TfL Watch data suggests there were 63,460,000 incidents of recorded fare evasion* on TfL’s rail network in the financial year 2023/24, with less than 0.02% of fare evaders being convicted.**

Given the shocking inaction from TfL, it’s no surprise that our data shows that there were:

11,591 incidents of fare evasion per hour 

193 per minute 

3 per second. ***

TfL announced they successfully convicted just 12,638 people for fare evasion in the same period, less than a 0.02% conviction rate.

In the coming months, we’ll be launching our policy paper on how fare evasion can be properly tackled, once and for all.

Stay tuned across all our social media channels as we unveil more shocking truths about the true failure inside TfL.

*1.67bn journeys across TfL rail network (DLR, Elizabeth line, overground and underground) https://content.tfl.gov.uk/qpr-q4-2023-24-acc.pdf

** Convictions for fare evasion 2023/24 (https://tfl.gov.uk/corporate/transparency/freedom-of-information/foi-request-detail?referenceId=FOI-4175-2425 )

***3.8% fare evasion rate (https://tfl.gov.uk/corporate/transparency/freedom-of-information/foi-request-detail?referenceId=FOI-4087-2425) + Assuming majority of TfL Stations open every day for 15 hours.