With the increasing spate of kidnappings locally and heightened security concerns, personal safety can no longer be outsourced solely to security agencies.
Treat security and safety as everyone's responsibility. You are responsible for your personal safety.
The key to this is Situational Awareness. Situational Awareness as the name implies is simply knowing what's going on around you. This is a skill to be developed. It sounds easy in principle. In reality it requires much practice.
This skill boosts your power of observation and develops your cognitive abilities, helping you assess environments and respond appropriately.