Tim C, 19/20ish, June 2004/5 This is a bystander account. Whilst in the crowd at Download Festival I witnessed a young woman crowdsurfer being groped by a male member of the crowd as she went past us. This guy very deliberately took advantage of her inability to stop him, squeezing her...
N/A, 20, April 2026 I had gone out with an old friend and some of their work colleagues. We ended up going into [a bar] since it was new and opening weekend. After about an hour of being there however I went to the bathroom it was only 11:30pm I believe, and I blacked out regaining...
Anon, 21, June 2025 I went into a small shop to buy some snacks for myself, instead of being greeted properly, the man serving at the till said to me “do you like it tight?” I said “what?”, and he said “you’re out of breath”. I do struggle with...
14,12 and 10, 25th Feb 2026 My daughters (14 and 10) went into the shop to look for Vinyls with their friend (12). When they walked in the shop three older men were chatting behind the counter. The girls had been in the shop about 2 minutes flicking through the vinyl when one of the men...
34, 26th Feb 2026 Male approaching myself and my child in a balaclava. We were in a tight gap between 2 parked cars. No space for him at all so it seemed odd. He got extremely close when he then clocked my husband get out of the car and he then backs up and changed direction. This...
Tina, 65, Summer 2024 I was in town with my son. I use a mobility scooter. I confronted a man who was hurling racist abuse at a group of young men of colour. He said I should be taken out and that I was a traitor. I gave him verbally some of his own medicine and did not back down. My son...
Lisa, 1989-2026 On New Year’s Eve in 1989 I had my drink spiked and ended up in bed with someone so it was a rape. Following on from that I started getting followed. At times I have been terrified. The stalking continued a few months and has been sporadic and very heavy at times since. I...
Lily-Rose, 26, Jan 2026 I was taking some money out of the cash machine when I noticed some men putting flags up along near Natwest. They shouted over to me asking how old I was & if I was single. I told them no and asked if they had anything better to do with their time. They then...
Skye, 21, November 2023 I was at the Birmingham Christmas Market with a friend. As we stopped to chat, a man put his hands on my neck forcefully. He didn’t say a word and it was over quickly. He then walked off, like nothing happened. I never got a look at his face, I didn’t even see the...
F, 13, 2019 I was waiting at the bus stop in my school uniform when a man came up to me and started talking to me. He made several sexual comments and when I was visibly uncomfortable he laughed in my face. He then proceeded to flash his genitals at me. As he was finally leaving, because...
Age 16, 2003 When I was 16 I got a job waitressing in a pub. My mum had worked there, my aunt still worked there. The chef was a man in his late 40s I think. He would make sexualised comments to me all the time and made me incredibly uneasy and uncomfortable. I didn’t know how to respond...
Samantha, 5, 1983 We moved to Macclesfield and that’s when I was abused by the boyfriend of my nan, it went on for 2 years and when he was found out, he disappeared (nan could’ve prevented it – she knew he’d already hurt my cousin but she got too old for him and my arrival in the...
Samantha, 23, 2001
Raped by ex boyfriend – didn’t report it because he had been a boyfriend and I didn’t think anyone would believe me, tried to talk to my mum but she shrugged it off.
Samantha, 37, 2015 Raped by a friend – didn’t report it. We’d slept together before and I didn’t think anyone would believe me, he was younger than me too, I didn’t want his life ruined because he made a mistake, he visited me about a year after and said he thought he’d raped...
Samantha, 41, 2019 Sexually assaulted or possibly raped by a neighbour – didn’t report, we’d been drinking together – it was Christmas and I remember him kissing me and saying no I can’t but then everything is blank and I can’t remember anything at all until I woke naked in...