Wednesday, August 17, 2016

Sharp rise (+41%) in violent and sex crimes on the London Tube

Police have seen a spike in the number of violent and sex crimes on the London Underground network, the Standard can reveal.

The latest figures from British Transport Police showed 1,961 violent and sex crimes were recorded across the Tube and DLR network in the first six months of this year.

The figure represents a 41 per cent increase compared with the same period in 2015, when 1,389 were recorded, according to the statistics obtained under the Freedom of Information Act .... http://www.standard.co.uk