Theft offences currently make up over 50% of reported crime on the Victoria Line.

We/our partners have:

In the month of November & December

• High visibility Police patrols continued.

• Theft offences recorded in November and December 2011 was 22, which is an increase of 2 offences based on the previous 2 months. During December there were also 2 entire days spent tackling the problem of theft on the London Underground and as a result only one offence of theft was recorded on the entire Victoria Line.

In the month of January

• Crime prevention advice will continue to be given to the travelling public at key locations and at key times of the day.

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The performance target for disruption offences for the Victoria line was set and based upon the previous years level of offences.  Driver reports have resulted in significant delays to service whilst track searches have been undertaken as it has been unclear whether those seen trespassing have left the confines of the Station and entered the tunnel.

Result

The number of minutes in disruption to the Victoria Line based on the number of disruption offences before the policing priority was identified was approximately 188 minutes. Up until January 2012 there has only been one offence of trespass on the Victoria Line and this was while engineering work was taking place and therefore there were no recorded minutes of disruption.

Offences of trespass on the line will continue to be monitored.