DH and I usually go out for our half hourish of exercise (a walk, locally) when he finishes wfh, between 6pm and 7pm daily. As the lockdown has bedded in and the streets have got quieter, it's become a bit unnerving out there. We live in a large city but we often see nobody at all, and the ones we do see often have their faces covered with masks/scarves - we've even seen the odd balaclava. There are very few cars around and in our suburb we've not seen one police officer/car. And if course the shops are mainly closed. We've also been looking at the live traffic cams in our city centre and it looks even eerier there.
I'm not saying we don't feel safe exactly, just that I've realised that safety in numbers is yet another thing I took for granted in the Before Times. I'm constantly on edge when we're out - if someone wanted to commit a crime, the fact that there's nobody about might make it easier for them to do so. It's not so bad in the daytime but towards the evening it feels worse. Hopefully the lighter evenings will help.
Anyone else noticed this?