Reports of verbal racial attacks have left social media users in High Wycombe horrified.

Accounts by High Wycombe residents appeared on social media this afternoon with reports of harrowing experiences.

There are concerns the number of racial attacks are increasing nationwide after the country voted to leave the EU in last week's referendum.

One High Wycombe woman said she was abused by a woman when she was walking home after picking her daughter up from nursery and she did not think it would happen in High Wycombe.

She said: “After 27 years of living here never have I been disgusted until today. While walking home after picking up my daughter from nursery, me and a couple [of] other women were racially attacked.

“[She] started randomly shouting abuse at the way we were dressed, calling us a f****** p*** and to go back to our country.

“She then decided she wanted to scream and shout loads of foul language in front of the kids, which caused them to be even more upset.

“I did know leaving the EU had an effect with the increase of racial attacks, but never did I think it would happen here.”

Another post told a similar story, with the commenter saying she was “so upset”, “still in shock” and “shaking” after she too was abused by a lady telling her to “go back to [her] country”.

Users immediately reacted, with one saying she was “so sad and sorry” to hear of the attack and that it was not a view “shared by all”, and others encouraging the woman to report the incident to the police.

National figures from the past week have suggested there has been a 57 per cent increase in reported racist incidents since the referendum’s Leave vote last week.

According to national reports, David Cameron called for racist attacks to be “stamped out” in Parliament on Monday.

He said: “In the past few days we have seen despicable graffiti daubed on a Polish community centre, we’ve seen verbal abuse hurled against individuals because they are members of ethnic minorities.

“Let’s remember these people have come here and made a wonderful contribution to our country. We will not stand for hate crime or these kinds of attacks, they must be stamped out.”

A spokesman at Thames Valley Police has been contacted for comment.

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