NYPD reported more subway assaults in 2021 than any year since 1997By David Meyer
January 23, 2022
The NYPD reported 461 felony assaults in the subway system last year — a disturbing rate not seen since 1997, according to data released ahead of Monday’s MTA board meetings.
Eight homicides also occurred in the transit system in 2021, the highest since such statistics started being tracked in 1997.
The troubling subterranean trend is despite a decline in crime at the year’s end. In December, there were 194 total major felonies — down from 235 in November, the NYPD said.
Subway robberies — which doubled from October to November — plummeted in December, from 88 the previous month to 58.
Grand larceny and assault also dropped in December, when one murder and four rapes were also reported.
Overall, cops reported 2.46 crimes per million riders — well above both the 1.47 crimes per million riders reported in all of 2019 and comparatively lower figures from just this past summer.
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https://nypost.com/2022/01/23/nypd-reported-more-subway-assaults-in-2021-than-any-year/
