Around My Station

About this project

Around My Station brings together open data about railway stations across Great Britain – recorded crime, passenger numbers, the local area and live trains – so anyone can see a clear, honest profile of a station and the area around it.

Independent project – not affiliated with any organisation

This is an independent project produced by Mohammed Miah.

It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or operated on behalf of any police force (including British Transport Police and all territorial police forces), Police.uk, the Home Office, the Office of Rail and Road, the Office for National Statistics, National Rail, Network Rail, any train operating company, or any other organisation or public body in the UK.

All figures come from publicly available open data. Nothing on this site is an official statistic, an official police assessment, or advice from any of these organisations.

Why it exists

Information about crime around stations is spread across several official sources, each with its own format, gaps and caveats. This project gathers it in one place for each station and explains it in plain language, so people can understand the context around a station – including where the data has gaps – without needing a background in data.

It is intended to give context about safety, not a verdict on it. Recorded crime reflects what is reported to and recorded by the police; it is not the same as how safe a place is, and busier stations naturally record more because more people pass through.

What you can do

Search any station

More than 3,000 stations in Great Britain: National Rail, London Underground, DLR, London Cable Car, West Midlands Metro, Tyne and Wear Metro and Glasgow Subway, by name, code or town. A station's data is fetched and stored automatically the first time it is opened.

Key points in plain English

Short, factual sentences generated from the figures – what was recorded, how it compares with last month and with expectations.

Local police and railway police, side by side

Crime recorded by the local force around the station and by British Transport Police at the station itself, shown separately because they are collected differently.

Map of recorded crime

Where crime was recorded around the station, shown as shaded squares because Police.uk locations are approximate.

Trends, time of year and expected ranges

Month-by-month trends, a month-by-year heat map for seasonal patterns, and an “expected vs recorded” view that shows how unusual a month was – with a record of how accurate those expectations have been.

Compare stations

Each station compared with stations of a similar size: victim-based crime, British Transport Police crime per passenger journey, local police crime per resident, whether crime is concentrated at the station, and change on the year before – in bands, not league-table positions.

Passenger numbers

How busy the station is each year since 1997, from Office of Rail and Road estimates, and British Transport Police crime per 10,000 passenger journeys.

The local area

Census 2021 figures for the neighbourhoods around the station (England and Wales) as background context.

Live trains

Departures and arrivals for the next hour with platforms at National Rail stations, and a live map of National Rail and London Underground trains with headcodes and routes.

Open about the data

Every figure shows its source, period and when it was collected; gaps are shown as gaps; data can be downloaded as CSV; a full methodology page explains every calculation.

What this site is not

If you need help

In an emergency, call 999. To report something on the railway that is not an emergency, contact British Transport Police directly through their own official channels (for example, text 61016). This site cannot receive reports.

Data sources and licences

Use of these datasets does not imply endorsement of this project by their publishers. Full details: How the data works.