British Transport Police: crime to court
Follow the official figures for this police force area from recorded crime, to police outcome, to court, to reoffending. Official aggregate statistics only. No individuals.
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91,298
crimes recorded by British Transport Police, year ending March 2026 (excluding fraud)
+11.4% vs year ending March 2025 (81,991)
Source: Police recorded crime open data Police Force Area tables, year ending March 2013 onwards (Home Office, published 23 July 2026) · file
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5.5%
of those crimes resulted in a charge or summons (so far)
5,002 charged/summonsed · outcomes as at the July 2026 data extraction
Source: Outcomes open data, year ending March 2026 (Home Office, published 23 July 2026) · file
1. Crime recorded by the police
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| Offence group | YE March 2025 | YE March 2026 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Theft offences | 37,186 | 34,930 | -6.1% |
| Public order offences | 13,249 | 19,286 | +45.6% |
| Violence against the person | 14,750 | 17,040 | +15.5% |
| Criminal damage and arson | 8,095 | 10,968 | +35.5% |
| Drug offences | 3,422 | 3,654 | +6.8% |
| Sexual offences | 2,216 | 2,198 | -0.8% |
| Robbery | 1,663 | 1,707 | +2.6% |
| Possession of weapons offences | 820 | 807 | -1.6% |
| Miscellaneous crimes against society | 590 | 708 | +20.0% |
Source: Police recorded crime open data Police Force Area tables, year ending March 2013 onwards (Home Office, published 23 July 2026) · file · Financial years April to March. Fraud is recorded centrally by Action Fraud and is excluded.
2. What happened to those crimes
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| Police outcome (Home Office group) | Crimes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Investigation complete – no suspect identified | 58,319 | 63.9% |
| Evidential difficulties (victim does not support action) | 11,725 | 12.8% |
| Not yet assigned an outcome | 8,576 | 9.4% |
| Charged/Summonsed | 5,002 | 5.5% |
| Evidential difficulties (suspect identified; victim supports action) | 3,372 | 3.7% |
| Prosecution prevented or not in the public interest | 2,879 | 3.2% |
| Out-of-court (informal) | 1,129 | 1.2% |
| Out-of-court (formal) | 274 | 0.3% |
| Responsibility for further investigation transferred to another body | 16 | 0.0% |
| Further investigation to support formal action not in the public interest – police decision | 6 | 0.0% |
Source: Outcomes open data, year ending March 2026 (Home Office, published 23 July 2026) · file · Outcomes assigned to crimes recorded in year ending March 2026, as at the time of extraction. More charges are added as investigations finish.
3. In court
MoJ publishes court outcomes for this area combined with another force area (City of London is included with the Metropolitan Police; British Transport Police cases fall under the area where they were heard).
Source: Criminal Justice Statistics quarterly: March 2026 — Outcomes by Offence (csv) (MoJ, published 30 July 2026)
4. Reoffending
Not published for this area.
Latest month: August 2026
British Transport Police does not currently supply street-level data to data.police.uk, so no monthly figures are available.
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