Five years ago, there were just over 1,000 sexual offences reported to the British Transport Police. In 2017, there was 2,382.
One in eight of the victims is under 18, with some victims being as young as six.
Jenny was just 17 when she was sexually abused on a train. She told LBC. “I was travelling back from college, sat as I normally was with my textbooks out trying to start my homework.
“I was very aware that a man had come and sat opposite me quite close. After a few moments I looked up and he’d exposed himself and was touching himself.
“My first reaction was to call him out and ask what do you think you’re doing, and he just raised his fingers to his lips to silence me.
“It had a significant effect on me. I started to drop grades at college because I wasn’t keen on doing the commute, especially in the winter months.”
