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 ...

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.

A 13-year-old boy was mistakenly detained by Newark police at a store in East Orange on Friday, March 20, authorities said. At 4 p.m., Newark police, in in a joint investigation with federal law ...

Authorities in Newark are asking for help identifying a suspect in a January shooting that damaged a man’s car. Full story in ...

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 ...

Should a Newark police officer have disclosed an assault charge on his job application — even though it was dismissed and ...

Last week, Newark Mayor Ras Baraka reported a 19% drop in crime and an all-time low in the murder rate while announcing the city’s 2025 crime figures at the city’s police academy. But for some, those ...