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Glasgow Live
Glasgow Live
National
David Walker & Craig Williams

Glasgow Central Station's crime blackspot status sparks calls for urgent action

Politicians in Glasgow have called for urgent action after Central Station was named as the most dangerous train station in Scotland.

Shock new figures from British Transport Police revealed that over 180 crimes were reported in or near to the station in the year to November 2021, over triple the amount reported at Glasgow Queen Street.

These included 66 reported incidents involving violence or sexual offences, 24 of drug possession, 17 of weapons possession, 15 of shoplifting, 14 instances of criminal damage or arson, eight of bicycle theft and two of robbery.

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