Robberies are soaring in the city’s transit system, NYPD data show.
There were 128 muggings on trains and buses as of April 5, a 21% surge over the 106 from the same period last year and experts fear it will get worse.
Felony assaults ticked down 6% in the same period, from 171 to 160, but that sum does not include the three horrific attacks on innocent straphangers Saturday by an unhinged, machete-wielding maniac. Assaults are up 60% when compared to pre-Covid 2019.
Murder in transit also eked up, to three so far this year from none at the same time in 2025.
Misdemeanor assaults spiked by 12% – from 395 to 441 – and petty larceny saw a 4% bump, from 46 to 57.
Last year saw an all-time low for transit robberies and that’s part of the reason the crime is up, an NYPD spokesman said. There were also only two more incidents so far this year than in 2019, he said.
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Robberies in the subway are often driven by kids, the NYPD said, adding that 34% of the incidents so far this year were committed by juveniles and 63% have led to arrests.
The robbery increase was 54% in January and February, compared to the same period in 2025, coinciding with record cold temperatures and snow that pushed more people onto the city’s crammed trains. The incidents trended downward in March, an NYPD spokesman said.
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Mayor Mamdani campaigned in part on cutting the NYPD’s budget, including shuttering the NYPD’s Strategic Response Group, which handles protests and counter-terrorism.
The city needs to flood the subway with cops for the summer, Alcazar said.
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