§ Ms. RuddockTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will set out the total number of(a) crimes, (b) assaults on staff, (c) assaults on passengers, (d) indecent assaults, (e) rapes and (f) violent robberies 482W which have occurred on (i) British Rail and (ii) Network SouthEast; (1) in each month since April 1989 and (2) in each year since 1971.
§ Mr. Freeman[holding answer 6 March 1992]: This information is only available at a disproportionate cost. The tables show figures for crimes reported in 1990 and the first nine months of 1991, for British Rail as a whole and for Network SouthEast alone; and total crimes reported for British Rail from 1982 to 1990.
1 January 1991 to 30 September 1991 1990 BR NSE BR NSE Total crimes 54,702 12,440 68,946 23,764 Of which: Assaults on staff 249 132 374 181 Assaults on passengers 632 276 884 379 Indecent assault 170 116 240 136 Rape 8 4 15 6 Violent robberies 638 428 624 457
Total crimes reported on British Rail Year Totals 1990 68,946 1989 70,266 1988 65,697 1987 63,644 1986 65,450 1985 64,185 1984 65,299 1983 56,152 1982 51,779 Note. From 1 January 1990 the BTP force brought its crime reporting into line with Home Office counting rules. This change means that exact comparisons with previous years are not always possible.