Claim: Crime levels on the London Underground are reminiscent of crime in New York at its worst in the 1990s.
Fact-check: The London Underground isn't as dangerous as New York's in the 1990s - Full Fact
Verdict: riders of the new york city subway in 1990—when crime peaked in the 1990s—were considerably more likely to experience a serious crime than riders of the london underground are to experience any crime at the moment.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Abbas Panjwani
Date published: 2019-01-25T00:00:00