Safty!

I want to put more walking in my daily activities. There is a park in my city that I would love to go to and walk, but there have been a lot of rapes and stabbings in that park which scares me especially being a women. I have a Chihuahua that I can bring alone with me but she is not mean or aggressive in any way so she probably wouldn't be a good protection dog. What would you do to be safe?