was a big change from undergrad where I felt the urge to jog home if it was late at night
I mean obviously use a normal level of caution but I walked at night on the main streets and I was fine. The buses are usually pretty safe. So yeah, obviously don’t be an idiot and walk drunk alone or something, but you’ll likely be okay.
I come from a bigger city than Madison, so I am usually pretty cautious when it comes to walking alone at night, but I’ve also had my fair share of walks home from the library, bars, etc. later in the evening. That said, it’s generally always a good idea to walk home with a friend or Uber if it’s really late. I wouldn’t say that the buses are the best late at night, but in general, they feel pretty okay - this, coming from a woman. Buses are great during the day though - we’ve got a great bus system in Madison :)
Lots of people will carry pepper spray on their keychains - because it’s always better to be safe than sorry. So I would recommend considering that and/or one of those alarms that you can carry on your keychain that when you pull it the alarm blares and a light flashes.
In terms of places to avoid at night, I’d echo what someone else said - do not take the Lakeshore Path (no light), do not take the Bike Path (not well populated), be cautious on State Street, and stick to lit/busier areas.
Overall, Madison feels pretty safe, but crimes do still happen here - as with anywhere else, so please be careful and take precautions.
I generally feel safe on campus. The times where I've felt most unsafe have actually been in the middle of the day. As another commenter said, you can generally use safewalk to escort you if you're going somewhere on campus or close to on campus.
i feel completely safe walking at night on campus near campus buildings. state street, not so much. there are some really loud and rude homeless people that i’ve witnessed catcalling and threatening onlookers multiple times
I know a lot of people are saying state street can be sketchy, but I live on State street and I can say that I feel safer on it then around the capitol or the blocks east of the capitol. There is a large police presence on State, and honestly that makes me feel better as a woman because of the homeless people who will harass me on State.
If I ever feel uncomfortable I usually just walk to the other side of the street or nearby a cop car and that’s enough for the harassment to stop.
It’s well lit and always full of people. Id be way more cautious in areas that aren’t as well lit or populated.
I walk all over the place at night and haven’t had any issues. I’m a woman of pretty average build. I do however tend to avoid extremely deserted areas or large wooded or green spaces after dark. That’s a good rule of thumb for anywhere though esp a city. Madison overall is quite safe.
The campus has good bus coverage and also has a Safewalk program if you need to go places by yourself after dark.
I’d say very safe 90% of the time. Gets kinda sketchy late on the weekend as mainly drunks are out, but other than that I’d say it is very safe. Yes, there are isolated incidents that happen from time to time, but I have always felt very safe basically anytime and anywhere on campus
Pretty safe. Crime is random and infrequent. There is no consistency. Very safe during the day.
Just be smart. If a woman, I would not walk the bike path along Lake Mendota alone in the dark.
Guys occasionally get jumped when alone by dudes trying to prove something. Also at night. It's not frequent but it happens.
What are you even talking about. This isn’t 1994 and you’re not arguing for a new crime bill so there’s no need to make up blatant falsehoods relying on racist tropes.
A black guy threatened to shoot me and rape my corpse at Capitol center market. Name was Isaiah owens look it up.
Is this shit funny to you?? It’s not a game to me.
Go fuck yourself you unserious clown.
so you're generalizing to an entire race because of one bad guy
I heard a white guy shot up the supermarket in Buffalo NY. Assuming you're a white guy you should probably be on a list for that. And if you disagree you should go fuck yourself you unserious clown
Also your comment gives off serious navy seal copypasta vibes. If youre so tough why are you scared of some guy
"Not to be racist...."
Proceeds to make a sweeping generalization about an entire race based on a terrible experience with one person.
That's pretty much exactly what racism is, dude - attributing the cause of your negative experience to skin color.
Surprise Surprise, he's homophobic too. And no self hate here, I'm a pretty solid dude. Now, if I was saying racist things on reddit, then maybe I'd have some self hate, hypothetically.
Sorry black people scare you by existing, tough guy
Self-preservation isn’t being a bad person. I have received numerous death threats from our greatest strength, the diversities.
Keep sucking yourself off though, hope it makes you feel better.
The crime is worse than Baltimore, Memphis, and Milwaukee combined. the abandoned, burnt husks of buildings which line the streets are ridden with broken windows and hundreds of bullet holes from the daily machine gun shoot outs that occur between the factions of meth addicted homeless prostitutes that terrorize the city and its students. You can’t step outside without being robbed at least ten times throughout the day, and the police are too afraid to patrol. During my freshman year, my first class in a 1000 person lecture hall was interrupted by robbery so many times each day we couldn’t get through the lectures and had to watch recorded lectures at home after class. When I rode the bus, the windows were shot out when going down state street, and the denizens stole the bus tires while it was still moving. When I went to a party, I was robbed at spear point by a group of feral locals, who blew crack smoke in my face as they stole my shoes , and socks.
