Written question asked by Richard Holden (Conservative) on Monday, 13 July 2026, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 16 July 2026 (named day). A holding answer was provided on Thursday, 16 July 2026. A substantive answer was provided by Keir Mather (Labour) on Tuesday, 4 August 2026 on behalf of the Department for Transport.
Railway Stations: Crime
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many knife-enabled crimes were recorded by the British Transport Police as having occurred at railway stations in each of the last 30 years.
- Answer
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British Transport Police (BTP) holds readily extractable, comparable data for knife-enabled crimes at railway stations over the past five years. Providing comparable figures for each of the last 30 years would require a manual review of historic records which was not possible within the required timescales.
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 18157
- Session
- 2026-27
- Subjects
- Crime Knives Railway stations
- Contains statistics
- Yes
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- 2026-08-04 16:28:57 +0100
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