NYC subway crime down 6%, led by drops in robberies and assaults, NYPD says
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NEW YORK — Major felonies on the subway system are down 6.4% in the first four months of 2024 after a winter of high-profile subterranean crimes, according to NYPD stats released Monday.
“What a difference a few months make,” Norman Grandstaff, deputy chief of the NYPD’s Transit Bureau, said Monday at a meeting of the MTA’s board.
The bulk of that reduction is due to a 25% drop in robberies and a 5% decrease in felony assaults from the same Jan. 1 to April 28 period last year.
Murders are up, with four so far this year compared with two homicides committed on subways by this time last year.
Rapes are holding steady with two reported this year.
However, misdemeanor petty larcenies, defined as theft of less than $1,000 in value, are up 38% in the subway system.
Grandstaff attributed the results to the city’s decision to put more than 1,000 more cops into the system.
“That plan paid off immediate dividends,” he said, adding, “we’re encouraged by this trend.”
Major crimes are down 10.6% to date over the same period in 2019.
Arrests are up systemwide, with 6,545 arrests — 57% more than the 4,171 made by this time last year.
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