Proportion of UK journalists who have experienced each safety threat in the last five years

Women are more likely to report often experiencing 'demeaning or hateful speech' and 'sexual assault or sexual harassment' than men – but men report more often experiencing legal action.

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gender. What is your gender? safe1. In the last five years, how often have you experienced any of the following actions related to your work as a journalist? Base: Women = 497, Men = 491. Note: The 21 foreign correspondents who completed the survey were excluded from this analysis as the safety threats they face are likely to be different. Prefer not to say responses were also excluded.

Due to low frequency in the data (n=6), gender non-conforming respondents were not included above because the percentages would have had a large degree of uncertainty and comparisons with other groups could have misled.

Source: 'UK journalists in the 2020s: Who they are, how they work, and what they think', published in April 2025.