USC literally tells its students not to walk around alone at night and has a LiveSafe app which "has a useful SafeWalk function that allows friends to monitor each other when someone is en route to a destination" - https://safety.usc.edu/tips/
Being an institution with thousands of students, I'd trust their take more than your random anecdote.
Being an institution with thousands of students, I'd trust their take more than your random anecdote.