What¡¯s up with subway crime in New York?
One simple, encouraging and correct answer is that it¡¯s down so far this year, with 7.4% fewer major felonies reported to the New York City Police Department¡¯s transit bureau through the end of May than during the same period in 2022.
That¡¯s just this year, though. Since the arrival of COVID-19 more than three years ago, crime in New York¡¯s subways has been the subject of intense local and even national attention, with the media often depicting it as out of control, but the numbers don¡¯t exactly back that up. A closer look explains the disconnect: While subway riders are not significantly more likely to be victims of crime than before the pandemic, they¡¯re much more likely to be victims of senseless violence.
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