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

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

Assaults on police officers in the subways surged in recent years as the NYPD ramped up enforcement in the transit system, MTA officials said Wednesday. MTA Chief Security Officer Michael Kemper ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

And on Sunday, a 62-year-old man in a Bronx subway station was punched in the back of the head in an unprovoked assault that caused ... guards at turnstiles to increase security presence and ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

A police officer is pictured at the Ralph Avenue subway station in Brooklyn after ... a 25% drop in robberies and a 5% decrease in felony assaults from the same Jan. 1 to April 28 period last ...