Walking home alone
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Comments from students...
Walking home alone is something you should never do! Preston is relatively safe, but like everywhere in Britain it has its opportunist criminals – so don’t give them the opportunity – just because you are a student does not mean you are invincible!
“A lot of the time last year and sometimes this year, I’ve walked home from ‘Squires’ to ‘Moor Lane’ on my own. Even when I walked back with my mates because, last year we didn’t get taxis. At ‘The Adelphi’ roundabout they would all leave to go back towards Roeburn and I was the only one in ‘Moor Lane’, so I used to walk home alone. Until anything happens to you, I don’t think you take it into account that you are putting yourself in danger.”
“Me and my friend used to go to ‘Source’. The two of us would get absolutely wasted. She lived in Whitendale, I lived in Roeburn and we’d stand outside the door and say ‘we’ll ring each other in a few minutes’, then we’d run home to our halls and then we’d ring each other.”
“It’s about knowing the dangers. I always take a route home where there is room to run away if I’m stuck in a tight corner. I’ve done self-defence classes and I don’t know if I could take someone, but I know that I would stand a chance. Knowing that kind of stuff can be really useful - and being assertive about it”.
“If you look like you know what you’re doing then you’re fine, but if you’re walking around looking all meek then you look like a target.”
“Me and my best mate, in the third year, used to go out and get drunk all the time. We lived by the docks. We’d walk from town and we had no money, because we’d spent it getting drunk. We’d walk all the way back from the docks at 3 or 4am. On reflection, it was a stupid thing to do. I do agree that if you walk around with confidence, then you’re less of a target.”
Note from the TAG Team - Looking confident when alone does not guarantee safety! Don’t walk home alone, and don’t abandon your friends! If for any reason you do find yourself walking alone phone ampus Security on 01772 8692068 and folow the preferred route home - it mes they can keep an eyeon you on the CCTV!
