Underground Crime Goes Down

The subway system has hit a new milestone of sorts: Having the lowest amount of crime in 37 years. The Daily News explains there are an average of seven felonies a day these days, whereas in 1990, there were 49 daily (of course, these felonies are the reported ones). And crime is down 18% from last year.

Better subway security is credited to anti-terror concerns (more surveillance cameras, bag searches) and operations like "Operation Lucky Bag" (not emphasized: when "Operation Lucky Bag" entraps people). But this story would probably have more power, if this weekend there wasn't the incident where man stabbed another man on a 2 train (it was 3AM, but there were about 20 people around).