British Transport Police crime maps

It is ironic that the day I visited the Magnificent Maps exhibition at the British Library (which, by the way, fully deserves its title), I am blogging about the same subject.

Going Underground links to the British Transport Police's map of reported crime.

The data covers incidents at stations and onboard trains, and covers all of the United Kingdom apart from Northern Ireland.

My local station, Walthamstow Central, had only one crime on its premises in February 2010, the last month for which figures are given.

This compares well to September 2008, during which month nineteen crimes were reported at the station.

It is just a shame that data for March and April 2010 is not displayed.

If you need to contact the British Transport Police or report a crime, call 0800 40 50 40.

The Magnificent Maps exhbition is free, and open daily. Want to find out how a map can be used to intimidate the powerful? Take the tube or bus to King's Cross and have a look.