{"id":60905,"date":"2026-05-05T12:41:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T12:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shef-live.co.uk\/?p=60905"},"modified":"2026-05-05T12:41:02","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T12:41:02","slug":"young-people-say-sheffields-new-anti-spiking-push-doesnt-go-far-enough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shef-live.co.uk\/index.php\/2026\/05\/05\/young-people-say-sheffields-new-anti-spiking-push-doesnt-go-far-enough\/","title":{"rendered":"Young people say Sheffield\u2019s new anti-spiking push doesn’t go far enough"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

While Sheffield has been equipped with 40,000 new drinks toppers, students on West Street say the city\u2019s latest anti-spiking initiative doesn\u2019t go far enough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On 18 March, the Sheffield Business Improvement District – BID – project provided 40,000 drinks toppers and 15,000 anti-spiking bottle toppers to over 50 licensed premises across Sheffield.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a joint statement, Sheffield City Council, Sheffield BID and the South Yorkshire Violence Reduction Unit said: \u201cKeeping people safe on nights out remains a team effort. The work that licensed venues across the city do to contribute to this is highly valued.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They added: \u201cWe are very appreciative of venues which have proactively stepped up their security efforts with strong measures to stop spiking; with increased searches at the door, extra training for staff, safe spaces for people in distress and much more, including making purchases of their own stocks of anti-spiking devices.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sheffield is a major student city, and whilst deemed \u2018safer\u2019 than others, spiking is still a prominent issue, particularly in areas such as West Street.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Many students are unhappy with the levels of security on a night out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Madeline Marsh, 18, student at the University of Sheffield, said: \u201cI think that organisations in the city could do so much more to protect students on a night out. Most places don\u2019t search people or even check bags, which leaves people feeling unsafe.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

New data has revealed that nearly one million UK adults experienced drink spiking in the past year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The research also found that just under a quarter ,23%, of those who believe they\u2019ve been spiked reported the incident to the police.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Spiking can affect not only one’s physical, but mental wellbeing. Many students are left feeling confused and isolated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ethan Wiltshire, 19, victim of drink spiking, said: \u201cI felt like I had no control over anything and like my memory was wiped. I only have a few pictures in my head from that night.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The hashtag #spikeaware has been introduced to provide support for victims of drink spiking. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Students are encouraged to use tools such as the TASA Anti-Spiking App<\/a> to log incidents anonymously, or the WalkSafe+<\/a> app. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

While Sheffield has been equipped with 40,000 new drinks toppers, students on West Street say the city\u2019s latest anti-spiking initiative doesn\u2019t go far enough. On 18 March, the Sheffield Business Improvement District – BID – project provided 40,000 drinks toppers and 15,000 anti-spiking bottle toppers to over 50 licensed premises across Sheffield. In a joint […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":261,"featured_media":60939,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5,132],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-top-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shef-live.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60905","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shef-live.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shef-live.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shef-live.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/261"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shef-live.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60905"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/shef-live.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60905\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60969,"href":"https:\/\/shef-live.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60905\/revisions\/60969"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shef-live.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60939"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shef-live.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shef-live.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shef-live.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}