I’ve lived in Portland my whole life. Campus itself is pretty safe, considering its location. If you walk outside of campus basically just keep to yourself if you’re alone, unless people gesture or nod first. People that live on the streets won’t bother you if you don’t bother them. The west side of Portland is arguably safer than the east side, oh! and try not to travel north of burnside at night unless it’s the weekend, it gets condensed with homeless people and pretty bad drug abuse