NYC Subway Crime Down 11% Since 2019 With More Cops on System
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which operates the city’s subways, buses and commuter rail lines, is looking to boost confidence in the system to increase ridership.
Photographer: Adam Gray/BloombergCrime on New York City’s subway system is down 11% this year from 2019 after Mayor Eric Adams increased the number of uniformed police officers in the nation’s largest transit system.
There were 1,120 reported crimes this year through July 14, down from 1,256 during the same period in 2019, the year before the coronavirus pandemic began, according to the New York Police Department. Crime is also down from last year, when there were 1,210 reported incidents during that timeframe.