Railways: Crimes of Violence and Sexual Offences
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many complaints were reported to British Transport Police for (a) antisocial behaviour, (b) sexual harassment, (c) sexual assault and (d) physical assault on trains in each of the past three years.
Answered by Keir Mather
The British Transport Police have provided the following figures for the last 3 years. Passenger numbers have been increasing year-on-year since the easing of Covid-19 travel restrictions and will account for some of the increase in crime reports. Overall, the railway is a safe environment, with 26.0 crimes recorded per million passenger journeys in 2024/25 (0.0026%), this was 26.8 in 2023/24 and 24.4 in 2022/23.
Offence/Incident Type | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
Antisocial Behaviour | 30998 | 32900 | 40932 |
Unwanted Sexual Behaviour | Not available | 1830 | 1958 |
Sex offences | 2251 | 2433 | 2655 |
Violence including assault | 12260 | 14582 | 15522 |
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