Don’t Be a Creep had a ‘Guardian Angels’ team at We Out Here, handing information to people as they arrived about the festival’s zero-tolerance policy to abuse and harassment. ‘It was so interesting to hear people’s responses and start having those conversations,’ Maude says. Time Out sent a Freedom of Information request to the Met to find out the number of reports of sexual assault at London festivals. There were very few, with less than ten in 2021, and a six-year high of 20 in 2017. We’ll never know if that’s partly down to underreporting, but projects like Don’t Be a Creep can only be a good thing. MORE : 'It helps to be blindfolded, let's put it that way': We find out what really goes on at sex clubs Swear words, sexual references, hate speech, discriminatory remarks, threats, or references to violence

We’ve been making sure patrons wash and sanitise their hands and clothes before entering the venue,” says Britney Jane, an American in her 20s who has lived in Japan for five years and works at an S&M club in Osaka. I was at the bar with my friend. When she wasn’t looking, this guy came up behind me, turned me around and forcibly kissed me.’You can always find a dancer that is willing to play perudo (a popular dice game) and maybe leave the club with you as long as you pay for her Ballantines with green tea (although having sex with her will probably cost you an extra fee). Yes, there’s definite f**king, but no one is in a rush, they’re taking their time and they’re enjoying having an audience. It’s actually incredibly polite, and I was both flattered and felt safe – if it’s a no, you simply shake your head, or smile and walk off. You can opt for less pretentious clubs that even white-collar workers can afford or for a cheap bar designed for the construction workers that left their wives in the countryside.

Silvana Kill, director of operations for the Night Time Industries Association (NTIA), says that ‘without a doubt’ people are becoming more confident in stepping forward to report sexual assault. ‘T hat’s good news,’ she says. ‘The more people come forward, the bigger the deterrent to the perpetrators.’ According to data collected by the Crime Survey for England and Walesin 2017, women are five times more likely to have been sexually assaulted than men.That's why the Savenightlife CIC (a pillar of the NTIA, aiming to secure recognition for nightlife and live music) and the group behind ‘Lady of the House’ (the first book about influential women in the dance music scene) launched a report surveying 1,300 women to gather more evidence. It showed that 91.8 percent of women don’t feel the police do enough to make women feel safer at night, and a further 84.7 percent of respondents agreed that certain inappropriate behaviours towards women were now perceived as ‘normal’ within the nighttime economy. We almost didn't include it on our list but we wanted to be fair to everyone. There ARE guys who can do great on Tinder but they tend to not be the ones who need Tinder when they're looking to find a hookup that night. Hotel bars are great for finding short-term flings Gaia was sexually assaulted at a popular late-night bar in Camden in 2017. ‘I felt really violated, but the thought of reporting it didn’t even cross my mind,’ she says. ‘I had no idea you could even go to the police for that kind of thing. I always have a fear that it’s going to happen again.’The Home Affairs Committee has launched a new inquiry, welcomed by the NTIA, to better understand the prevalence of drink-spiking and the effectiveness of the police response to it. Take part in the spiking survey here and f ind out more about spiking here .