NYC subways see dip in crime since NYPD began patrolling trains overnight: It makes me feel safer

New York City subways have seen a slight dip in crime since cops began patrolling the trains overnight earlier this year, data shows.Crime in the system was down 7% between Jan.20 — when the nighttime patrols began — and March 16, compared to the same time frame last year, according to NYPD statistics.Mayor Eric Adams touted the overall reduction in subway mayhem since the beginning of the year, tipping his hat to the new policing effort for driving down the trend.“In partnership with the governor, the NYPD began to put police officers on every train during overnight hours, seven days per week since January, and thanks in part to those efforts, subway crime is down 28%,” Adams told reporters Thursday, citing data showing a major downturn between January and February compared to those two months in 2024.“We are talking about record lows in subway crime that follow two straight years of index crime declines in the system.

Two straight years,” he said at a press conference highlighting mental health initiatives underground.NYPD stats show crime on the subways was down just under 22% from Jan.

1 through Monday, compared to last year.It was down nearly 13% from 2023.Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch deployed the extra cops to ride the trains with the support of Gov.

Kathy Hochul, who offered the city additional funds to flood the transit system from 9 p.m.to 5 a.m.

each night.Straphangers told The Post they’ve noticed the uptick in officers on the subways — but were unsure how productive the strategy was with nowhere near enough cops to cover the hundreds of train cars.“You see them patrolling the cars at night, and I guess there’s some security in knowing they’re there,” said 23-year-old Damerae Beckford.“But the problem is it’s usually just a couple of cops and the trains have eight cars, and most of the s–t you see happens so fast that if the cops aren’t right there at that second, it’s too late.But the city can’t afford to ass...