Light The Way: Warning women will plan longer route home to avoid Glasgow parks
As the autumn nights draw in, some people could be forced to spend more time going to and from work across the city.
There is a warning women across Glasgow will start making drastic changes to their journey home from work at night to avoid going through parks as the dark nights creep in.
Next month, charities, councillors and people who use the likes of Queen's Park and Cranhill at night will get together to talk about installing lights on key routes through the city as part of the Light The Way campaign.
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Lesley McMillan is a lecturer in Criminology and Sociology at Glasgow Caledonian Univeristy.
She told Clyde 1: "The most recent figures from the Office for National Statistics show that four out of five women said they felt unsafe walking alone in a park after dark.
"Two in five men also say they are fearful of walking these routes alone too.
"This means lots of people will avoid going to dark parks which limits how they live their lives, their leisure activity and perhaps even their economic activity."
Last year, Glasgow City Council confirmed Kelvingrove, Cranhill and Queen's Park WILL have lights fitted in January 2025.
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However earlier this year, a report by the council suggested there is no money from this year's budget that will be allocated towards funding them.
"There is no way I would walk down here alone - it's very unsafe."
Our reporter Callum McQuade has been speaking to people who use Kelvingrove Park at night for walking, cycling, running and skateboarding with friends.
One man said: "I think it is ridiculous this park does not have lights for people who need to use it at 9 o'clock at night.
"It's not fair for people of marginalised genders to have to walk through this area with nobody else to defend them.
Another person added: "I live around the corner from here and there have been a few times where I've seen a man being attacked and I have felt powerless to do anything because I can hardly see what is going on."
One woman also told us: "If I was alone there is no way I would walk down here - it's very unsafe."
A spokesman for the council said: “The principle of improving lighting in the parks involved our pilot programme has been accepted by the council.
“Work is on-going to identify the significant funding needed for improvements to lighting in the three pilot parks and there are also issues still to be resolved in relation to the proposals for each park.
“This includes finding consensus on which routes through each park should have additional lighting.
“We work closely with Police Scotland in relation to community safety within Kelvingrove Park. Any suspected criminal activity should be reported to the police without delay.”
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