Children "feel unsafe" in town centre and at school

MORE than two thirds of young people are still shunning the town centre, according to a new survey, with just 16 per cent of visitors feeling safe there.

MORE than two thirds of young people are still shunning Rotherham town centre, according to a new survey, with just 16 per cent of visitors feeling safe there.

Just half of respondents to the 2015 Education Lifestyle survey say they feel safe at school, while only a third feel safe in their local communities and just a fifth on buses and trains.

The online questionnaire quizzed 3,110 pupils in Year 7 and Year 10 at 13 Rotherham secondary schools.

It found that just 31 per cent of Year 7 and Year 10 students visit Rotherham town centre at least once a week — the second fall in two years.

In 2014 that figure was almost half (40 per cent), while in 2013 it was just one third (34 per cent).

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