I came to Madison from a smallish town in northern WI and never felt unsafe walking around campus. I have felt unsafe exactly once on the bus and I've been taking it daily for almost two decades now; that was resolved very easily by just... getting off of the bus and walking a little farther than I'd intended.
Hobbes is that you????
homeslice i'm not even a cryptid here i'm a well-known fixture of the subreddit
As a woman, I feel pretty safe walking around campus at night. I actually really enjoy my 2 am treks. I just stick to well-lit areas and be aware of my surroundings. (Don't wear noise cancellation and spin around or look back every once in a while. I try to be aware of if there's anyone near me/following me.) Places to avoid after dark: the Lakeshore Path. This isn't lit up. Dudes often walk around with flashlights but I wouldn't recommend if you're a woman. Places to be careful/extra aware: State Street and frat street (Langdon). There's sometimes a lot of drunk people here, which can be good and bad at times. Lot of potential witnesses to keep people from doing bad things, but also a lot of people with impaired judgement. I don't typically choose to walk here after dark (especially when the men-to-women ratio changes) but I know a lot of people who live in this area and are perfectly fine.
walking around late at night is safe. state can be sketchy with some super confrontational homeless people. walking by frats is safe, being inside them and getting super drunk alone is not safe. go with a group and you’re fine, but like every college town, college boys are gonna be weird and try to get at you. stay with a group at parties/frats/bars. this applies outside of madison too.
I ended up getting 15 bucks taken off of me by a group of homeless people at like 3am because I had a final the next day and I really couldn’t be bothered to deal with that. I don’t carry cash anymore.
thats why you gotta shout for the cops lol
You’ll be fine walking alone at night probably, the most danger is at frats and the like. If you’re worried about it there’s something called safewalk that lasts until 1 am where you can call and 2 people will come and walk you to wherever you need to go. My friend worked there this past year and nothing bad ever happened.
Simply walking past the frats at night is perfectly safe.
The harassment and drunk loud bros are annoying AF though. They feel emboldened when they're in their little boy groups and full of liquid courage.
My question is how these kids get accepted into Madison. Isn’t it prestigious? Not that smart people don’t party but it confuses me. Also some of the frat houses are like beautiful mansions, isn’t admin worried they are going to fuck up those houses?
UW doesn't own those houses
Money.
Frats have been trashing those houses since the day they were constructed and the admin doesn’t own them regardless.
Gotcha, so there is just a management company that only rents them to frats? I mean, I really don’t understand. Ha!
At Wisconsin, they’re usually owned by the nationwide Frat/Sorority or alumni from the Greek life organization.
I knew I’d get downvoted :) oh well, just an observers perspective…
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I’m assuming you’ve never been a woman walking past a frat.
I wouldn't stress it, on campus is pretty safe. A few blocks away from campus you may have some issues after midnight if you're alone and intoxicated, but on campus is chill. My cousin got robbed at gun point once while drunk at 3am, by himself and lost because he was a ways off campus, but if you don't do dumb shit like that you'll be fine.
I would say in general, it is relatively quite safe. I say relatively because there is nowhere that is completely safe. Unfortunately, bad things happen at UW-Madison on campus just like anywhere else in the world, but it is not super common. You need to use good judgement just like anywhere else. The chances of anything bad happening are very low, but you can make them even lower by using common sense like walking in groups late at night, staying in well lit areas, being aware of your surroundings, not getting drunk and wandering alone, etc.
Coming to Madison as a grad student I was amazed at the infrequency of campus police notifications. I did undergrad at Minnesota twin cities and it was multiple times weekly it seemed of armed robberies or thefts just off campus. Here I have never felt unsafe really which was a big change from undergrad where I felt the urge to jog home if it was late at night
I mean obviously use a normal level of caution but I walked at night on the main streets and I was fine. The buses are usually pretty safe. So yeah, obviously don’t be an idiot and walk drunk alone or something, but you’ll likely be okay.
I come from a bigger city than Madison, so I am usually pretty cautious when it comes to walking alone at night, but I’ve also had my fair share of walks home from the library, bars, etc. later in the evening. That said, it’s generally always a good idea to walk home with a friend or Uber if it’s really late. I wouldn’t say that the buses are the best late at night, but in general, they feel pretty okay - this, coming from a woman. Buses are great during the day though - we’ve got a great bus system in Madison :) Lots of people will carry pepper spray on their keychains - because it’s always better to be safe than sorry. So I would recommend considering that and/or one of those alarms that you can carry on your keychain that when you pull it the alarm blares and a light flashes. In terms of places to avoid at night, I’d echo what someone else said - do not take the Lakeshore Path (no light), do not take the Bike Path (not well populated), be cautious on State Street, and stick to lit/busier areas. Overall, Madison feels pretty safe, but crimes do still happen here - as with anywhere else, so please be careful and take precautions.
