Do your best to shine your car’s headlights on the door of the house or apartment.

If someone approaches your car, roll your window no more than halfway down.

Never walk behind a dark building, go to a side door or be called away from plain view by anyone at the delivery destination.

Hide something on your person, such as pepper spray, as a last-ditch defensive weapon.

Where possible, don’t turn your back to the street, and keep it against a solid object, such as a wall.

Carry yourself with authority. Head up, back straight, jogging or walking briskly.