What's the latest time you would feel safe being out alone?

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What is the latest time you would feel safe being out alone (without a dog)?

I live in a small ish town which is pretty quiet after 8pm when the local supermarket shuts. A woman was allegedly attacked a few weeks ago at around that time, and since then I've felt uneasy walking in the dark (which is quite early at this time of year), even in built up areas.

On an ideal world it wouldn't be like this but...

I'm always out and about at night any time up to midnight and often in a fairly rough northern town both on the bus and train that I have to travel through to get home. I live in a small but busy town. I have never felt unsafe here either. I used to live in London and would be ambling about at all hours, never felt unsafe. I must not have got the 'fear of the dark memo' I cannot imagine never being out after 4 - what's everyone so afraid of?

Depends where I am. In a city, probably quite late - midnight?

It makes me feel like men should be on a curfew. I know that's extreme but the thought of being able to get home after a meal out without being scared - heavenly,

About 10pm ish I guess if I was walking, no limit if I have my car!

I've worked shifts pretty much all my adult life, so I'm used to coming back from work at 2/3/whatever time in the morning. I've always lived in big cities, and not usually in the "nice" part of them, but I can't say it's something which bothers me at all. Keep your wits about you, as my dad would say, but it would never occur to me to restrict myself to my house after dark.

Kids are walking home from school at 4pm, people are shopping at 4pm, going about their business. It's no quieter or more dangerous because it gets dark earlier. That's a ridiculous way to live life!

I’ve just (7:30pm) walked home from work through two parks. Small city in SE England. I felt quite safe.

I walk back from my
Horses field in the dark quite often from a rural area with few houses for ten mins until the town but it's along a road and I wear a hi vis , if I didn't I couldn't get there and back , I don't take my dogs as I'm busy up there when I'm there.
I have to say oddly I feel safer in the remote part than I ever do in the houses part.
I walk the dogs in the dark but again I don't worry when I'm with them as they bark , could be false bravery but I feel safer knowing they would bite someone if needed

To be fair, the thread title does ask what time you would feel safe being out after dark. Obviously lots of women are out later for all sorts of reasons. They don't feel safe.

I'll go out any time (inner London), but get a bit apprehensive after dark if it's quiet. I try and ignore it.

No time limit. When I lived in London, I’d get a nightbus home at any time, and just take basic precautions, and when I lived in a village, I’d go out for a walk with a head torch in the early hours if I couldn’t sleep, especially if there was a good moon. Never met anyone but a badger or the occasional deer.

I don’t go by the dark, or the time, but the place and culture of it.

There’s danger in the day. Random acid attacks and stabbings come to mind. The night can be lovely and peaceful.

Same here.

I live in a smallish town with low crime. Where I live is a decent area. Probably wouldn't wander about in the rough parts of town.

After dark is no place for a sole female.

Personally, in my town, fine anytime to walk home but will stick to well lit streets and avoid alleyways, parks, canal etc. In bigger cities probably up to midnight. I walked through some unfamiliar parts of Glasgow recently in the evening to get to a hotel and felt a bit weird as even though it was early evening I didn’t know which were ok areas and which weren’t.

I have been thinking about this recently as my teens have to walk home from some evening extra curricular activities now as we are not available to pick them up - mostly between 6 and 7 but on occasion it is 9pm. It is pretty unavoidable if they want to continue activities and I feel they are reasonably savvy - but when it was misty recently I did worry more.

I try to get a taxi if out alone after around 9pm. I walk home from work 30 min so have to walk home in the dark during winter. I have changed my route to avoid a quiet alleyway that goes through a green area and I never walk through parks by myself after dark. I got creeped out the other evening by a guy just hanging out by the alleyway even though he was probably just waiting for someone.

I have stopped walking along one quiet path at anytime of the day after encountering a flasher who was quite aggressive and tried to block my way. This is in a small city that is normally considered quite safe.

Yep, I don't like it either but after being followed years ago I do tend to be indoors early. There are times I do need to be out late but I am in company and that's different. Like a social event for example.

Same! In my 46 years I’ve never felt unsafe because the dark or time of night . I have sometimes made a judgment because of a certain area and got a cab rather than walking. Can’t imagine having blanket rules on being out alone. I live rurally so very happy walking anywhere. Maybe I’d feel differently in a city.

Sole females can do what they like.

I have no curfew.

I cannot imagine being so restricted by the daylight.

In my village 10/11pm.
Town centre 6pm

Town where I live 10/11pm but would depend on the area. Town centre to my home fine, friends who live 15/20 mins away from centre of town I'd still be out, but would be very wary walking home. City centre small hours of the morning no time limit.

I’d walk on main roads up to about 18:30 as lots of traffic still about then, but no later.

I feel safe at anytime. If I’m out with friends I’ll walk home alone at midnight with no issues, and would happily walk alone if it was later. I live rurally though, I guess I might feel different if I lived in a town.

Nonsense.