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.

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.

It didn’t fix everything – but it made a big impact on Newark, advocates say.

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 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 ...