Tube passengers are most at risk of becoming a victim of crime when travelling on the Central Line, it can be revealed.

Figures obtained from the British Transport Police showed 3,783 crimes were recorded on the line - the longest on the London Underground network - over a two-year period.

The Piccadilly line was the second most crime-ridden service with 3,450 crimes reported from January 1, 2014 to December 8, 2015, according to the statistics.

But police said that high levels of crime on some parts of the Tube network was down to a larger volume of passengers on some lines.

The Jubilee line was the third most dangerous across the London Underground network with 3,221 incidents and the Northern line fourth with 3,083.

In contrast, the Waterloo & City line, which operates between Bank and Waterloo from Monday to Saturday, was the least crime-stricken line with just 21 reported offences over the two-year period.

Docklands Light Railway and the Metropolitan line also had significantly lower numbers of crimes than other lines with 1,285 and 1,445 respectively.

Earlier this year, the Standard revealed that King’s Cross, which is part of the Circle, Hammersmith & City, Metropolitan, Northern, Piccadilly and Victoria lines, was the most crime-ridden Tube station across the capital.

Police stress the stats need to be viewed in context, with some of the worst Tube lines being made up of the major stations, which see thousands of passengers passing through each day.

A BTP spokesman said: “Many of these stations are very busy hubs with huge numbers of people passing through, so numbers of offences are always likely to be higher than at smaller stations.”

“Larger, busier stations also have a higher police presence, so more offences are likely to be recorded as a result of police-generated activity.

“Some locations will have specific reasons for the apparent high numbers.”

The spokesman said crime across the network for 2014/15 was at its lowest for more than a decade, despite a rise in the number of passenger journeys.

They added: “Everyone has the right to travel on the railway without fear of being a victim of crime, and BTP is completely committed to reducing crime on the railway even further.”