Editing British Transport Police (section)

=== Route crime ===
[[Route crime]] collectively describes crimes and offences of trespass and vandalism which occur on railway lines and can affect the running of train services.<ref>{{cite web |date=18 February 2008 |title=Route crime |url=http://www.rail-reg.gov.uk/server/show/nav.1129/ |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120926024528/http://www.rail-reg.gov.uk/server/show/nav.1129/ |archivedate=26 September 2012 |access-date=8 June 2009 |website=Office of Rail Regulation}}</ref> The majority of deaths are due to suicide or trespass.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rssb.co.uk/pdf/reports/ASPR_Full_05.pdf |title=Annual Safety Performance Report 2005 |date=16 May 2006 |website=[[Rail Safety Standards Board]] (RSSB) |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927203018/http://www.rssb.co.uk/pdf/reports/ASPR_Full_05.pdf |archivedate=27 September 2007}}</ref>

Graffiti costs rail firms over £5{{nbsp}}million a year in direct costs alone.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.btp.police.uk/issues/graffiti.htm |title=BTP: Issues, graffiti |access-date=19 March 2007 |website=British Transport Police |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070206213816/http://www.btp.police.uk/issues/graffiti.htm |archivedate=6 February 2007}}</ref> The BTP maintains a graffiti database which holds over 1900 graffiti tags, each unique to an individual. In 2005 BTP sent 569 suspects to court (an increase of 16% on 2004 figures).<ref>The Sharp End Issue 16 (published for the Home Office and sent to every police officer, SC and support staff in England and Wales)</ref>

In the North West Area BTP has joined forces with [[Lancashire Constabulary]] and [[Network Rail]] to combat theft of metal items and equipment from railway lines in an initiative called [[Operation Tremor]]. The BTP established Operation Drum in 2006 as a national response to the increase in [[metal theft]] offences and also chairs the relevant [[Association of Chief Police Officers]] working group.<ref>http://www.btp.presscentre.com/content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=1404&NewsAreaID=2/ {{dead link |date=April 2018 |bot=There'sNoTime |fix-attempted=yes}}</ref>