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# Women and Girls at Risk in UK Sports Centres, Report Finds
- URL: https://uoj.news/news/85849-women-and-girls-at-risk-in-uk-sports-centres-report-finds/
- Published: 2025-12-17T09:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-25T16:13:33.000Z
- Description: A report reveals that mixed-sex changing rooms in UK sports centres are putting women and girls at serious risk of sexual assault and voyeurism, prompting calls for single-sex facilities.
- Author: News
- Tags: #Category: News, Sexual assault, Mixed-sex changing rooms, Sports Centres, Women's Rights Network, Predators

**LONDON —** Women and girls are being [put at risk in mixed-sex changing rooms](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/12/09/sexual-predators-target-girls-mixed-changing-rooms-wrn-uk/) at sports centres, with new police data revealing dozens of sexual offences in 2023\. The Women’s Rights Network (WRN) report, based on freedom of information requests covering 257 leisure centres across England and Wales, found at least 16 rapes, 80 sexual assaults, and 65 acts of voyeurism, most occurring in mixed-sex areas.

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Campaigners, including former Olympic swimmer Sharron Davies, described mixed facilities as “a magnet for sexual predators” and urged local authorities to provide single-sex changing areas. One-third of leisure centres currently offer no female-only facilities, despite a Supreme Court ruling confirming that “sex” in the Equality Act refers to biological sex.

Victims reported lasting trauma, including nightmares and panic attacks, and the WRN warned that crimes are likely under-reported as women avoid pools rather than report assaults. The report calls for new and existing facilities to be redesigned to prioritize the safety of female users and prevent avoidable abuse.

Previously, the [UOJ reported](https://uoj.news/news/85641-judge-allows-sex-abuse-survivors-defamation-suit-against-gateway-church-to-proceed/) that a judge allowed a sex abuse survivor's defamation suit against Gateway Church to proceed.