The
number of reported hate crimes in the subway system has spiked in 2016,
according to NYPD data.
There
have been 37 reported hate crimes in the subway this year as of Dec. 12, an
increase from 19 reported incidents last year, the data show.
Topping
the list were 12 reported attacks targeting subway riders’ sexual orientation.
There were also eight anti-Semitic hate crimes reported.
Police
will begin packaging the statistics in the crime briefing presented to the
MTA’s New York City Transit and Bus Committee each month. The briefing
currently includes data on incidents like murders, rapes and assaults that have
occurred in the subway and bus networks.
There
were more than 1,400 incidents of grand larceny documented in the subway and
bus systems so far this year, as well as 280 felony assaults and 434 robberies,
according to NYPD data through November.
