NEW YORK -- Assaults in the subway system are at their highest level in more than 25 years, according to new numbers from the city. The NYPD says it recorded 570 assaults in trains and stations in ...

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 ...

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

The 2024 subway crime totals sank to their lowest level in 15 years, officials said, even while acknowledging that assaults have ... the agency’s formal response to the federal government ...

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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 him to fall off the platform and onto the tracks, the NYPD said.

While major crime on the subway is rare for the MTA’s millions of daily commuters, serious assaults in transit more than tripled between 2009 and last year, from about 150 to 540, according to ...

“Contributing to the rise in felony assaults is the disturbing and unacceptable dramatic increase in the number of NYPD cops being assaulted, all while proactively patrolling the subway ...

At the same time, while overall subway crime is down, assaults have tripled since 2009 ... punched and stabbed in unprovoked attacks. In response, the city had nearly tripled the number of ...

Though for the year, subway crime is still up 13% compared to 2023, with assaults on the transit system up 11%. NYPD transit police are investigating 86 assaults, up from last year's 77.