Strut Safe has reported an increase in calls to their helpline- do you feel safe walking alone at night?
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00:00No matter where you are, like if it's like a major city, it's never safe really at a night time
00:03What do you think Newcastle's like though?
00:05Newcastle's, to be fair, like I've never, I've never, I've heard like stories and that but like now compared to like London or like Manchester
00:11or anything like that, like up here it's, it is sound but like still like you never get like 100%
00:15No
00:17Do you know?
00:18No
00:18I'm more neutral I think, I mean I don't feel particularly unsafe but don't feel safe either, just very neutral on it
00:25I've never really trusted the police to be fair. I've never, just never really had any like good experiences
00:30I mean I feel like women have it worse
00:32I can back that
00:33Yeah, they're like they're mostly scared-ish to walk alone at night and I feel like it's sometimes a lighting thing
00:41Like loads of places just haven't got street lights but if it's people on the streets it's like
00:47As long as they're not trying to interact with you, not even in like a nasty way but like if they're
00:53Even if they're on the same side of the road as you to be fair
00:55Yeah, like it's intimidating, I know it's different for men and women but