Other — Los Angeles, CA — reported 2026-07-02

SUMMARY

The Los Angeles transit system has seen a significant increase in crime, including fare evasion, since the city began to reduce enforcement efforts.

KEY FACTS

  • Incident type: Other
  • Location: Los Angeles, CA
  • Date reported: 2026-07-02
  • Suspect: not stated
  • Victim(s): 1 (a 67-year-old grandmother)

REPORTED DETAILS

  • Between 2020 and 2025, crime in the system more than doubled.
  • In 2016, officers typically performed between 500,000 and 1,000,000 fare checks per month.
  • By 2025, agents conducted only about 5,000 fare checks per month.
  • A 67-year-old grandmother was fatally stabbed in the throat by a deranged homeless man on a train in February 2024.
  • The attacker had been banned from riding Metro trains in 2019 after stabbing a college student in the chest.