Young girls feel unsafe on the streets

Young girls living in cities across the UK report feeling unsafe whilst out and about in their neighbourhood.

Girls aged between 11 and 18 years of age in  London, Birmingham, Manchester, Sheffield, Bristol, Leeds, Leicester, Liverpool, Coventry, Glasgow, and Edinburgh, formed part of a survey  for  the Because I am a Girl report.

A 42 per cent of girls revealed they felt unsafe in their area due to knowing someone who had been assaulted and one in five felt threatened by gangs.

Simple measures including more police and better lighting on the street would make a big difference they said.

The new report by children’s charity Plan UK, is looking at girls in cities across the developed and developing world.