Subway crime dropped by practically 30% final month as the town rides the momentum from the ultimate weeks of 2022, new knowledge reveals.
The NYPD recorded 145 main felonies on the underground in January, down from 205 over the identical interval in 2022, in line with police knowledge obtained by The Put up.
That’s additionally practically half the tally of January 2020, when cops logged 261 main crimes.
The biggest lower was in grand larcenies, with a 44% dip from 97 to 54.
Theft additionally noticed a 20% drop from 58 to 46.
There have been three fewer felony assaults on the subway system recorded final month in comparison with the prior yr, 43 vs 46.
The lower comes simply days after Mayor Eric Adams and Gov. Kathy Hochul credited the subway security plan that flooded the system with cops final October for lowering the speed of crime on the rails.
