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 ...

A Newark man who police say stabbed a victim outside of the Family Dollar on West Main Street is facing an attempted murder charge.

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.

The missing teen got out of his friend’s car and fled without explanation. He reportedly said he wanted to go to a state park.

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 ...