Safest and Riskiest Subway Stops in NYC

The Daily News recently conducted an investigation regarding the safest and riskiest subway stations in New York City. Their results were shocking. 62% of the crimes happened on trains and 38% happened in the stations. This is their data:


PROPERTY CRIMES: a category of crime that includes, among other crimes, burglary, larceny, theft, motor vehicle theft, arson, shoplifting, and vandalism.

MOST CRIMES

• 125 Street (4,5,6) - 911 crimes
• Times Square/Port Authority (1,2,3,7,N,Q,R,S,A,C,E) - 677 crimes
• 14 Street/Union Square (L,N,Q,R,4,5,6) - 452 crimes.

HIGHEST CRIME RATE (PER 100,000 TRIPS)

• Broad Channel (A,S)  - 9.05
• Beach 44 Street (A) - 2.68
• Beach 105 Street (A,S) - 2.27

VIOLENT CRIMES - A crime in which the offender uses methods of force or violence.

• Times Square/Port Authority (1,2,3,7,N,Q,R,S,A,C,E) - 183 crimes
• Broadway Junction (A,C,J,Z,L) - 113 crimes
• 14 Street/Union Square (L,N,Q,R,4,5,6) - 111 crimes

HIGHEST CRIME RATE ( PER 100,000 TRIPS)

• Broad Channel (A,S) - 3.42
• Broadway Junction (A,C,J,Z,L) - .79
• 149 Street/Grand Concourse (2,4,5)  - .38

TOTALS FOR ALL CRIME
July '08 - June '13

• Times Square/Port Authority (1,2,3,7,N,Q,R,S,A,C,E) -1791 crimes
• 125 Street (4,5,6) -1643 crimes 
• 14 Street/Union Square (L,N,Q,R,4,5,6) - 1564 crimes

WEAPONS POSSESSION: refers to a class of crime regarding the lawful or unlawful possession of a weapon by a citizen within an established society

• Broadway Junction (A,C,J,Z,L) - 320 crimes
• Times Square/Port Authority (1,2,3,7,N,Q,R,S,A,C,E) - 265 crimes
• 14 Street/Union Square (L,N,Q,R,4,5,6) - 238 crimes

HIGHEST CRIME RATE (PER 100,000 TRIPS) 

• Broad Chanel (A,S) - 3.67
• Broadway Junction (A,C,J,Z,L)  -2.24
• Chauncey Street (J,Z)  - .73

LEAST CRIME

July '08 - June '13

• Aqueduct Racetrack (A) - 1 crime
• 77 Street (R) - 7 crimes
• Hunters Point Ave (7) - 9 crimes

MISDEMEANOR SEX CRIMES : is any "lesser" criminal act in some common law legal systems 

• 42 Street/Grand Central ( 4,5,6,7,S) - 369 crimes
• 14 Street/Union Square (L,N,Q,R,4,5,6) - 172 crimes
• Times Square/Port Authority (1,2,3,7,N,Q,R,S,A,C,E) - 109 crimes

HIGHEST CRIME RATE (PER 100,000 TRIPS)

• Broad Channel (A,S) - .98
• Beach 105 Street (A,S) - .57
• Forest Hills/ 71 avenue (E,F,M,R) - .25

HIGHEST CRIME RATE TOTAL (PER 100,000 TRIPS)

• Broad Chanel (A,S) - 27.38
• Broadway Junction (A,C,J,Z,L) - 5.76
• Beach 105 street (A,S) - 4.27

DRUG CRIMES - To possess, manufacture, or distribute drugs classified as having a potential for abuse.

• Times Square/Port Authority (1,2,3,7,N,Q,R,S,A,C,E) - 155 crimes
• 116 Street (B,C) - 84 crimes
• 14 Street/Union Square (L,N,Q,R,4,5,6) - 79 crimes

HIGHEST CRIME RATE (PER 100,000 trips)

• Broad Channel (A,S) - 1.22
• 116 Street (B,C) - .86
• 110 Street/Cathedral Parkway (B,C) - .69

LOWEST CRIME RATE (PER 100,000 TRIPS)

• Wall Street (2,3) - .04
• Wall Street (4,5) - .08
• 77 Street (R)-. 09

The most common crime was larceny, with about 13,000 instances of petty and grand larceny through a five-year period.

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