Police recorded 41,268 offences in the British Transport Police area in the 12 months to January 2025, down 21.3% (11,147) on the previous 12 months.
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street-level crime archive
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population: ONS mid- estimate, —
Data ends January 2025. The force has not supplied street-level data to data.police.uk since then, so the figures on this page are the last complete year available and are not comparable with other areas’ current figures. The official ONS force-area tables below, where present, are current.
Data not supplied by the force for 28 of 187 months (February 2016, March 2016, April 2016, May 2016, June 2016, July 2016, …). Totals and rates for windows that include those months are understated and are marked as partial.
Since 2011
Monthly trend
Monthly recorded offences, all categories except anti-social behaviourPublished valueProvisional or revisedLatestShaded bands: governments (see labels)Hover or use arrow keys to read a value
Official figures for this area
Published in the official force-area tables. These are the figures to cite; archive-based numbers above are built from street-level records and may differ.
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By category, 12 months to January 2025
Category
Offences
Previous 12 months
Change
Per 1,000
England & Wales per 1,000
Violence and sexual offences
8,790
11,073
▼ 20.6%
—
34.7
Public order
8,223
9,434
▼ 12.8%
—
6.8
Other theft
5,984
7,671
▼ 22.0%
—
6.5
Theft from the person
4,951
7,466
▼ 33.7%
—
1.7
Criminal damage and arson
4,318
5,047
▼ 14.4%
—
6.9
Bicycle theft
2,627
3,510
▼ 25.2%
—
0.8
Drugs
1,509
2,149
▼ 29.8%
—
3.4
Robbery
1,395
1,668
▼ 16.4%
—
1.4
Vehicle crime
1,124
1,351
▼ 16.8%
—
5.0
Shoplifting
914
1,624
▼ 43.7%
—
8.3
Possession of weapons
711
733
▼ 3.0%
—
1.0
Other crime
516
488
▲ 5.7%
—
2.2
Burglary
206
201
▲ 2.5%
—
3.6
Public disorder and weapons
0
0
—
—
0.0
Anti-social behaviour (not a crime)
0
0
—
—
15.3
Violent crime
0
0
—
—
0.0
Important caveat
Police-recorded crime counts offences reported to and recorded by the police. It is affected by whether people report crime and by changes in police recording practice, so it does not measure all crime that happens. The Crime Survey for England and Wales is the better guide to long-term trends in the crimes it covers. Police recorded crime is not designated as National Statistics.
A higher recorded-crime rate does not mean an area is more dangerous. Rates depend on how much crime is reported and recorded, on the number of visitors and commuters who are not counted in the resident population, and on the policing priorities of the force. Anti-social behaviour incidents are shown separately because they are not recorded crimes.
Source
Data
data.police.uk street-level crime archive (Home Office). Offences are placed at anonymised snap points and assigned to 2021 Lower Layer Super Output Areas, which are mapped to local authorities using the ONS Open Geography lookup.
Population
ONS mid-year population estimates for England and Wales, mid-— edition, local authority level; force populations are the sum of their local authorities.
Geography
BTP
Rate
offences in the 12 months ÷ resident population × 1,000, rounded to one decimal place.