Set up a system for women to report street harassment and catcalling incidents

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

97% of women age 18-24 have been sexually harassed. Allowing women to report street harassment and include details like number plates could help fight and prevent this behaviour. It would also show if individuals were frequently committing these offences and action could be taken against this.

Individuals who catcall in public could be more likely to be violent towards women and girls. There is no evidence to support nor reject this hypothesis as there is no official database of street harassment incidents. A database like this means there will be repercussions for this kind of behaviour and could be useful in identifying perpetrators of other crimes against women. Women should be able to report these incidents in order to feel more safe and comfortable in public.

Why it was rejected

It was not clear what the petition asked the UK Government or Parliament to do.

Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action.

We understand that you are concerned about street harassment, but we're not sure exactly what you'd like the Government or Parliament to do.

If street harassment would count as an offence it can already be reported to the police. If street harassment would not constitute an offence it is not clear who you want people to be able to report this to, or what consequences this would have.

We have published the following petition, which you might like to sign:

Make sexual harassment a specific criminal offence: Make sexual harassment a specific criminal offence

If you have been the victim of a crime, or witnessed a crime, you should contact the police here: https://www.police.uk/contact/

Timeline

16 Mar 2021	Petition opened for signatures
23 Mar 2021	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 23 Mar 2021

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