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

The three most common safety threats are hate speech, public discrediting, and other threats or intimidation.

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safe1. In the last five years, how often have you experienced any of the following actions related to your work as a journalist? Base: 1103. 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, separate figures for ethnicity are not shown because the percentages have a large amount of uncertainty and comparisons with other groups are potentially misleading. The frequency of the responses for Asian or Asian British* (n=29), Black, Black British, Caribbean or African (n=12), Mixed or multiple ethnic groups (n=33), White (n=892), and Other ethnic group (n=18) can be viewed here. *Categorisation based on 2021 Census of England and Wales: www.ethnicity-facts-figures.service.gov.uk/style-guide/ethnic-groups/.

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