Women are increasingly unsafe in French buses and trains, with law enforcement releasing figures that show there has been an 86 percent increase in victims on public transport in the last ten years, according to the National Observatory on Violence against Women (Miprof). This increase is largely due to the role of foreigners committing such cases.
In terms of sexual assault, women are the victims in 91 percent of all cases, according to the survey from the Ministerial Statistical Service for Internal Security (SSMSI). Of those victims, 75 percent of them are under 30, and 36 percent of those them are minors.
In 2024, there were 3,374 victims of sexual violence on public transport, which is 6 percent more than 2023, 9 percent more than 2022, and 86 percent more than 2016. An incredible 44 percent of the victims were in the Paris region, which is located in Île-de-France, as reported by Le Figaro.
It should be noted that this data comes at the same time that France’s migration population has exploded, with 63 percent of those arrested for sexual assault and 92 percent for petty theft in public transport being foreigners, according to data from 2019. Similar data is seen in Germany, where 59 percent of all sexual assaults on German trains are attributed to foreigners, with sexual crimes doubling since 2019.
