TfL has launched its annual Safer Travel at Night (STaN) campaign, reminding the public of the dangers of unbooked minicabs and providing advice on how to safely get a taxi or minicab home this Christmas and New Year.

TfL has launched its annual Safer Travel at Night (STaN) campaign, reminding the public of the importance of pre-arranging their journey home.

TfL is already planning to quadruple its minicab enforcement team by next summer, working alongside the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) and City of London Police (CoLP), and over the festive period it will step up activity to crack down on unbooked minicabs and other illegal activity in priority locations across the capital.

Officers will also be engaging with revellers to remind them of the importance of planning their journeys home, using a black cab or booking the journey through a licensed minicab operator, via a booking app, phone, email or in the minicab office.

Detective Supt Adnan Qureshi, from the Metropolitan Police Service’s Roads and Transport Policing Command, said: “Our dedicated taxi and private hire policing officers are at the forefront of tackling illegal taxi and private hire activity and will be out on the streets targeting predatory touts. The officers will be conducting patrols and operations in support of Safer Travel at Night to detect, disrupt and deter criminal activity.”