Aged 36 26th May 2023 I don’t think I’ve ever come face-to-face with such blatant misogyny as I did on this night. Not in my memory at least, although I’m sure there is plenty that I have buried. I met a guy on a night out who was a long-term childhood friend of friend. He was...
SB Aged 24 2023 Nobody was on the bus but myself and the bus driver. At the next stop from mine a man got on, that I was fine with, he sat right at the back of the bus. Again, that’s fine. Then out of nowhere he decides to get up and sit right beside me out of all the seats he chose...
Aged 36 6th May 2023 Stood outside a bar on Topping Street at 8pm on my own, I was approached by a man who asked me for money. I told him I didn’t have any but he kept speaking to me. He had an accent and I couldn’t make out what he was saying. He walked away after a few...
Aged 36 28th April 2023 Stood outside a bar on Birley Street a man approached me and several other women one after the other asking for money. I didn’t initially map this incident as I thought he potentially was in genuine need although it was quite intimidating as he came right up...
Helen, late 20s 2014 was walking alone in the afternoon. It was a nice sunny day in early summer, I felt safe at the time. I was ambushed by two men in their late 30s early 40s who ran right up to me asking me my name and shouting sexual harassment type things in my face. They’d blocked...
Aged 31 2023 Out with my wonderful friends, dancing and a guy grabbed my friend’s arse. She told him to leave her alone. He then made a grinding motion behind me. We moved away from him and informed one of the male bouncers who said he would keep an eye on him. The bouncer, we feel...
Aged 40 2023 In a group of four friends, all in our 40s, we went to ***** for a dance. Immediately we were swarmed by different men older than us who kept trying to dance, grind etc. We told them to back off but they kept coming, it was incredibly intimidating and the bouncers just...
Scarlett, Aged 23, 2023 I was picking up my son, who was 1 1/2 and in a pram, from childcare. We were walking down Penrose Avenue towards Vicarage Lane, and were approached by a guy on a bike in a full balaclava. I didn’t wanna look him in the eye because he immediately made me feel...
SSP, Aged 17 1993 After a night out – I was unable to stay at my friends house as planned. So her male “friend” took me to a hotel on New South Promenade, once I was there, he took me to an empty bedroom told me that I could lie down and he would get into bed with me. He was a lot...
Aged 23 April 2021 A guy in his early 20s appeared and went over to the corner of the parking space behind my house to pee. When I went out to question what he was doing and ask him to leave he yelled abuse at me and then offered to show me his penis when I was telling him what he was...
Aged 15 2021 I was on the 75 bus coming home from school at around 7pm but due to it being winter it was quite dark and quiet. I had the whole bus to myself until an older man came on and sat right next to me. I thought it was weird but didn’t say anything. I had my headphones in and just...
Aged 35 2021 I was walking to the park with my nine year old daughter and we were crossing the junction at West Park Drive where there’s a small island in the middle. We had crossed half way and traffic was queuing to go around the roundabout on the side we still needed to cross. We...
2022 Ava, aged 21 I was in B&M’s minding my own business when a middle-aged short bearded man slowly approached while staring at me. He stopped dead in front of me, looked me up and down, laughed and did the creepiest smile I’ve ever seen. I then just walked on and called him a...
2011 Aged 14 I normally went to the skate park with a group of friends, but this time all my friends wanted to stay in but I wanted to skate. I got the bus to the skate park and had a nice skate for 15 minutes, until an older male started to follow me around the skate park. He started by...
2023 Aged 30
A man filmed me from his car walking across the car park on my walk home. He then followed me in his car and started beeping. Luckily I got a lift the rest of the journey home.