More subway riders have reported being punched, kicked and stabbed so far this year than last, data from the NYPD shows.

Assaults on subway and bus workers in the city dropped by 31% last year, a statistic cited by transit officials in a letter to the Transportation Department in a bid to stave off threatened ...

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 ...

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

“We need to prioritize public safety over empty political ... being assaulted. Illegal immigrant Sebastian Zapeta-Calil is charged with setting a straphanger on fire on a Brooklyn subway train.

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 ...

Assaults are surging this year in the subway system — and critics fear it’s getting worse with overcrowding caused by congestion pricing. Felony assaults are up 9% so far this year ...

The submission came in response to a March ... to be the victim of an assault than New York City transit riders. Lieber added that "crime in the NYC subway system is among the lowest in the ...

Whether defending New York’s controversial congestion pricing scheme or opposing more-aggressive policing, progressive activists have a favorite talking point in response to ... victimizations on the ...

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 ...

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 ...