How can girls who live alone increase their safety?

1. Choose a residence with high safety factor

1. For women living alone, public space and private space are equally important. When renting a house, first evaluate the surrounding living environment. If conditions permit, try to choose a neighborhood with convenient transportation, a living area where people gather, and preferably a police station and security booths nearby, which will greatly increase safety.

2. Try to choose apartments and residential communities instead of commercial buildings and relocated houses. The latter has complicated and uncertain access to personnel and low security. When choosing a girl in an urban village, try to choose a house close to the street instead of a house in a deep alley with a hidden location.

3. Before renting a house, you should carefully understand each entrance and exit of the community, the location of the doorman on duty, the floor and the escape route of the community, and know the location of the safety exits and fire doors.

4. The security system of the community also needs to be taken into consideration, such as whether there is no blind spot coverage, whether there are security guards on duty 24 hours a day, whether it is necessary to swipe a card to enter the door and take the elevator, whether outsiders need to register, etc. Regardless of whether there is danger or not, good security services can improve safety to a certain extent.

5. Safety on the commute should also be taken into consideration to avoid having to pass through unmanned, remote, unlit or even unmonitored sections of road when returning home from get off work.

6. For rental services, you should choose a formal intermediary, and try to choose a large platform with a good reputation. Meet the landlord and sign the contract. Try to maintain a good relationship with your landlord and agent, but don’t reveal too much personal information.

2. Establish a small security system

1. The first thing after moving in is to replace the lock cylinder at the entrance of the house. Choose a C-level lock cylinder with a higher security level. This kind of lock cylinder has a low mutual opening rate. If you want to force the lock to be picked, the inside of the lock cylinder will automatically lock, which is relatively safer.

2. The lock-changing master must register with the public security organ. If it is an electronic lock such as a password lock or fingerprint lock, you must restore it to factory settings before use, clear all fingerprint and password information registered in the system, and then re-register the fingerprint and password. The password should not be a simple combination of numbers. In addition, the password of the lock should be checked and changed regularly.

3. When using electronic locks such as password locks and fingerprint locks, you should pay attention to blocking the password and erase fingerprints promptly after use; replace the battery in time when the battery is low, and understand the emergency of the door lock in advance. The power extraction function prevents you from being locked out because you forget to replace the battery.

4. If you use ordinary door locks, develop the habit of locking the door after entering the house. Before going to bed, you can insert the key into the door lock from inside the house, so that even if the other party has the key, the door lock will still not turn when outside.

5. A door blocker, anti-theft chain or door magnetic alarm can be installed at the door of your home, which not only prevents outsiders from breaking in, but is also compact and portable and can be brought to the hotel. If conditions permit, you can also install video doorbells, smart cameras and other items. It is best to have smart alarm and active defense functions. Once there is an abnormality, you can receive a reminder immediately.

6. Windows are a place where information can easily leak. Change to curtains that are light-blocking and have good confidentiality, and install an anti-theft net or a window safety lock. The former prevents peeping, and the latter prevents bad guys from climbing in.

7. If the distance between the floors of the rented building is narrow, you can install a one-way transparent film on the transparent glass windows to prevent being photographed secretly. Close the curtains and turn on the lights at night, because if the distance between the buildings is small, it is easy to be peeped.

8. Regularly check whether there are hidden bugs and pinhole cameras in the room.

9. You can always keep some self-defense tools, preferably lightweight ones that are not easy to hurt yourself, such as anti-wolf spray, pepper spray, electric shock batons, etc. It should be noted that when using spray tools, you must spray them with the wind, otherwise you may hurt yourself.

3. Don’t reveal private information easily

1. When filling in takeout, express delivery, and mailing information, try not to be precise to several levels and households. Do not fill in your real name. You can use masculine characters. Nick name.

2. Try to choose contactless delivery for takeout and express delivery, and it is best to place them at centralized points.

3. When throwing away express boxes, delivery orders, or takeout orders, remember to cross out your name, address, and contact information first.

4. Instead of hanging your underwear directly outside the window, you can hang a few pieces of men's clothing on the balcony from time to time, and put a pair of old men's slippers at the door.

5. Remember to turn off positioning when posting photos and audio on social platforms, and do not reveal your residential address in the content.

6. Clean up strange notes and symbols left at the door of your home in a timely manner, as well as advertisements, flyers and utility bills.

7. When making a phone call in an elevator, do not reveal personal privacy information such as your residential address and property information during the call.

4. Maintain good interpersonal relationships

1. Good interpersonal relationships are also an important guarantee for helping people maintain their own safety system. Maintain a good relationship with the gatekeepers, property management and cleaning staff of the community, but you should also pay attention to maintaining an appropriate distance and do not easily disclose information that you live alone.

2. When communicating with door-to-door service personnel, try to have a good attitude, try to find someone to accompany you, and try not to close the door.

3. Try to avoid conflicts with taxi drivers, couriers, and takeaways, especially unnecessary conflicts and squabbles.

4. Do not bring random people to your residence, such as friends and colleagues you have just met. Many vicious incidents happen between acquaintances.

5. If you are going to be away for a long time, you can give the keys to a trusted friend and ask them to help you check on the condition of your home regularly.

6. Ask friends of the opposite sex to record some audio of daily chats. For example, "When will you be back?" "Do I need to pick you up?" etc., put them out in the taxi or elevator at night.

7. Set up alarm assistance and emergency contacts to make your mobile phone useful at critical moments. An emergency contact can be your nearest friend who is available at all times. You can design some secret codes with your friends that only two people can understand. If something happens, the other party will be able to sense it immediately.

8. Keep the contact information of the community gatekeeper and the area police. If necessary, they may be the fastest people to rush to the scene.

5. Be vigilant when walking alone

1. When walking or running alone, try not to lower your head to play with mobile phones or listen to music with headphones on. Pay attention to the surrounding environment and look back from time to time. .

2. If you feel that you are being followed by a suspicious person, firstly, you can temporarily hide in a convenience store or other places and explain the situation to the store owner; secondly, walk to the nearest well-lit place, go to a crowded place, and Call the police.

3. When entering the gate of a community or building, try to wait until the door is completely closed before leaving.

4. If you find a strange male traveling with you, try to stand under the light or somewhere where you can call someone, stop and wait for the other person to pass by, and make sure it is safe before leaving.

5. When there are few people waiting for the elevator late at night, if the elevator is full of men, or if you find someone who has drunk too much, you can pretend to wait for someone and wait for the next one.

6. When taking the elevator, choose a location and stand within the monitoring range. The ideal position is to stand sideways next to the elevator button. In this way, you can see the overall situation in the elevator, without leaving your back to others, and will not hinder others from getting on and off the elevator. You can run out as soon as possible in case of danger. And with surveillance around, most bad guys don't dare to act rashly. If something goes wrong, it will be well documented.

7. When taking the elevator, be the last person to press the floor button. It is best to observe and remember the floor to which the elevator rider is going. This will prevent others from knowing where you are going in advance. In addition, if someone reaches the key floor but does not get off the elevator, be alert.