Over 2,600 young people believe they’ve been spiked already this term

At least 2,600 students and young people believe they have been spiked since the start of this university year, The Tab can reveal.

In an Instagram survey, taken by over 23,000 people, The Tab asked: Since the start of this university year, do you believe you have been spiked?

Of these, 2,625 people said they believe they had. This was over 11 per cent of respondents.

The Tab also asked respondents if they believe a friend or someone they know has been spiked, since the start of this uni year. 50 per cent of students and young people surveyed said yes – almost 12,000 people.

Around the country, students are planning on boycotting nightclubs because they say they want more measures put in place to prevent spiking. People are now even reporting being spiked by injection.

The percentage of students at each university who believe they’ve been spiked this term:

Oxford Brookes: 18.4 per cent

Leeds: 16.3 per cent

Sussex: 13.6 per cent

Liverpool: 12.7 per cent

York: 12 per cent

Manchester: 11.6 per cent

Newcastle: 11.5 per cent

Southampton: 11.1 per cent

Exeter: 9.4 per cent

Edinburgh: 9.3 per cent

Bristol: 9.3 per cent

Birmingham: 9.3 per cent

Nottingham: 9 per cent

Lancaster: 8.7 per cent

London: 8.2 per cent

The percentage of students at each university who believe a friend or someone they know has been spiked this term:

Manchester: 57.8 per cent

Bristol: 57.5 per cent

Leeds: 57.4 per cent

York: 55 per cent

Sussex: 54.8 per cent

Edinburgh: 54.3 per cent

Exeter: 51 per cent

Oxford Brookes: 51 per cent

Birmingham: 48.9 per cent

Nottingham: 48.6 per cent

Liverpool: 46.6 per cent

Newcastle: 45.3 per cent

Southampton: 39.3 per cent

London: 38.3 per cent

Lancaster: 35.4 per cent

*For data relating to individual universities, The Tab has only included information from Instagram polls that had 500 respondents or more

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