If you are one of the many women who have been randomly assaulted recently by teenagers to ask you please, please report it to the police

[FestivalFringeAssaults]

• in Edinburgh specifically

you can do it using this form (although 101 is better - and 999 in an emergency, which some of these situations have been)

https://www.scotland.police.uk/secureforms/contact/

Here's another link
www.reddit.com/r/Edinburgh/s/iZUezsqBtg

Nothing like this going on in my neck of the woods thankfully.

I fell over in public recently and it was a group of teenagers who came to my rescue. They were very kind.

I agree any behaviour such as that linked to should be reported.

The schools are back now. I live here and don't know anyone who has experienced this, is it mainly an issue in the city centre?

It is all over the news and social media - how did you miss the woman who was punched in the face last week? Please don't talk this down just because you live in a bubble.

I dont think the poster was 'talking this down'

Clearly it is a serious issue and needs addressing however I and others did not see the report of the woman getting punched.
It appears it is not as well documented as you think as the posters saying they hadn't seen that news are local to Edinburgh.

It's half-witted to ask for "data" regarding an event that happened on the same day when the purpose of the post is to ENCOURAGE THE PROVISION OF DATA.

I really loathe my species sometimes. "Sorry this happened to you but also fuck you!"

For those still in doubt, there is a massive public safety problem in Edinburgh at the moment. It is mostly in the centre (around St Andrew Square and Waverley) and the old faithfuls of Niddrie etc but also extending into "naice" suburbs. Balaclavas, dressed in black, a lot of attacks on cycle paths.

https://www.scotland.police.uk/what-s-happening/news/2026/june/appeal-for-information-after-a-man-was-seriously-assaulted-in-edinburgh/

https://www.edinburghlive.co.uk/incoming/edinburgh-locals-scared-over-youth-34213982

https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/cyclists-scared-after-teen-gangs-lob-stones-and-logs-on-busy-bike-path-7047109

Enjoy your links

Had you posted

I was the victim of an assault in edinburgh today and it turns out this is part of a growing trend.

Here are some links to similar incidents

Would everyone mind signing a petition to have this investigate.

Or similar, everyone would have understood but you've posted such minimal information it just led to everyone being very confused about what you were referring to. You are so aggressive in your responses.

It's very rude to call posters half witted who are asking for more information, and really diminishes your message @FestivalFringeAssaults.

Same in Epsom, a relatively small market town. Gangs of masked kids on e bikes are intimidating people.

Being rude and swearing at posters asking for more info isnt doing anything to help your cause

I live and work in Edinburgh. There are certainly areas I wouldn't go on my own or with my kids at night, and I get a bit wary of large groups of teens on the bus or at the bus stop... but thankfully nothing has happened to me or my kids (yet?). I live near Niddrie and was caught up in the bonfire night madness a couple years ago (with my then 8 year old son who is still very anxious about it). Reported all that to Ian Murray and all the local councillors and had a host of helpful emails back with how they were addressing it. No issues at all last year.

I think I've gotten a bit used to the hordes of e-bike boys in balaclavas so they don't even register anymore. Thankfully they've never bothered me directly.

I do still drive my daughter home from dance class if she finishes after 8pm though - at almost 14 she should be old enough to walk herself the 10-15 mins home but I don't feel 100% comfortable with her walking past the park and cemetery at night as there are sometimes groups of boys congregating.

The original post implies this is happening to women all over the country, it seems it's men and women in Edinburgh mainly by one group of kids. They need to be caught but it seems to be an isolated thing not a nationwide problem.

It’s not only women there was a week of what seemed like targeted attacks on Chinese or Asian people in the city which is deplorable. The young woman who publicised it, as she should was terrified.
It does not seem to be women only though and it happens every year at the fringe in one way or another it’s not huge amounts of ASB but it is some. If you look back over the years it’s always been the same. One year drag artists other years, different demographics. It’s absolutely not caused by the free bus passes, I lived in Edinburgh in the 90s and it happened then, maybe worse as tolerance was much lower then for the wonderful crazy the fringe brings.
it needs to be dealt with but I also think social media makes it look like there is a lot more than there is. Teenagers are not feral in Edinburgh as a general rule but there are groups like in any city in the UK who target abuse and are downright nasty.

OP, you're not helping your cause by being incredibly unclear and then rude to people who don't understand what you're trying to say.