Re: Assaults on UK trains triple over last decade as staff 'abused and threatened daily'
Lord 1776 Wrote:
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> Assaults on UK trains triple over last decade as
> staff 'abused and threatened daily'
>
> Crimes on the railway network have risen by 5.4%
> over the last year, as the number of crimes solved
> dropped
>
>
> A shocking new report reveals that assaults aboard
> British trains have soared to their highest level
> in a decade. Figures from the Office of Rail and
> Road shows that the total number of assaults rose
> from 3,211 in 2014/15 to 10,231 in the last year.
> At the same time, fresh British Transport Police
> (BTP) data says crimes on the railway network have
> also risen by 5.4% in 2024/25. On the other hand,
> the BTP data shows that the number of crimes
> solved by the police had dropped to just 11.9%.
>
> [
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> trains-uk-tripled
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"The National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) said earlier this year that there had been a "serious escalation of violence and anti-social behaviour" on trains in London and the South East."