Women in Norfolk feel more unsafe after Sarah Everard's murder

Our exclusive 'I Walk With Women' survey has been looking at attitudes towards women's safety to if anything has changed

Author: Tom ClabonPublished 31st Aug 2021

Our exclusive 'I Walk With Women' survey has found that three quarters of women in Norwich say they still don't feel safe walking home alone after a night out.

The survey by Bauer Media has been looking at attitudes towards women's safety and if anything has changed.

It found that over 75% of women in Norwich say the death of Sarah Everard six months ago was a defining moment for women's safety.

Off the back of these findings we teamed up with the West Norfolk's Pandora Project, to ask you how Norfolk can be made safer for women.

Our poll with them found that 77% of women in Norfolk now think twice about walking home alone.

Women got in touch to tell us that Norfolk County Council should introduce better street lighting, more affordable late night transport and a stronger police presence in order to make women feel more safe.

Emma Rafferty from Pandora Project told us that we all need to work together to solve this issue: "The amount of people saying they don't feel safe shows we need to do a lot more. After all, its a basic right isn't to live without fear."

She also said that education and awareness is key.

While "boys need to learn respect for women", we can all learn from past events and do things that ensure that everybody gets home safely after a night out.

She concluded by saying the bleak reality is that women must continue to take pre-cautions and be vigilant: "If you're going to walk use well lit roads, don't have headphones in or valuables on display and always tell a friend when you're leaving"

We approached the County Council and Norfolk Police for comment but neither had anything to say.

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