Safe Nights Out

Planning ahead and following a few sensible safety tips can help you enjoy your nights out without becoming a victim of crime.

Plan your transport home

• Make sure you keep enough cash for your journey home.
• Find out when the last train or bus is, book a taxi or lift before you go out, or have someone with you to wait at a taxi rank manned by taxi marshalls.
• If your pre-ordered taxi turns up, check it’s an official car from the company you booked with.  Have a back-up plan.  Don't accept a lift from cruising cabs.

Remember safety in numbers

• Stick with your mates – even if it means things take longer
• If possible, travel home with a friend

Avoid isolated areas.

• Don’t take short cuts through alleys or parks or across waste ground or even through quiet streets in the city centre. 
• Keep to well-lit busy walkways where places are still open.  Make sure you face the traffic as you walk.

Keep your mobile handy

• Double check your mobile is charged and has credit.  Store it somewhere secure and keep checking you have it.

Keep an eye on your bag

• Don't leave bags unattended - keep them where they can be seen

Stay in control of your drinking

• Never accept a drink from someone you don’t know.  Don’t leave your drink unattended.
• If the drink is going to your head, have a glass of water as a spacer rather than a chaser.
• If you feel excessively drunk after a small amount of alcohol, seek help from a trusted friend or a member of the club or pub management.  Get to a place of safety as soon as possible.

Get your keys out

• Have your keys ready when approaching your car or house at the end of the night. 

Text your friends

• Arrange texts with your pals so you can let each other know you’ve got home safely.

And finally...

• If you wake up bleary eyed, remember what you had to drink – make sure you’re safe to drive.