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Nearly half of young women have faced would whistles or sexual comments in the past year - and a third believe they were followed.
The grim picture emerged in the first official survey of people's perceptions of safety in Britain.
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) survey found 49 per cent of women and 19 per cent of men felt unsafe walking alone after nightfall in a busy public place, such as a high street or railway station.
The same proportion of women and 15 per cent of men did not feel safe walking alone after dark on a quiet street near their home.
And four out of five women and 39 per cent of men felt unsafe walking alone after dark in a park or other open space.
The ONS found four out of five women and 39 per cent of men felt unsafe walking alone after dark in a park or other open space
The survey of 16,112 Britons
