I AM a young woman who starts college in September and I used to feel safe in Hereford. 

I could walk down the road on my own without thinking about it. 

It’s all changed. Hereford is no longer safe for a woman of any age to walk down the road without the fear and anxiety of being raped, sexually assaulted or murdered. 

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We are losing our independence to leave the house to go to the club and walk home.

I fear that every time I go into Hereford something will happen, so I don’t go shopping on my own anymore. 

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If my friends can’t join me, I don’t go. Hereford needs more lighting on footpaths and more CCTV in high-crime areas. 

No one should feel that where they live isn’t safe, especially our little city.

 

MATILDA THOMAS

Lugwardine

 

 


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