Railways: Anti-social Behaviour
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has made an assessment of the relationship between alcohol consumption and incidents of anti-social behaviour on trains.
Answered by Keir Mather
My Department published the Personal Safety on Public Transport survey in February 2026. This found that “People under the influence or drinking excessively” was the most common type of ASB experienced that made people feel less safe on their journey: 69% of public transport users in GB (aged 18+) had seen this in the last 12 months (fieldwork March 2025).
Further to this the National Travel Attitudes Study wave 8 (conducted in Spring 2023) found that for people who had felt unsafe while travelling on public transport (e.g. trains and buses), “drunk or disorderly passengers” was the most common reason: reported by 70% of passengers.
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