Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Violent crime in Newark fell 19% in 2025, with the number of murders hitting yet another historic low of 31 as of Tuesday, despite ...

The “difficult to see” videos show the fatal shooting of Wali Bey, a lifelong Essex County resident and father of two children.

Police used a tracker to trace the stolen vehicle. When the carjacker spotted them, he tried to drive away, authorities said.

The most recent Major Cities Chiefs Association survey – made up of preliminary statistics compiled from 67 law enforcement agencies in the US and Canada – shows homicides dropped about 19% last year ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Officials in Newark released its crime data for 2025 which paints a picture of a city that's making strides to reduce violence.

Crime in Newark is on the decline, according to new data from the city’s 2025 end of year crime statistics. Officials said that despite a deadly mass shooting in the city in November, homicides had ...

NEWARK, N.J. — Donnette Goodluck tried all day to pick up the free bottled water the city was distributing as officials addressed a growing lead contamination crisis. When she first arrived at Boylan ...

Newark had the nation’s third-highest homicide rate – topped only by Detroit and New Orleans – in 2013 when homicide struck 112 out of the city’s 279,000 residents. But violence and trauma in the ...