This resource allows you to review clear, practical guidance on how to keep yourself safe, as well as how to protect your family, friends, and colleagues. Our safety tips and professional advice are written by personal security specialists with extensive experience supporting private clients, high net worth families, and large corporate organisations. You can also explore what personal security really means, understand what is personal safety, and learn how to strengthen your own awareness and decision making in any situation. We also provide safety travel guidance to help keep you and your family safe when travelling abroad, and to support employees who travel for business.
Our information covers how to keep yourself safe at home, at work, on holiday, in public spaces, while driving, and during a terrorist incident. We also provide dedicated guidance for women, children and teenagers, and students. For advice on how to keep yourself safe online, you can review our specialist article.
All documents are available to download and keep for future reference. You are welcome to share them with family members, friends, or colleagues. Each guide is designed to be concise, easy to read, and straightforward to recall during an incident or whenever you feel unsafe. Reviewing them periodically helps reinforce the information, making it easier to act confidently if something does not feel right. Trusting your instincts is often the first step in protecting yourself, which is why being proactive is so important.
Frequently Asked Questions About Personal Safety
Do not go home or to a location where you would be isolated. Make your way to a busy public area, a shop, or a police station. Call the police if you feel in immediate danger. Varying your routine and being aware of recurring faces or vehicles in your environment are key preventative measures.
Research your destination thoroughly before you travel, including the local threat environment and any travel advisories issued by the UK Foreign Office. Keep copies of important documents, share your itinerary with a trusted contact, avoid displaying valuables, and use reputable transport. For higher-risk destinations, a pre-travel security briefing from our team can be invaluable.
Situational awareness is the single most important personal safety skill. Being alert to your surroundings, trusting your instincts, and recognising potential risks before they escalate gives you the time and space to take evasive or preventative action. Most incidents can be avoided by early recognition of warning signs.
Key steps include fitting quality locks to all doors and windows, installing a monitored alarm system, using exterior lighting with motion sensors, securing gates and outbuildings, and not advertising your absence on social media. Download our free personal safety guides for more detailed advice on protecting your home.
