MBTA has released crime statistics for 2009, which show that serious "Part 1" crime is down 21.7% from 2008 and petty crime was down 26% from 701 to 522 incidents. All incidents were at their lowest since 1980, when 3,304 serious crimes were recorded. Three thousand or so incidents out of 370 million passenger trips taken in 2009 isn't half bad. By contrast, fare evasion citations more than doubled, from 1,267 in 2008 to 2,864 in 2009, suggesting that the MBTA could be slowly making its way back to financial functionality. Or not. Transitpolice.us should be posting the updated information soon.

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