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Public Transport: Crimes of Violence

Volume 461: debated on Tuesday 12 June 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) how many incidents of violent behaviour were reported to the British Transport Police in each police authority area in each of the last five years; (141035)

(2) how many violent offences were dealt with by the British Transport Police in each police authority area in each of the last 12 months;

(3) how many crimes were reported to the British Transport Police in each police authority area in each of the last five years; and how many of these crimes were solved;

(4) how many people were convicted of violent behaviour on the rail network and subsequently sentenced to a prison sentence in each of the last 12 months.

This information is not held by the Department for Transport but by the British Transport police who can be contacted at: British Transport Police, 25 Camden Road, London NW1 9LN, E-mail:

general.enquiries@btp.pnn.police.uk