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 ...

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

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.

According to police, the suspect walked in and ordered a cup of coffee before using the app to announce the robbery, translating from English to Spanish.

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 ...

Rashanna James-Frison, a college freshman, who’s written a book of poetry and launched an effort to distribute it to 1,000 Newark 8th graders. The poems reflect her history losing both parents to ...

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 ...