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<p>We do not have an assessment of the prevalence of this practice for the whole of
public transport.</p><p> </p><p>‘Upskirting’ is likely to be a covert act by perpetrators
to avoid challenge or detection, so reporting numbers are likely to be low.</p><p>
</p><p>However, for the rail network, the British Transport Police (BTP) has seen
an increase in reports following the joint BTP / Transport for London (TfL) "Report
it to stop it" campaign, which heightened awareness and increased victim confidence
to report.</p><p> </p><p>BTP has successfully secured a number of prosecutions under
the common law offence of ‘outraging public decency’.</p><p> </p>
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