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6. Safety and security on the transport networks
6.5 Crime and antisocial behaviour on the public transport
networks
Summary
Levels of crime on TfL’s transport system have continued to fall in 2014/15 – down
by 8.2 per cent on 2012/13. The rate of crime on TfL’s public transport system has
fallen to 7.0 crimes per million passenger journeys, down from 7.6 in 2013/14.
Between 2008/09 and 2014/15, overall reported crime on London’s public
transport network has fallen by 44 per cent. The risk of becoming a victim of crime
while travelling on TfL’s transport system is now at its lowest recorded level.
Trend for recorded crime on London’s public transport networks
Progress during 2014/15 was broadly consistent with recent trends (figure 6.6).
There were reductions on the number of reported crimes per million journeys
across the entire public transport network compared to 2013/14.
There were 7.2 reported crimes per million customer journeys on the bus network,
down from 7.5 in the previous year (a reduction of 4.0 per cent). There were also
reductions of reported crime on Tramlink and London Overground over the
previous year, these falling by 21.4 per cent and 8.1 per cent respectively. On the
Underground and DLR networks, there was a 15.0 per cent reduction in the number
of reported crimes per million customer journeys. However, masked within this
decrease in overall crime rate, there has been an increase in the number of sexual
offences reported on the Underground, primarily as a result of the Project Guardian
initiative (see also below).
Figure 6.6
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Reported crime on TfL’s public transport networks. Rate per million
passenger journeys.
Bus LU/DLR Tramlink Overground
Crimes per million passenger journeys
20
15
10
5
0
2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15
Source: TfL Enforcement and On-street Operations.
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