Subway cars and platforms in the Big Apple are becoming increasingly violent, according to new NYPD data.

Felony assaults in the subway system were up 16 percent in February compared with the same month a year ago, from 19 to 22, the numbers show.

There have been 88 felony assaults for the year through Sunday, compared with 74 during the same period in 2016.

That’s a 19 percent increase — and continues a yearly uptick going back to 2014.

From January through March 2016, assaults on the trains were up 44 percent, from 52 to 75 from 2015.

The 2015 numbers were a 17 percent increase over 2014’s.

Riders say they feel less safe on the trains, and often find themselves looking over their shoulders.

“It’s devastating,” said Francine Portus, 50, from Brooklyn. “You pay your subway fare to go to get to work, not to see fighting. If you want to see a fight, go and watch wrestling. It’s not safe riding the subway, but I have to do it because that’s how I get to work.”

Some of the assaults are related to hate crimes, said NYPD Transit Bureau Chief Joseph Fox.

Not only are riders attacking each other more often, but the amount of hate-related graffiti — mostly swastikas — scrawled in the system has skyrocketed in the past year, he said.

Those incidents are up from three at this point in 2016 to 19 this year through Sunday.

Fox said the subway crime numbers have climbed along with those throughout the Big Apple.

“This is reflective of an increase in our city, which is also reflective of the national discourse,” Fox said at the monthly MTA NYC Transit committee meeting.

Riders say they see more passengers getting picked on for being different.

“I see gay people being disrespected all the time,” said Frankie Soto, 34, from Queens.

“They’ll just be standing there or sitting down, then someone just comes out of nowhere and starts bothering them for no reason. They start talking bad about them, saying, ‘You f–kers.’ ”

Additional reporting by Shari Logan