Written question asked by Lord Hanningfield (Conservative), in the House of Lords. It was answered by Lord Davies of Oldham (Labour) on Tuesday, 28 February 2006.

Crime: Railway Stations

Question: How many offences against the person were recorded at railway stations in England and Wales, including London Underground stations, in each of the past eight years, broken down by category of offences.

Answer

The number of offences against the person recorded by British Transport Police (BTP) each financial year since 1998–99 is given in the table below.Information has not been provided for 1997–98 as there was a change in counting rules in April 1998, introduced by the Home Office, which makes any comparison with data prior to that date not meaningful.

Offence Category	1998–99	1999–2000	2000–01	2001–02	2002–03	2003–04	2004–05
Violence against the person offences	5,184	5,842	5,856	5,755	7,111	8,096	9,131
Sexual offences	1,185	1,079	1,009	1,020	1,003	1,120	1,202
Robbery offences	2,136	2,372	2,648	3,354	2,240	2,541	2,008
Theft of passenger property offences	18,346	25,323	22,741	23,710	31,151	30,190	27,655

In reading the figures it should be noted that the Home Office introduced a national crime recording standard (NCRS) that all police forces across England and Wales were required to adopt. BTP adopted this standard on 1 April 2002. The impact of the new recording standard saw an increase in recorded crime nationally.

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Type: Written question
Reference: 3959; 679 c42WA
Session: 2005-06
Subjects: Crimes of violence Railway stations Sexual offences Theft Mugging
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk

Crime: Railway Stations

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