Crime Prevention

Personal Safety

  • Have a safety plan, plan your day, look at your transport needs, ensure that someone will know when you are overdue travelling home.
  • Keep alert for the unexpected.
  • Keep your mind on what is happening around you.
  • Don't take unnecessary chances.
  • Walk confidently.
  • Know where you are going.
  • Walk in groups of two or more after dark.
  • Stay in well lit areas and keep to well constructed paths.
  • Carry a personal alarm or be prepared to scream and shout if attacked.

 

 

How to avoid being assaulted or being the victim of a robbery

 

 

Last reviewed: 5 December, 2006