The city’s subway system saw a double-digit drop in crime last month, with overall crime also taking a dip, NYPD statistics released Thursday show. 

Transit crime decreased by 26.3% year over year in October, with 168 major crimes reported compared to 228 in October 2023, the NYPD said. Year to date, the system saw a 5.9% drop in crime. 

“Additional NYPD personnel strategically deployed throughout the transit network, increased fare enforcement, and enhanced rider education and awareness all play into the continued crime declines,” the NYPD said in a release. “Exempting the pandemic years of 2020 and 2021, the number of reported crimes in the subway system is at its lowest year-to-date level since 2010… and the lowest level for any month of October since 2009.”

Overall, crime in the city dropped by 6.1% year over year in October, marking the 10th straight month of decline, the NYPD said. 

Robbery dropped by 6.9%, from 1,560 incidents reported in October 2023 to 1,452 last month; burglary dropped by 7.8%, from 1,164 to 1,073; grand larceny dropped by 8.4%, from 4,443 to 4,070; grand larceny auto dropped by 7.2%, from 1,376 to 1,277; and felony assault dipped by 1.9%, from 2,404 to 2,359. 

Murder, however, was up by 20.8% year over year, from 24 homicides logged in October 2023 to 29 last month, police said. The city also saw a 30.1% increase in the number of reported rapes year over year last month, from 123 to 160. 

Shooting incidents in the five boroughs, meanwhile, ticked up by 3.8%, from 78 in October 2023 to 81 last month, the NYPD said. 

But hate crime was down year over year last month, with 73 incidents reported compared to 79 last October. 

Thirty-three of the 73 reported incidents were anti-Jewish incidents, police said. Fifty-five of last year’s 79 incidents were also anti-Jewish, according to the NYPD.

In a statement, NYPD Interim Commissioner Thomas Donlon said the NYPD has been turning to “new ideas” and “emerging technologies” to combat crime. 

“In addition to these innovative approaches, our traditional crime-fighting strategies have also proven highly effective, as evidenced by the success of our proactive enforcement efforts, particularly in the transit system,” Donlon said.

“The presence of uniformed police officers on subway platforms and in train cars has instilled a sense of safety among riders, and this is further supported by crime data,” he said.