Transport Hate Crime
Request ID: FOI-1444-2021
Date published: 16 November 2020
You asked
Jan 2018 – September 2020
1) The total number of hate crimes that have occurred on public transport for the period stated.
2) Of the data from 1, a breakdown of the type of hate crimes (i.e. whether they were religiously-aggravated, racially-aggravated, etc.).
3) Of the data from 1, a breakdown of the ethnicity of the victims.
4) Of the data from 1, a breakdown of religion of the victims.
5) Of the data from 1, a breakdown of the type of transport that was associated with the case (e.g. bus, tube, train, etc.)
Calendar years would be most suitable.
Our preferred format to receive this information is in an excel format.
If this request is too wide or unclear, I would be grateful if you could let me know. If any of this information is already in the public domain, please can you direct me to it, with page references and URLs if necessary.
We answered
Our Ref: FOI-1444-2021
Thank you for your request received on 27 October 2020 asking for information about hate crimes on the Transport for London network.
Your request has been considered in accordance with the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act and our information access policy. I can confirm we hold some of the information you require.
Our transport network is a safe, low crime network - millions of passengers travel on our network every day with very few of them ever experiencing or witnessing crime. However we recognise that for those customers that do experience hate crime, it can have devastating and long-term impact. Any form of hate crime is completely unacceptable and will not be tolerated. Everyone has the right to work or travel without fear of abuse or intimidation and if anyone witnesses or is victim to hate crime they should report it immediately.
We work closely with our police partners funding more than 2,500 officers across the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS), British Transport Police (BTP) and the City of London Police (CoLP). They police London's transport network to tackle crime and antisocial behaviour, and make customers feel safer when travelling in London.
We regularly publish information regarding crime and incidents on our network on our website:
https://tfl.gov.uk/corporate/publications-and-reports/crime-and-incident-bulletins
However, we are unable to break down this data to the ethnicity or religion of the victims. This breakdown would be held by the Metropolitan Police (Met) and the British Transport Police (BTP). Please contact the Met and BTP directly:
https://www.met.police.uk/foi-ai/af/accessing-information/
https://www.btp.police.uk/about_us/your_right_to_information/freedom_of_information.aspx
If this is not the information you are looking for, or if you are unable to access it for some reason, please feel free to contact me.
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Please see the attached information sheet for details of your right to appeal. Yours sincerely
Gemma Jacob
Senior FOI Case Officer
FOI Case Management Team
General Counsel
Transport for London
[email protected]
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