MBTA: Serious Crime Down, Bike Thefts Up
Most incidents were down last year, but bike thefts and aggravated assaults increased.
Crime is mostly down on the MBTA with a few exceptions, according to figures released Tuesday. Serious crime—as defined by the FBI as homicide, rape, aggravated assaults, robbery, auto theft, burglary and arson—went down 11 percent in 2012, MBTA Transit Police Chief Paul MacMillan said in a statement. Violent crime, which includes robbery, rape and aggravated assaults, was down 6 percent and there were no homicides on the MBTA last year. There was also a 22 percent drop in robberies, and property crimes, including larceny and theft, went down 13 percent, according to the figures. Aggravated assaults increased over the period, but MacMillan said an analysis of these incidents revealed no pattern. According to the figures, two-thirds of all …
