- Use a front-facing shoulder bag or fanny pack (bum bag). Pull your bag up and clasp your hand over it during busy crowds so they can't easily open the zip.
Close your zips with a Bobino zipper clip (or a similar device). In my experience, the clips are tricky to open. You may want to use the clip with another key ring, as the clips' native rings can flay open if you tug hard on them.
Bury expensive items at the bottom of your backpack and cheap items at the top. The top of my backpack are sunscreens and a spare T-shirt.
Spread out your cash, including putting some on a lanyard under your shirt. Personally, I have €10 in my wallet, €40 in my backpack's inner zip pockets (spread out, of course), €5 under my phone holder, and €50 in small notes in the lanyard. I saw a tour guide placing money in a lanyard and adopted that trick. So if my wallet is stolen, I can get to my hotel at the latest.
Keep as little as possible in your wallet. Preferably, an amount you're OK with losing.
Use inner zippers to keep your credit card separate from your wallet or deep in your backpack. Use Apple Pay or Google Pay as much as possible, preferably with a watch, to avoid taking out your phone.
Split your ID from your credit card, especially if your ID has an address that matches the billing address of one of your cards. Carry the ID separately from your card. Or use an ID with no address on it.
Attach your phone using a retractable badge holder. You can also do the same for your Navigo Go card.
Use a Navigo card or physical ticket, especially if you have pieces of luggage. Don't use your phone, as they may be able to "snatch" it while you have it out.
Avoid ticket machines. You can top up the Navigo card using your phone from the safety of your hotel.
Use a wrist strap with your phone.
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