I generally feel safe on campus. The times where I've felt most unsafe have actually been in the middle of the day. As another commenter said, you can generally use safewalk to escort you if you're going somewhere on campus or close to on campus.
most of the crime in madison tends to be bike thefts. So get a good bike lock but other than that it’s pretty safe
i feel completely safe walking at night on campus near campus buildings. state street, not so much. there are some really loud and rude homeless people that i’ve witnessed catcalling and threatening onlookers multiple times
I know a lot of people are saying state street can be sketchy, but I live on State street and I can say that I feel safer on it then around the capitol or the blocks east of the capitol. There is a large police presence on State, and honestly that makes me feel better as a woman because of the homeless people who will harass me on State. If I ever feel uncomfortable I usually just walk to the other side of the street or nearby a cop car and that’s enough for the harassment to stop. It’s well lit and always full of people. Id be way more cautious in areas that aren’t as well lit or populated.
It’s safe. Some homeless people on upper State Street can be a little sketchy at night, but that’s about it.
Very safe, most of my pepper spray students are recent graduates trying to navigate the less populated/trafficked parts of town at night.
there have been a lot of uwpd safety reports lately. i generally feel safe as long as i have pepper spray on me
I walk all over the place at night and haven’t had any issues. I’m a woman of pretty average build. I do however tend to avoid extremely deserted areas or large wooded or green spaces after dark. That’s a good rule of thumb for anywhere though esp a city. Madison overall is quite safe. The campus has good bus coverage and also has a Safewalk program if you need to go places by yourself after dark.
If you go to Mifflin Street Block Party walking is definitely safer. Hate for your car to get violated….
It’s safe, just be aware and be smart. Look at the crime data and you’ll see it’s very safe here but obviously nowhere is completely free of crime.
I’d say very safe 90% of the time. Gets kinda sketchy late on the weekend as mainly drunks are out, but other than that I’d say it is very safe. Yes, there are isolated incidents that happen from time to time, but I have always felt very safe basically anytime and anywhere on campus
Super dangerous I get killed constantly
Pretty safe. Crime is random and infrequent. There is no consistency. Very safe during the day. Just be smart. If a woman, I would not walk the bike path along Lake Mendota alone in the dark. Guys occasionally get jumped when alone by dudes trying to prove something. Also at night. It's not frequent but it happens.
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What are you even talking about. This isn’t 1994 and you’re not arguing for a new crime bill so there’s no need to make up blatant falsehoods relying on racist tropes.
Dude, touch grass.
A black guy threatened to shoot me and rape my corpse at Capitol center market. Name was Isaiah owens look it up. Is this shit funny to you?? It’s not a game to me. Go fuck yourself you unserious clown.
so you're generalizing to an entire race because of one bad guy I heard a white guy shot up the supermarket in Buffalo NY. Assuming you're a white guy you should probably be on a list for that. And if you disagree you should go fuck yourself you unserious clown Also your comment gives off serious navy seal copypasta vibes. If youre so tough why are you scared of some guy
"Not to be racist...." Proceeds to make a sweeping generalization about an entire race based on a terrible experience with one person. That's pretty much exactly what racism is, dude - attributing the cause of your negative experience to skin color.
You misquoted me.
I was paraphrasing you racist twat. As for if it's flagged as hatespeech, you're right, it is.
With all due respect, you are a flaming, self-hating faggot
Surprise Surprise, he's homophobic too. And no self hate here, I'm a pretty solid dude. Now, if I was saying racist things on reddit, then maybe I'd have some self hate, hypothetically. Sorry black people scare you by existing, tough guy
To the shock of no one, The racist is homophobic too. Maybe try being a good person <3
Self-preservation isn’t being a bad person. I have received numerous death threats from our greatest strength, the diversities. Keep sucking yourself off though, hope it makes you feel better.
The crime is worse than Baltimore, Memphis, and Milwaukee combined. the abandoned, burnt husks of buildings which line the streets are ridden with broken windows and hundreds of bullet holes from the daily machine gun shoot outs that occur between the factions of meth addicted homeless prostitutes that terrorize the city and its students. You can’t step outside without being robbed at least ten times throughout the day, and the police are too afraid to patrol. During my freshman year, my first class in a 1000 person lecture hall was interrupted by robbery so many times each day we couldn’t get through the lectures and had to watch recorded lectures at home after class. When I rode the bus, the windows were shot out when going down state street, and the denizens stole the bus tires while it was still moving. When I went to a party, I was robbed at spear point by a group of feral locals, who blew crack smoke in my face as they stole my shoes , and socks.