hiding in my house (or workplace) until it gets light isn't one of them

I agree. I used to leave parties in London to walk home miles away in the wee small hours of the morning. Other party-goers would worry but I tended to think then, and still, that most attacks are made at pub and club chucking-out time. I also point(ed) out that I know more people who've been mugged or assaulted in broad daylight while in groups than at night on their own.

I worry more about dangerous road-users than I do about the Bad Man.