Request ID: FOI-1945-2122 Date published: 17 December 2021
You asked
Please could you provide the following:
1. How many reports of “exposing" have been made to Transport for London in the past three calendar years 2018-19, 2019-20, and 2020-21 (January-November)? Please break down figures by (a) transport type (b) gender of victim.
2. How many reports of “cat calling" have been made to Transport for London in the past three calendar years 2018-19, 2019-20, and 2020-21 (January-November)? Please break down figures by (a) transport type (b) gender of victim.
3. How many reports of “cyber-flashing" have been made to Transport for London in the past three calendar years 2018-19, 2019-20, and 2020-21 (January-November)? Please break down figures by (a) transport type (b) gender of victim.
4. How many reports of “upskirting" have been made to Transport for London in the past three calendar years 2018-19, 2019-20, and 2020-21 (January-November)? Please break down figures by (a) transport type (b) gender of victim.
5. How many reports of “pressing" have been made to Transport for London in the past three calendar years 2018-19, 2019-20, and 2020-21 (January-November)? Please break down figures by (a) transport type (b) gender of victim.
In this FOI request I have used the terminology used by Transport for London in the announcement of the latest campaign to tackle sexual harassment on public transport. Please could you provide this information in an electronic format.
We answered
Our Ref: FOI-1945-2122
Your request has been considered in accordance with the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act and our information access policy. London’s transport network is a safe, low-crime network. Millions of passengers travel on it every day, with very few of them ever experiencing or witnessing crime. We fund more than 2,500 officers across the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS), British Transport Police (BTP) and the City of London Police (CoLP). They police the network to tackle crime and antisocial behaviour, and make customers feel safer when travelling. 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
We do not hold the information you have requested as we are not provided this level of detail in the data provided to us by the BTP or MPS. Some customers may report incidents via our Customer Services team however the BTP and MPS would hold more comprehensive data. Please contact them directly for this information:
TfL, in partnership with the Rail Delivery Group and their transport policing colleagues, recently launched a campaign that unwanted sexual behaviour is not acceptable on the transport network and to encourage reporting. Of the offences listed in your request, Cat calling and other similar forms of sexual harassment such as sexual comments or gestures would typically be investigated as a public order or byelaw offence where there was enough evidence, and may not be easily extracted by police data. 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
