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On 19 December 2006, the Department for Transport (DfT) published a report (Using the legal system in reducing crime and anti social behaviour on public transport) which is based on the findings of national research conducted in 2005. In summary the serious and persistent problems of crime and anti social behaviour are for:
Transport operators were more likely than other organisations to have used legal remedies through the Criminal Justice System. Information on the outcome of prosecutions by the kind of incident, reveals that those for violence against a person and robbery were most likely to have gone to court and also most likely to have secured a conviction.
Fare evasion, drunk and disorderly behaviour, theft and criminal damage were the most common kinds of incident where organisations prepared a case but, for whatever reason, did not proceed to court. Those kinds of incident where the case went to court but did not result in a conviction were most commonly action against breach of an ASBO, theft, criminal damage or fraud.
The report and guidance notes can be viewed on the DfT website