HC Deb 20 June 1996 vol 279 cc528-9W
Mr. Cox

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many serious crimes were recorded on the London Underground during 1995. [33107]

Mr. Norris

Crime figures on the London Underground are not collected by calendar year, but the figures for the most serious crimes in 1995–96, and as compared with the equivalent figures for 1994–95 were:

  • Violent assaults: 418—down by 15.7 per cent.
  • Robberies: 578—down by 5.9 per cent.
  • Indecent assaults: 154—up by 3.2 per cent.