NEW YORK - JUNE 18: A subway conductor looks out his window June 18, 2003 in New York City. A new report by the New York Police Department (NYPD) reports that felonies are down 15 percent this year on New York’s subways. The NYPD credits an increase in officers at subway stations for part of the drop in crime on trains and stations. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
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Subway crime has been on the rise for the last three years, mostly because thieves started going after passengers’ increasingly ubiquitous iPhones and tablets. Now, the NYPD says it has managed to stop the trend by putting more officers on the trains and in the stations. While there were 2,482 underground felonies in 2012, there were only 2,329 during the same period in 2013 — a six-percent decrease. Get a Blackberry and the odds of your device getting stolen will drop to zero.
