"UK: Sexual assaults on trains nearly double in five years
22 October 2019
Reports of sexual assaults on trains in Britain have nearly doubled in the past five years, with the vast majority of perpetrators escaping justice.
In 2018, staff and passengers reported 2,628 cases of sexual assault, nearly doubling the 1,402 cases that were recorded five years ago, the Mirror reports.
An average of seven sex crimes were reported per day, while children were the victims in 215 separate cases.
Despite the rise in reported sexual assaults, the number of perpetrators who end up being prosecuted has remained mostly unchanged. Just 402 of the reported cases last year led to prosecutions, just a few more than the 380 that occurred in the 2014-2015 period.
The data obtained by the tabloid included all crimes which fall under the Sexual Offenses Act such as sexual assault, rape, groping, flashing, and other ‘indecent acts’.
Transport for London (TfL) said: “Incidents of sexual misconduct are more common in the day, with the longer, busier lines seeing more offenses.”
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