Railways: Crimes of Violence
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many assaults against railway staff were recorded in each of the last five years; and how many resulted in a prosecution.
Answered by Keir Mather
The British Transport Police have provided the following information on assaults against railway staff:
Year (April to March) | 2021-22 | 2022-23 | 2023-24 | 2024-25 | 2025-26 |
Offences | 2430 | 2711 | 3353 | 3641 | 4083 |
Prosecutions | 542 | 465 | 621 | 559 | 320 |
The British Transport Police have said that the likely reason for drops in prosecution numbers in the past two years is due to court backlogs.
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