Light Rail Has Much More Crime than Buses in the US

10/4/05 Event Type	Motor Bus	Commuter Rail	Demand Response	Heavy Rail	Light Rail	Trolley Bus	Other	Total		LRT/Bus
Security : Aggravated Assaults	774	93	9	282	195	17	13	1,383
Security : Arson	23	5	0	7	10	0	0	45
Security : Bomb Threat	30	21	0	67	4	0	4	126
Security : Bombing	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2
Security : Burglary	162	110	2	40	308	0	1	623
Security : Chemical/Biological/Nuclear Release	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Security : Cyber Incident	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Security : Fare Evasion (citations)	10276	5,496	43	25,775	71,799	1	4	113,394
Security : Forcible Rape	8	1	1	12	4	0	0	26
Security : Hijacking	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Security : Homicide	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Security : Motor Vehicle Theft	173	95	4	962	387	0	1	1,622
Security : Non-Violent Civil Disturbance	296	1	6	0	90	0	20	413
Security : Other Assaults (arrests)	766	157	4	572	122	1	44	1,666
Security : Robbery	475	48	0	676	367	14	12	1,592
Security : Sabotage	1	7	0	0	0	0	3	11
Security : Theft Offenses	1654	850	11	4,396	986	158	17	8,072
Security : Trespassing (arrests)	1150	822	8	663	739	0	20	3,402
Security : Vandalism	456	128	5	201	259	0	13	1,062
Total	16249	7,834	93	33,654	75,270	191	152	133,443
Passenger Miles (millions)	21,377	9,719	962	14,354	1,576	173	911	49,073
All Types (major & non-major) without Fare Evasion	20,049
Per billion passenger miles
Security : Aggravated Assaults	36.2	9.6	9.4	19.6	123.7	98.2	14.3	28.2		3.4
Security : Arson	1.1	0.5	0.0	0.5	6.3	0.0	0.0	0.9		5.9
Security : Bomb Threat	1.4	2.2	0.0	4.7	2.5	0.0	4.4	2.6		1.8
Security : Bombing	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0
Security : Burglary	7.6	11.3	2.1	2.8	195.4	0.0	1.1	12.7		25.8
Security : Chemical/Biological/Nuclear Release	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0
Security : Cyber Incident	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Security : Fare Evasion (citations)	480.7	565.5	44.7	1,795.6	45,552.0	5.8	4.4	2,310.7		94.8
Security : Forcible Rape	0.4	0.1	1.0	0.8	2.5	0.0	0.0	0.5		6.8
Security : Hijacking	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0
Security : Homicide	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Security : Motor Vehicle Theft	8.1	9.8	4.2	67.0	245.5	0.0	1.1	33.1		30.3
Security : Non-Violent Civil Disturbance	13.8	0.1	6.2	0.0	57.1	0.0	22.0	8.4		4.1
Security : Other Assaults (arrests)	35.8	16.2	4.2	39.8	77.4	5.8	48.3	33.9		2.2
Security : Robbery	22.2	4.9	0.0	47.1	232.8	80.8	13.2	32.4		10.5
Security : Sabotage	0.0	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.3	0.2		0.0
Security : Theft Offenses	77.4	87.5	11.4	306.2	625.6	912.2	18.7	164.5		8.1
Security : Trespassing (arrests)	53.8	84.6	8.3	46.2	468.8	0.0	22.0	69.3		8.7
Security : Vandalism	21.3	13.2	5.2	14.0	164.3	0.0	14.3	21.6		7.7
Total	760	806	97	2345	47754	1103	167	2719		62.8
Total minus fare evasion	279	241	52	549	2202	1097	162	409		7.9