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Metro Safety Tracker: Transparency in Action

We pay close attention to safety and crime on our system, monitoring data from Metro as well as our partners.

This platform reflects our commitment to transparency, accountability, and creating a secure transit experience for everyone.

Metro is one of the largest public transit systems in the United States, serving Los Angeles County, the most populous county in the nation.

Our Reach and Scale

1M+

Average Weekday Boardings

12,016

Bus Stops as of June 2024 

107

Rail Stations

109

Miles of Rail Track

Fare Enforcement

Fare enforcement is essential for public transit systems to ensure financial sustainability, promote fairness among riders, and maintain the quality and reliability of services.

Trespassing per Million Boardings

Per Million Boardings

This means the number of incidents for every one million passenger boardings. It helps standardize comparisons across systems with different ridership levels.

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Trespassing per Million Boardings

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Trespassing per Million Boardings

January 2025 Enforcement

21698

Tap Visual Inspections

792

MTS Fare Checks

Citations

Protecting Riders

Our law enforcement partners work to enforce the laws that help create a secure and welcoming transit environment for everyone. Metro’s care-based approach requires our partners engage with passengers, offer assistance, de-escalate situations whenever possible, and when necessary, make arrests.

Arrests per Million Boardings

Per Million Boardings

This means the number of incidents for every one million passenger boardings. It helps standardize comparisons across systems with different ridership levels.

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Total Arrests

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Arrests per Million Boardings

Crimes Against Persons, Property and Society

We categorize crimes by those that harm individual people (like assault), those that damage or steal property (like theft), and those that disrupt the well-being of society as a whole (like fare evasion or vandalism).

Crimes per Million Boardings

Per Million Boardings

This means the number of incidents for every one million passenger boardings. It helps standardize comparisons across systems with different ridership levels.

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Total Crimes

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Crimes per Million Boardings

Background: According to standardized law enforcement definitions, crimes against persons (like assault or homicide) involve harm or threat to an individual, crimes against property (like burglary or theft) involve interference with someone's property, and crimes against society (like drug use or trespassing) involve activities that violate societal norms or public order. These categories help law enforcement compare and understand trends across time and different localities.

The Safety Metrics Dashboard provides a detailed look into crime trends, arrests, calls for service, ridership patterns and safety metrics.

Metro Ridership

Overall, we succeed when more people ride Metro, and when people ride Metro, the system is safer for all of us.

Ridership

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Total Ridership

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Ridership