New York, Philadelphia, Boston, and Chicago have had subways and commuter lines for over 100 years. The problem doesn't exist in those cities.
Texas really is a whole 'nother country.
I suspect the "crime clusters at metro stops" is a bit of an urban legend. Like how people in suburban New Jersey are afraid to leave their cars at mall parking lots where buses leave for the Port Authority. You know that anyone can take a bus down from The City, walk over to your Honda or Toyota, break in and drive it to a chop shop while you're away at work.
It happened to my sister's friend's mother's neighbor.
From personal experience, I know that in both Philly and D.C. each new bus or rail stop added to the suburbs tends to boost crime in the surrounding areas. Spoke recently with a top cop in a major Dallas affluent suburb regarding the same. He's considered one of the best in his field and teaches at the FBI Academy in Quantico from time to time. He said that they're hiring in his suburb 10% more police officers just to deal with the crime that is associated with the DART (metro) rail stops that have been added to his suburb in the past two years.