MORE than half of sexual offences reported on trains and at stations in Worcestershire go unsolved, and in many cases no suspect is identified, new figures have revealed.
The reported offences include child rape, exposure, sexual assaults, outraging public decency and voyeurism (upskirting) reported to British Transport Police over the last five years.
The data, revealed to Worcester News following a freedom of information request, shows that, between 2021/22 and 2025/26, a total of 47 incidents were recorded in the county, but 22 of those ended with no suspect being identified.
47 sexual offences in five years
In six other instances, police or the CPS had a named suspect and the victim supported a prosecution, but there were ‘evidential difficulties’ preventing further action.
The figures show that 28 of the 47 offences ended with the police either unable to identify a suspect or with evidential difficulties preventing further action against a suspect. This included failing to identify suspects in reports of outraging public decency, sexual assault and rape of a female child under 16.
ATTACKS: Worcester Foregate Street station in Worcester has witnessed sexual offences (Image: Supplied)
In some cases over that same period, the victim declined or was unable to support action to identify the offender. This happened six times between 2021/22 and 2025/26.
Recent sex attacks at Shrub Hill and Foregate Street
No breakdown has been provided by British Transport Police of where the offences took place. However, Worcester has two main stations, Worcester Foregate Street station and Shrub Hill and serious sexual assaults have taken place at both of them.
We reported in June how Jake Spooner, 28, admitted sexually assaulting an 11-year-old girl at Worcester Foregate Street station on August 16, 2025.
Security guard Aamar Mohammed, 35, sexually assaulted a 14-year-old girl while on duty at Worcester Shrub Hill Station.
JAILED: Aamar Mohammed, 35, who targeted a 14-year-old girl (Image: British Transport Police)
On November 14, 2021, Mohammed, then of Shireland Road in Sandwell, walked her to the platform where her train was due to arrive before heading into an office at the station.
A short while later he asked her into that office as a warm place to go while she waited for her train. And as she approached, he turned the room’s lights off. Inside the office Mohammed forced himself upon the teenager and sexually assaulted her.
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She managed to get away from him and return to the platform to board her train, and he then emerged from the office and waved at her as the service left the station.
Worcester Crown Court on January 12, a judge sentenced him to three years and eight months in prison after he was found guilty of two counts of sexual assault and jailed following a week-long trial after a British Transport Police investigation.
Cllr Sarah Murray, who is the Liberal Democrat councillor, is the elected Member Champion for Personal Safety and Civility in Public Office on Worcester City Council, a White Ribbon campaigner and a Domestic Abuse Champion with the DAWN project.
Sexual assaults on trains ‘deeply concerning’
Cllr Murray said she was ‘passionate about the safety of women and girls’
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She said: “These figures are deeply concerning. Every one of these offences represents a person whose sense of safety has been violated while simply trying to go about their daily life. Women and girls, in particular, should never have to plan their journeys around fear of harassment, exposure, sexual assault or worse.
“While I welcome the fact that some offenders have been brought to justice, it is concerning that many investigations ended without a suspect being identified or due to evidential difficulties. Victims need to know that if they come forward, they will be listened to, supported and treated with dignity throughout the process.”
In some cases, however, a suspect was summonsed/postal requestioned or charged (nine times over the same period). Two offences are recorded as a ‘new’ outcomes which indicates that the investigation has not yet concluded. Following a manual review of the force records management system, British Transport Police identified that seven of the 47 results ended in a conviction at court.
Upskirting, rape and exposure on trains
The 47 recorded sexual offences include 24 reports of sexual assault on a female aged 13 and over (no penetration); six reports of committing an act outraging public decency; four of exposure; three of voyeurism additional offences (upskirting); two of an assault on a female aged over 13 by penetration; two of rape of a female child under 16; two of sexual assault on a female child under 13 (no penetration); one sexual assault on a male aged 13 and over (no penetration); one report of causing or inciting a child under 16 to engage in sexual activity (offender 18 or over); and one of rape of a male child under 16.
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The data refers to information recorded within Worcestershire within the West Mercia Police force area.
The period from 2021 – 2022 includes Covid-19 lockdowns and regulations which significantly affected the number of people travelling on the railway network.
It is understood this may have an impact on various types of reported crime figures. British Transport Police records crimes committed onboard a moving train using the ‘end station’ as the location.
This means that a crime onboard a Glasgow – London Euston train will be considered a crime within the Metropolitan Police area, whereas as a crime on a train from London – Glasgow would be recorded as happening in the Police Scotland area.
