A Chicago criminologist challenges our assumptions about why most shootings happen—and what really makes a city safe.

Aubry Killion, a WDSU investigator, shared the emotional and powerful story of Tim Gioe, who was groomed and molested as a ...

From the daily newsletter: how to actually make communities safer. Plus: Andrew Marantz on Poland’s election of a right-wing ...

Arrests for robberies, handgun and auto theft offenses in Baltimore City have dropped across the board so far in 2025, though juveniles make up a greater ... the juvenile crime issue by minimizing ...

Gov. Phil Murphy signed a bill aimed at addressing unruly behavior that has plagued the Jersey Shore and other communities.

Auto thefts dropped in 2024, trend appears to be continuing into 2025. But a few new car brands are seeing increases. Police ...

The sharp rise in violent crime starting in 2020 received lots of attention. The recent reported drops, not so much.

There has been a political shift in many major metropolitan areas at the prosecutorial level that was demanded by the ...

The FBI under the leadership of Director Kash Patel has made fighting violent crime and illegal immigration top priorities ...

In less hectic times, or ones in which good news earned as much attention as bad, it might be the biggest story of the moment. In city after city, violent crime has declined so much that it raises ...

The man suspected of carrying out an "act of terrorism" on a pedestrian mall in Boulder, Colorado, is in the United States ...

The prime suspect in Maddie McCann's disappearance, Christian Brueckner, wrote a letter to police bragging that there is no ...