Route crime

Route crime is a phrase used by the British rail industry to denote trespass and vandalism.

Most route crime-related deaths are suicides with the rest being trespass-related.

Acts which can be classified as route crime include: To tackle route crime, British Transport Police works in partnership with Network Rail, train operating companies (TOCs), rail staff and the public.

[2] British Transport Police launched this nationwide operation on 20 December 2006 to target graffiti.

Traditionally vandalism has increased on the railways over the Christmas period.