The subway system has seen a significant dip in major crimes this year, police said on Monday, even as the number of arrests and summonses issued in the transit network soars.
Over the first nine months of 2023, the number of major felonies perpetrated in the subway system has dipped 5% compared to last year, with police recording 1,632 “index” crimes this year compared to 1,718 in 2022, according to Chief Michael Kemper of the NYPD’s Transit Bureau.
Police logged five murders in the subway system through September, down from six seen in the same period last year. Still, annual murders in transit remain above pre-pandemic baselines, and grisly crimes can often capture the public’s imagination, as took place last week when a woman was gravely injured after being pushed onto the subway tracks in Midtown.
