Major transit crimes surge 17% as NYC sees first underground murder in 2026

Fuente: New York Post

The city marked the year’s first fatal shooting in the subway this week as new NYPD stats show that crime in the city’s transit system is spiking, leaving fearful straphangers clamoring for more cops underground.   Major crime, such as murder and rape, on subways and buses surged 17%, to 246 so far this year from 210 in the same period in 2025. Robbery skyrocketed 58%, to 60 from 38, and assaults spiked 9%, to 71 from 65, according to NYPD data through Feb.