Subway crime keeps going up—especially the theft of pricey gadgets like iPhones and iPads—and the NYPD keeps escalating its responses. Since apparently the expanded police presence on weekends (dubbed Operation Total iMpact) isn't cutting it, the NYPD is now going to start sending out "dozens of additional decoy officers into the subway" to try and catch some crooks. What a job! more ›

In today's news of the duh, police have acknowledged that there is another big downside to having more subway stations in which you can use your cellphone: More crime! See, "more signal in subway stations and platforms is leading to more robberies," a commanding officer of Downtown Brooklyn’s 84th Precinct told the Post. Who would ever have thought that more people having their expensive pocket computers out in public view would lead to an increase in them being stolen? more ›

The NYPD says it is taking the recent 16.6 percent jump in crime on our subways very seriously. So seriously they've gone and named their response to it, in which an unspecified amount of extra officers will be patrolling the subway, Operation Total Impact. But by Total Impact that don't really mean total...which is to say, don't expect to see the surge of underground police on your daily commutes, they're mostly going to be around on the weekend. more ›

Hold onto your iPhone! Just in time for our new cellphones on the subway world order comes word that it isn't your imagination—crime on the rails is going off the rails. According to NYPD crime statistics obtained by NBC, crime in the subways is up 16.6 percent since the same period last year. more ›

People, if you're going to wait hours for your iPhone 4 or iPad 2, don't flaunt them on the subway, because thieves love ripping them out of unsuspecting tecno-savvy straphangers' hands. According to the Wall Street Journal, "This year, there were 311 grand larcenies on the subway through the end of March, an 18% increase over the same period in 2010" and it's "largely driven by the increasing theft of smartphones, especially Apple's iPhone 4, said Raymond Diaz, chief of the New York City Police Department's transit bureau." Diaz told the MTA, "We've been seeing an incredible trend of young people snatching those cellphones." more ›

Aspiring thieves, may we offer you a piece of advice? If you are going to grab 'n' dash on a subway platform please run into an elevator. Because those things get stuck all the time. And? They only have one set of doors! Which means you've essentially run right into a closet. Which is exactly what three young crooks discovered on Tuesday when they thought it would be fun to swipe an iPhone off of Andrew McConnell—who unfortunately for the tykes is both a transit worker and a former cop. more ›

According to CityRoom, police believe the same man is behind seven subway robberies since the beginning of the year. After a woman boarded a southbound A train at 207th Street in Inwood on Sunday afternoon: "A man approached her and demanded her property, the authorities said. When she refused, the man struck her, before making off with her bank card at the Dyckman Street station. The woman was cut on the left cheek and had a black eye." The previous incidents, whose victims were four women and two men (the most recent victim was the first to be hurt), occurred on the 1, B and D lines. The suspect is described as "a black man in his early 20s, 6 feet 1 inch to 6 feet 2 inches tall, with medium build and black hair." Last week, it was reported that a woman was trapped in a high-entrance subway turnstile at a Brooklyn station by a man who threatened and robbed her. more ›

Yikes: The police say that a woman was robbed at the Halsey Street subway station in Brooklyn on May 24. WABC 7 reports, "The woman was reportedly exiting the station at Wycoff Avenue and George Street through the high turnstile exit when a suspect, armed with a screwdriver, grabbed the bars and trapped the woman inside. He then stole the victim's property and fled in an unknown direction." The incident occurred around 1 a.m. more ›

A few more details about subway robberies being slightly up in 2008 compared to 2007. Apparently a third of those subway thefts were for cell phones. WCBS 2 reports, "Police say the easiest marks are the riders near the doors. Thieves time it so that just as the doors are about to close, they make their grab and take off, leaving the victim trapped inside the train, and helpless to do anything about it." One rider was philosophical "You know if [my phone] gets stolen, I'd rather let it get stolen than get stabbed or something like that." And just last summer, a cop told the Daily News, "A kid taking out an iPhone and using it is like waving around $300." more ›

The Post reports that Harlem resident Marie Conde fought off three muggers--chasing down two of them--"because [her purse] had her green card in it." The 26-year-old, who fell asleep on a 3 train this past Sunday when, woke at 5:30 a.m. when "three punks confronted her as it pulled into the 72nd Street station." One punched her in the right eye and another grabbed her purse. Conde said, "I didn't know what to do, so I just started running after them," holding onto one of them and yelling for help. One mugger said, "Leave him alone! He's my friend!" The police managed to arrest two suspects, while the man who grabbed her purse is still at large. A law enforcement source told the Post that crime victims "shouldn't take matters in your own hands like that. It could be very dangerous, and potentially lethal," but did say Conde was brave, "She is one bad-ass mama." more ›

The police are searching for a man who robs subway passengers during their morning commutes. He targets his victims on the subway platform, grabs their purses and then runs into the subway tunnels. more ›