The force said in 2023, 320 young women and girls aged between 10 and 19 reported incidents of sexual offences and harassment in London, up from 240 in 2022, but many incidents are likely unrecorded despite increased awareness.
I was followed through an underground train station by a man who made me feel extremely unsafe, scared, and vulnerable. I believe it's really important to help women feel safer on public transport, so when I wrote 'Audacity' about my experience I felt it could really raise awareness for the initiative.
We are actively promoting the importance of reporting crimes that we know are underreported, and welcome the increase in reporting of sexual offences as evidence that more women and girls and bystanders have the confidence to come forward and report experiences, knowing that they will be taken seriously.
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