SEPTA on Thursday reported its largest one-year drop in serious crime, and touted their once short-staffed police force that is now its largest in over a decade.

SEPTA's safety turmoil appears to be headed in the right direction, with the transit agency saying it's the safest ride it's been in years, with violent crime seeing a huge decline.

Data released Thursday shows serious crime on SEPTA property is down 33 percent. That’s the largest decline in the transit agency’s history. SEPTA officials are crediting, in part, its largest police force in over a decade.