Despite an overall drop in transit crime, felony assaults in New York City’s subway system have jumped 19 percent this year, ...

More subway riders have reported being punched, kicked and stabbed so far this year than last — and many of them were police ...

Forty-five felony assaults were reported in the subway system in September – a 21.6% increase from the 37 such crimes recorded during the same month in 2022, the latest statistics released by ...

Citywide, surges in robbery, burglary and other crimes helped drive a 22 percent increase ... in the subway was remote, even as the rate of offenses like murder, rape, felony assault and robbery ...

The rise in subway ... 53 assaults reported, compared to just 40 this time last year. Police say major transit crimes overall have been trending downward over the past year, despite an increase ...

Recent NYPD data paints a concerning picture, with 2023 seeing the highest number of subway assaults since at least 1996. Over that year, there were 570 assaults, marking a slight increase from ...

New York Police Department data showed that subway felony assaults rose by 20% since last year, despite other crimes decreasing.

Subway assaults often involve strangers, in contrast to similar crimes on the streets, he said. Reeping added that a sizable increase in physical attacks on police officers — which are ...

While violent crime in the subway has fluctuated in the past few years, there has been a substantial increase in key categories since before the coronavirus pandemic. Felony assaults in the system ...

A 68-year-old MTA worker was attacked with a metal pipe at the Bergen Street subway station in Brooklyn. The assailant fled ...