Hannah, aged 34 2023 3pm midweek. A man in his 40s/50s came out of the corner store as I walked past and commented on the lovely weather. I agreed that it was a beautiful day as I continued to walk past. He then said that “a beautiful girl like (me)” should go get a pint with...
Aged 34
2023
A man in his 60/70s said “wow you’re beautiful” as he walked past. I was not looking at him or giving any indication that I wanted to be spoken to.
Jess, aged 21
A man put his hand up my dress from behind and grabbed me on New Years Eve.
Cait Aged 19, 2022 I was promoting for my job at the time, so I was used to the odd comment of drunk men, which still doesn’t make it okay. But this lad actually approached me and said “I’m gonna fucking rape you in a minute”. I just stood back as he waited for my response which took a...
Nandi, aged 13 2019 I had come back from school i was wearing my PE kit i decided i wanted Oreos. Tesco on Central Drive was only about an eight minute walk from my house. I’m walking and I pass under the bridge about to turn left on Middle Street, but there’s one boy around 15-17years...
Jade, aged 26 2023 I was walking up to Tesco with my mum when a van with two older men slowed down as they approached us, one of them began beeping his horn and I could hear him shouting “Oi blondey” and pointing at me, as I looked up towards him he then did a ‘blowjob’ type gesture...
Liberty, Aged 16
2022
An elderly man repeatedly told me to sit in his lap getting more aggressive each time despite trying to politely turn him down.
Nat Aged 23 I was walking through the town centre with a friend wearing a skirt and tights a man and his friends walked past me, staring at me and my friend saying stuff about my legs and skirt. They said they’d love to sleep with a girl with dyed hair and tattoos like mine and...
Carla Wilson, 27 2023 I was enjoying a day out for my sisters birthday and a guy decided to lift up my skirt when I was dancing. This is the first time I’ve felt good about myself in a skirt since I had a baby. Security threw the guy out which I was thankful for. However, I should...
Aged 14/15 2009 I was walking home alone from a friend’s house as a teenager and had to go past a group of lads. One of them suddenly ran up to me and smacked my rear end really hard. Him and all his friends laughed. I got away as quick as I could. It made me feel so humiliated and...
Aged 20
15th May 2023
[On the number 9 bus] a man asked questions where I lived , my age, who I lived with , if I had a partner and for my number.
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 15/16 2016 In year 11, I got sat next to a boy in maths class. We had been sat next to each other the whole year and had got to know each other well so I saw him as a friend. When we left the classroom one day, I was walking in front of him. We were the last ones to leave so there...
2023 Bystander account A 60 year old man approached a 15 year old girl and exposed himself, making direct eye contact and then began urinating. When approached by myself and a couple others he pretended to pass out on the floor and even threw his wallet to make it look like we mugged him...
Aged 19 I got spiked in a club in Poulton and ended up jumping out of moving car and had a concussion. I reported it to police, the club and the doctors. No help was given by any. Doctors [said they] couldn’t take blood test as I’d waited two days* before going as I was so unwell I...