The majority of Britons have been bullied – and it had a significant impact on most
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Schools and workplaces are at the centre of most of Britain’s bullying.
By Joanna Morris
Two thirds of Britons (66%) say they have been bullied at some point in their lives, according to a new YouGov poll.
One in five people (21%) say they experienced bullying as an adult, while six in ten Britons (59%) were bullied as a child (some respondents will have been bullied in both childhood and adulthood).
Older Britons aged 65 and over are least likely to say (or remember) that they’ve been bullied, with 52% saying they have been, compared to between 63% and 72% of other age groups.
Those who experienced bullying as a child are most likely to say it happened repeatedly: 42% say it happened many times while a further 38% say it happened on several occasions. Only 17% say it only happened once or twice.
Bullying as an adult seems to have been less sustained: a lower figure of 23% of victims say it happened many times. Around half say they were subjected to bullying several times (47%), wh...
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