MA: Violent Crime Levels Remain Low on MBTA, Transit Police Say

    Feb. 9, 2018
    Assaults and larcenies were up slightly on the MBTA last year compared with 2016, but violent crime on the transit system remained at historically low levels, according to officials and Transit Police statistics.

    Source The Boston Globe

    Assaults and larcenies were up slightly on the MBTA last year compared with 2016, but violent crime on the transit system remained at historically low levels, according to officials and Transit Police statistics.

    There were 139 aggravated assaults last year, compared with 118 in 2016, department data show. Larceny reports jumped from 475 in 2016 to 501 last year. And there were two reports of rape or assault to rape last year, compared with just one in 2016.

    Robberies were down, with 119 reported last year compared with 148 in 2016. 

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