Outcomes of reported unwanted sexual behaviour on TfL
Request ID: FOI-1458-2122 Date published: 27 October 2021
You asked
We are collecting data on the outcomes of reported unwanted sexual behaviour on TfL. The number of reports for the following outcomes in the years 2019 and 2020 are needed -
1) Adult caution
2) Alternate offence charged
3) Adult conditional caution
4) Charged
5) CPS - named suspect, victim supports but evidential difficulties
6) CPS - prosecution not in public interest
7) Community resolution
8) Investigation complete no suspect identified
9) Named suspect too ill to prosecute
10) National Fraud Intelligence Bureau filed (NFIB only)
11) New report - no outcome yet
12) No crime
13) Police - formal action not in public interest
14) Police - named suspect, victim supports but evidential difficulties
15) Summonsed/postal requisition
16) Undetected
17) Victim declines/unable to identify offender - Named suspect not ID'd
18) Victim declines/unable to support action to identify offender
19) Victim declines/withdraws support - named suspect identified
Please let me know if there's is an alternative organisation I can request information from if all categories are not able to be provided data for. Thank you in advance.
We answered
Our Ref: FOI-1458-2122
Thank you for your request received on 12 October 2021 asking for information about the outcomes of reported unwanted sexual behaviour on TfL services.
Your request has been considered in accordance with the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act and our information access policy.
Everyone has the right to feel safe when travelling, and our top priority is the safety and security of its customers. With our policing partners, we have recently reviewed our activity to keep women and girls safe as they travel, and while its work to improve the safety of women and girls and tackle unwanted sexual behaviour on the network is well-established, we know that there is more that needs to be done.
Improving the safety of women and girls as they travel is a priority for the Mayor and TfL and concerted action is underway. We are working with the Rail Delivery Group, transport operators, transport police, stakeholders and academics to tackle unwanted sexual behaviour on public transport. This builds on the Project Guardian and ‘Report it to Stop it’ initiatives to tackle unwanted sexual behaviour on public transport and includes research, a new communications campaign, training for transport staff, new ways to report incidents including confidential reporting to the police, intelligence-led police operations, school sessions, improvements in police investigation and training and active monitoring of offenders
We do not hold the information you have requested as this data is recorded by the Metropolitan Police Service and British Transport Police. They can be contacted directly via their websites:
