Railways: Trespass and Vandalism

(asked on 21st October 2019) - View Source
Questioner
Barry Sheerman Portrait
Barry Sheerman
(Labour (Co-op) - Huddersfield)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people have been prosecuted for (a) trespass on and (b) vandalism of railways in each of the last 10 years.

Answered by
Chris Heaton-Harris Portrait
Chris Heaton-Harris
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
This question was answered on 29th October 2019

British Transport Police (BTP) collect data on crimes on the rail network in Great Britain. The table below shows the number of prosecutions for trespass, criminal damage and graffiti. BTP are only able to provide an accurate data set for the last 5-year period due to a change in crime recording systems.

BTP has responsibility for the railway in England, Scotland and Wales. The figures below therefore do not include Northern Ireland.

BTP Number of Criminal Damage, Graffiti and Trespass Crimes that Led to a Prosecution by Outcome Date from 01/04/2014 to 31/03/2019

Policing Year by Outcome Date (1st April to 31st March)

Crime Group

2014-15

2015-16

2016-17

2017-18

2018-19

03A Criminal Damage Offences

228

151

181

202

264

03B Graffiti Offences

431

95

71

97

24

Trespass Offences

587

449

263

393

382

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