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SEARCHTransit crime is down 44.4% this week compared to the same week last year, down 26.6% over the last four weeks compared to the same time period last year, and down 7.8% year to date compared to 2023.
Last year, overall crime in the transit system fell nearly 3% compared to 2022, as the number of riders increased by 14%.
Photo: MTA/Marc A. Hermann
New data released by the NYPD, showing new milestones in the city and the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s (MTA) efforts to make New York City’s subways even safer.
Transit crime is down 44.4% this week compared to the same week last year, down 26.6% over the last four weeks compared to the same time period last year, and down 7.8% year to date compared to 2023.
“Governor Hochul and Mayor Adams have made subway safety a priority, and the results are in,” said MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber. “In the first half of 2024, subways had both the lowest daily crime rate in 14 years and the third lowest in the 28 years since NYPD has been collecting this data when discounting the pandemic.”
If current trends continue, July will be the sixth consecutive month with a double-digit decrease in subway crime.
Last year, overall crime in the transit system fell nearly 3% compared to 2022, as the number of riders increased by 14%.
This year, transit crime was down 15.4% in February, 23.5% in March, 23% in April, 10.6% in May, and 15.3% in June.
The massive reduction in subway crime came in February, after Mayor Adams directed the NYPD to surge an additional 1,000 police officers into the subway system each day to help keep New Yorkers safe.
Additionally, in March, the NYPD announced "Operation Fare Play," an initiative to ensure riders pay their fare when entering the subway system by deploying 800 more police officers into the subway system to crack down on fare evasion.
The successful operation has helped correct behavior and kept the subway system safe.
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