Assaults in the Subway Hit Highest Levels in 25 Years

By Yehudit Garmaise

Don’t head back to the subway just yet; assaults in the subway system are at their highest level in more than 25 years, according to the NYPD.

On trains and in train stations, the number of assaults the NYPD recorded was 570, the highest number since at least 1996, when Rudy Giuliani was the mayor of NYC.

In the past ten years, the number of assaults in the city has been increasing. Overall subway crime, which includes murder and robbery, has slightly decreased from 2022.