The Criminal Underground: Lawlessness on London's transport on the rise

Crime on London's public transport network has risen by almost 50 per cent since the pandemic - with 'unacceptable' levels of violence against women and girls, according to a devastating new report.The London Assembly's Police and Crime Committee has published a new report that suggests people are increasingly anxious about using buses, Tubes and trains to get across the capital.Around 48,000 crimes were reported across Transport for London ( TfL ) services in 2025 - up 46 per cent against a pre-pandemic average of 16,544.Its findings are calamitous for London's transport and policing bodies and for Mayor of London Sadiq Khan : the committee's chair, Marina Ahmad, said that while she expected 'to find a problem, what we found was a crisis'.