Many friends who work and study at City often pass through Melbourne's two major railway stations,: Southern Cross Station and Flinders Street Station, but do you know that these two railway stations are the most dangerous?
People come and go on weekdays. Why are these two railway stations the most dangerous places? It's because of the number of people.
One in seven women think Melbourne's train station is unsafe, according to 7news.
The Flinders Street and Southern Cross stations alone reported an average of 154 and 135 crimes per week. According to statistics, in the quarter of June, site crime hit an all-time high of 1840, up 13%.
Between April and June, nearly 1800 crimes were committed, compared with more than 1600 in the same period last year. What's this concept? That's 139 train crimes a week on average, up 35% from 2015!
And there are more or less incidents of racial discrimination on the train every week, as well as violence such as needle freak.
For example, there were four "needle" incidents in February this year!
Most of the events are night-based, happening in the main platforms, for example, someone is playing with a mobile phone, a figure floating next to it, too late to escape, the arm has been received by unknown objects.
Another example is the fighting that is often encountered in the car.
These are things that often happen at Melbourne's railway stations or trains.
Finally, it usually takes the presence of the police to put an end to the violence.
All in all, even Dandenong,Ringwood,Frankston and Sunshine are among the most dangerous stations in the world. But keep in mind that, Flinders Street and Southern Cross are still the main crime sites and must be very careful at night. As for the classic phrase about the Flinders Street train station, "I'll wait for you under the round clock", next time we should. Change the place?!
Netizens comment:
@ Eamon Burke: I just want to point out that every station except werribee is a major intersection between railway lines. A transfer station has more traffic, it obviously has a higher crime rate than other stations! @ Helen Chong: that's why I'd rather drive an hour to college. @ Kelly Coppola: I'm proud that Craigieburn isn't in the rankings.