7 out of 10 Paris women say they have been victims of sexual violence on public transport
REMIX News In terms of sexual assault, women are the victims in 91 percent of all cases, according to the survey from the Ministerial Statistical Service for Internal Security (SSMSI). Of those victims, 75 percent of them are under 30, and 36 percent of those them are minors.
🇫🇷🚨 Sexual violence against women on French public transport has increased 86% since 2016, according to new data released today from the National Observatory on Violence against Women (Miprof)
A disproportionate number of foreign nationals are involved in such crime.… pic.twitter.com/ZAIea5CJpm
— Remix News & Views (@RMXnews) March 10, 2025
In 2024, there were 3,374 victims of sexual violence on public transport, which is 6 percent more than 2023, 9 percent more than 2022, and 86 percent more than 2016. An incredible 44 percent of the victims were in the Paris region, which is located in Île-de-France, as reported by Le Figaro.
It should be noted that this data comes at the same time that France’s Muslim migration population has exploded, with 63 percent of those arrested for sexual assault and 92 percent for petty theft in public transport being foreigners, according to data from 2019. Similar data is seen in Germany, where 59 percent of all sexual assaults on German trains are attributed to foreigners, with sexual crimes doubling since 2019.
The survey also shows that seven out of 10 women who live in the Île-de-France region have already been victims of sexual violence during their lifetime.

In addition, 56 percent of women said they were scared to ride public transport in the Ile-de-France (Paris) rail network, while 80 percent admitted to being on alert, according to the study. As Remix News has reportedly numerous times in the past, women are routinely sexually harassed on European rail networks.
Women on busy Paris transit line describe state of constant fear after rise in sexual attacks and are resorting to carrying pepper spray, staying glued to their phones, and holding keys between their fingers while embarking on Parisian public transport.
REMIX News Women say they are increasingly afraid of traveling on Paris’s RER C line, particularly after the attempted rape of a woman in Choisy-le-Roi by an Egyptian illegal migrant earlier this month.
Several female commuters told Le Figaro they have adopted precautionary measures as part of their everyday routine. Some avoid traveling alone, others choose seats carefully, or carry pepper spray. “Every woman has a story to tell about the RER,” said Alicia, a café worker who lives between Paris and Amsterdam. “I feel much safer in Amsterdam,” she added.
Le Figaro listed several techniques used by women to deter would-be attackers. It wrote:
“Clothilde has learned never to ride a train alone. Inès takes off her headphones to ‘listen to her surroundings.’ Adèle holds her keys between her fingers, like claws. Lisa ‘creates a protective bubble’ for herself with earphones stuck in her ears. Joe never lets a man sit behind her. Lola wears several layers of clothing. Tiphaine sits next to a man who inspires confidence. Élodie always carries pepper spray in her bag. Hortense carries an umbrella with a spike on the end. Some use the ‘turkey technique’ in cases of imminent danger: making animal noises to mimic madness.”
In France, women have started wearing “subway shirts” and other baggy coverups to deter Muslim rapists and harassers on public transportation .
🇫🇷🔴 Many young women in France have a “subway shirt” for avoiding harassment on the train system.
It has become a “reflex” to put on more clothing before getting on public transport, even in summer.
“Sometimes I even take the trousers and sweatshirt and put them over my… pic.twitter.com/7MA206RtoI
— Remix News & Views (@RMXnews) September 1, 2025
Pictures speak a 1,000 Words – coming to a Europe near you.
In just 20 years – this same clip will include England, France, Germany, Portugal, Australia and so on. pic.twitter.com/qrNJVBu8gb
— Concerned Citizen (@BGatesIsaPyscho) October 18, 2025
In March, Remix News reported on new data from the National Observatory on Violence Against Women, which showed an 86 percent uptick in sexual violence on French buses and trains in the last decade. Young women are most targeted; 75 percent of victims are under the age of 30, while 36 percent are minors.
Some 63 percent of those arrested for sexual assault were foreign nationals. That does not include naturalized French citizens who are categorized in statistics as French.
Similar data is seen in Germany, where 59 percent of all sexual assaults on German trains are attributed to foreigners, with sexual crimes doubling since 2019.
🇫🇷🔴 On a Paris metro: “You French are poor sons of b**ches. It’s Africa that’s rich. You motherf**ker.”
“I f**k your mothers, in the name of Allah, in the name of Allah, I f**k their mother, in the name of Allah, you will see!” pic.twitter.com/pAWhgKH5lh
— Remix News & Views (@RMXnews) September 15, 2025
Le Figaro notes that transport operators and regional authorities have introduced several measures in response. Île-de-France Mobilités has expanded surveillance, installing 80,000 cameras and increasing security staff. Regional president Valérie Pécresse wants AI-based video monitoring to immediately identify assaults occurring on public transport.
Proposals for women-only carriages have been suggested but not adopted. Feminist associations argue that such a measure would normalize the problem rather than solve it. “It would mean that we have accepted insecurity,” said Geronimi, “and that separating men and women is the only solution.”
Le Figaro’s investigation comes after Jhordana, a Brazilian tourist visiting her brother in Paris, was subjected to an attempted rape by an Arab attacker on a morning commuter train on Oct. 15.
At Choisy-le-Roi station around 8:30 a.m., most passengers got off, leaving Jhordana alone with her attacker. She soon realized a man had been staring at her. He briefly stepped off the train but then returned as the doors closed, leaving only the two of them inside.
“He walked towards me without speaking. I was panicking, I stood up,” she told Le Parisien through her brother, who translated her account. “Then he pushed me, still without a word. I tried to escape, but he pulled down my pants. It’s clear he was trying to rape me.”
The attacker bit her on the lip when she resisted, slapped her, and groped her buttocks and breasts. When she tried to call for help, he placed his hand around her throat to stop her from screaming. “He choked me to silence me. That’s when I felt like I had no more strength,” Jhordana recalled. “I saw myself dying.”
Thankfully, a woman from another carriage noticed the assault and stepped in, opting to record the attacker, who subsequently exited the train at the next stop and fled.
Parisian authorities confirmed they had charged a homeless Egyptian national, who was the subject of an unenforced deportation order, with the attack.
🇫🇷‼️ A Brazilian tourist was subjected to a vicious sexual assault on a French train on Wednesday morning, and only escaped being raped thanks to the intervention of a brave woman who filmed the assailant to scare him off.
Jhordana, 26, had been visiting her brother in Paris.… pic.twitter.com/pxOTu4fZXf
— Remix News & Views (@RMXnews) October 19, 2025
Earlier, a Tunisian national. 26-year-old Nidhal O., was sentenced to 11 years in prison and a permanent ban from France after being found guilty of six sexual assaults and one attempted rape, committed primarily on the Paris metro system.
🇫🇷🔴 “it seems he is looking for prey.”
Serial groper, Tunisian migrant Nidhal O., sexually assaulted 3 different women in the Paris Metro — all on camera.
He was arrested in December 2023 and was finally sentenced to 11 years in prison on Sept. 26.
The footage only covers 3… pic.twitter.com/zFp9X1fXh6
— Remix News & Views (@RMXnews) September 30, 2025
All wanted from your government and the many civil soceieties and your friendly nwo or ngos. anyone not wanting this is a nazi and antisemite and alot more of the bad bad names. ask these women if they see it the same way.
Damned moslems. There oughta be a law against them. Capital crime, at that.
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