A) 2300 is still a lot B) If a homeless dude yells at you threatens you and craps in the subway car that's not a felony and isnt included in the already high 2300 but does that mean the train riders are safe? And if they aren't, why is it OK for them to not be safe?
In 1990, a few years before I moved to NYC, there were 18,000 felonies on the subways, NPR just reported, compared to 2300 last year. Anyone who, like me, was a regular rider back then w/out thinking it was highly unsafe should take pause before assuming this is the case today.