Crimes — including murder, rape and robbery — are up 40% in the subway system so far this year compared to 2021, according to newly released NYPD statistics.
At least 1,917 crimes were reported from January to October — up from 1,367 in the same period last year, figures prepared for Tuesday’s MTA board meetings showed.
There were 210 total felonies in the last month alone, up from 198 in September, the NYPD said.
The October tally included three murders, two burglaries, 51 robberies, 46 felonies and 108 grand larceny – all increases from this month in 2021, according to police.
The year-to-date increase in crime easily exceeded the 38 percent increase in ridership over the same period as straphangers returned to the system in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
According to The Post, in the past two and a half years, people have been more likely to have been victims of crime, as was the case in the city, compared to before the pandemic.
Homicides in the subway system since 2020 have also risen to their highest annual levels in 25 years as the city grapples with a general spike in indiscriminate violence, NYPD statistics show.
According to the newly released data, the system had recorded nine homicides so far this year through Oct. 31, compared to six during that period last year.
The transit violence that has prompted officials to deploy more underground police officers, with the state footing the bill for overtime.
But notable and heinous crimes continued, including back-to-back stabbings last Tuesday night that left three people injured, including a Good Samaritan.
The knife-wielding thug behind the second incident is said to have shouted anti-Muslim insults in the course of the attack, police said.
Straphanger have also had several encounters with death this November. In an incident on Saturday, a 38-year-old woman was pushed onto the Brooklyn train tracks only to be rescued by another subway rider.
Asked for comment, an MTA spokesman said an influx of police officers announced last month by Gov. Kathy Hochul and Mayor Eric Adams has resulted in less crime.
“The NYPD is now deploying more officers in subway cars and on train platforms, and so far this month this has led to a decrease in crime,” spokesman Aaron Donovan said.
Drivers and transit workers speaking to The Post on Sunday were divided on whether the recent influx of cops had had an impact.
“They just wait until the police aren’t there,” said 25-year-old grocer Lee Rivera.
But an MTA station employee who works at a Manhattan subway station said the extra police officers are helping to keep problems at bay.
“More police, more attention,” the clerk said. “When winter comes, more homeless people come. Thank goodness so far so good. The police are here, that’s good.”
