Figures released by British Transport Police for the last year show that reported crime on the Southern network has decreased by 7.2%.
The figure also represents a 33.1% reduction on 2006/07 statistics.
162 million passenger journeys are made each year on Southern services, so there is one crime committed for every 50,000 journeys made on the Southern network.
The chances are reduced even further when crimes such as vandalism, trespass, drug and fraud offences are taken into consideration.
Commenting on the figures, Southern’s Head of Revenue Protection and Security, Martin Grier said:
“This is great news for our passengers and colleagues at Southern. We have worked extremely hard alongside British Transport Police to prevent, detect and deal with crime on our network. The fall in figures show without doubt that the measures we have in place and the activities of our Safer Travel Teams are really making a difference.”
Crimes including theft, criminal damage and property were 53% of the overall total with crimes against the person being just 14% of the overall figure. Public order offences which include anti social behaviour counted for 20%.
