Girls' night out safety: a checklist for you and your friends

Updated 2026-10-25 · 5 minute read

A night out is better when everyone gets home happy. The best safety plan isn't a gadget: it's a group of friends who look out for each other. Here's a checklist you can share in the group chat before you go.

Before you go out

• Agree on a plan. Where you start, where you might end up, and how everyone gets home. Say it out loud so nobody has to guess later.
• Make a circle for the night. Put everyone who's going in one safety circle, so you can see each other's SOS and live location if something happens. In Shecurity, a circle takes ten seconds to make with an invite link.
• Charge your phone and bring a small power bank. A dead phone is the most common way plans fall apart.
• Save a meeting point in case you get separated, like the entrance or a nearby café.
• Know the emergency number for where you are: 112 in Europe, 911 in the US and Canada, 999 in the UK, 000 in Australia.

While you're out

• Arrive together, leave together. If someone wants to stay or leave early, make sure she has a way home and tells the group.
• Watch your drinks and each other's. Don't accept drinks you didn't see being made, and get a new one if you left yours.
• Use a code word. Agree on a word or emoji that means "come get me" or "I need an excuse to leave". A fake call works too.
• Check in now and then. A quick look around the room for your friends is the oldest safety system there is, and it works.
• Trust the feeling. If a person or place feels off to you or a friend, you don't need a reason to go.

Getting home

• Share the ride. Send the car, plate and driver to the circle before you get in.
• Walk in pairs or share your walk live so friends can follow along until you're inside.
• Say you're home. One "home safe" in the group, or tap "I've arrived", so nobody lies awake wondering.