LONDON UNDERGROUND
Crime on London’s transport system continues to fall
New British Transport Police figures have revealed that the level of crime on London’s transport network continues to decline. David Stevenson reports.
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rime on Transport for London’s (TfL’s) transport system fell 11.3% in 2013-14,
compared to the year before, new figures have revealed.
The data, from the Metropolitan Police Service
The reduction also means that the rate of crime for London Underground, Docklands Light Railway, London Tramlink, London Overground and buses remain at their lowest level since recording began.
On LU/Docklands Light Railway, the rate of crime has nearly halved since 2007-08, when levels were at a rate of 14.4 crimes per million passenger journeys. Last year, London Tramlink also saw a 16.5% fall in crime, bringing the rate of crime down to just 10.3 crimes per million journeys.
However, despite the low levels of crime across the capital’s transport system, increases have been seen in some crime types on the network. For instance, on LU and Docklands Light Railway, ‘violence against the person offences’ rose by 9.5% compared to the previous year, but
and British Transport Police (BTP), which covers 2013-14 (1 April 2013 to 31 March 2014), show that there are now just 7.7 crimes per million passenger journeys on the transport system, down from 8.9 in 2012-13.
offences resulting in injury dropped by 3.4%.
Chief constable Paul Crowther, of BTP, said: “Recorded crime on TfL’s rail networks (London
Railway, London
Underground/Docklands Light Tramlink
and London
Overground) continues to fall, with crime down by 16% compared to 2009-10.
“Partnership work has been key to this success and we continue to develop new initiatives with TfL and the Metropolitan Police Service to tackle those crimes which have the greatest impact on rail staff and the travelling public.”
In the last 12 months TfL, the Metropolitan Police Service and the BTP launched Project Guardian to raise public awareness of unwanted sexual behaviour on the transport network. This initiative focuses on encouraging victims to report these types of crimes – historically significantly underreported – alongside more proactive police enforcement and engagement.
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