Predator who sexually assaulted sleeping women on Tube is finally caught after tip-off BTP said investigators had not managed to identify him earlier because of a lack of on-train CCTV footage Evening Standard · May 27
Officers condemn ‘sickening’ sexual assault on crowded train Jamie Muir carried out the ‘opportunistic’ attack just minutes after boarding a train from Inverkeithing to Edinburgh on November 16 last year. Evening Standard · May 12
Police release images after man performs indecent act on south London train The incident occurred on a District Line train between Wimbledon and East Putney on April 14 Evening Standard · May 7
Police hunt after man performs indecent act on London train The BTP has now released an image of a man they would like to speak to following the incident Evening Standard · May 3
Woman charged with manslaughter after great-grandmother attacked at train station Dorothy Chiles, 87, suffered a broken hip and died six weeks later The Independent UK · Apr 1
Sadiq Khan: 'Assaults on bus drivers are traumatic - my father was attacked multiple times' Asked about the rising number of attacks on TfL staff, Sir Sadiq reveals: ‘My own dad was assaulted a number of times’ Evening Standard · Mar 2
Scammers targeted Tube passengers with ‘SMS blasters’, court told Four defendants were sentenced on Tuesday over the plot where text messages were sent The Independent UK · Feb 24
Tube 'SMS blasters' fraudster laundered £600,000 through gift cards, court hears Four defendants sentenced over plot where text messages were sent using homemade ‘SMS blasters’ hidden inside suitcases wheeled around the Tube Evening Standard · Feb 24
London Bridge attack hero police officer sacked for gross misconduct for using 'p*key' slur The panel concluded DC Mark Luker probably knew the language was “offensive” to a minority community and ruled it gross misconduct. Evening Standard · Feb 21
Foreign pickpocket jailed for Tube crime spree first to be caught with ‘ghost tapping’ contactless card reader Chilean thief Daniel Maldonado Paulson preyed on commuters at South Kensington Underground station Evening Standard · Feb 19
CCTV appeal after £4,500 suitcase stolen inside London Paddington train The suitcase containing jewellery was stolen on board a train from Paddington to Kimble Evening Standard · Feb 16
British Transport Police begins Live Facial Recognition trial at London stations The operation began at London Bridge train station on Wednesday and will run for six months at various stations Evening Standard · Feb 11
London university students among four stabbed in ‘incredibly serious’ station knife attack Royal Holloway students among victims after violence erupts between two groups at Surrey station Evening Standard · Feb 7
The Independent UK · Feb 7 Three men hospitalised with knife injuries after fight at Surrey train station The fight took place on Friday night and has been described as ‘an incredibly serious incident’
Evening Standard · Feb 5 Man wanted after spraying chemical in rail worker's eyes at London station A rail employee suffered chemical burns and loss of vision after the assault at Blackfriars in May 2025
The Independent UK · Feb 4 Police taking more action over bike thefts after ‘decriminalisation’ complaints Under the previous policy officers would not investigate a bike theft if it was left outside a station for more than two hours
Cycling Weekly · Jan 30 'It's a real win for everyone' – British police force U-turns on policy that effectively decriminalised bike theft The short-lived strategy was reversed following pressure from Cycling UK and others
Evening Standard · Jan 14 Police release CCTV images of man after woman sexually assaulted on south London tram The assault happened at around 3.40pm on Wednesday October 22 on a tram from West Croydon to Blackhorse Lane
Evening Standard · Jan 14 Moment police raid north London home to arrest suspected Tube graffiti vandal The arrest follows an investigation into around 245 offences of criminal damage to Northern Line trains between February 2022 and January 2026
The Independent UK · Jan 9 Rail passengers facing ‘epidemic of violence’ as police admit staff cuts mean emergency response is too slow British Transport Police have fewer frontline officers to deal with crime – despite a rise in the number of offences
The Independent UK · Dec 26, 2025 ‘I’m Muslim and wore a face veil for the first time. Then a man tried to hit me on the Tube’ More than one in three Muslim women have experienced racist abuse on public transport, according to a new report
The Independent UK · Dec 17, 2025 Knife fight at Tube station leaves man in hospital A man in his twenties has been arrested following the incident
Evening Standard · Dec 16, 2025 Woman sexually assaulted on Tube during rush hour The woman was travelling east on the District line from West Ham
Evening Standard · Dec 11, 2025 Robber threatened to stab teenager before stealing his bike on train The boy handed the thief his bike and got off the train