Santa Monica Police Department reported a 2% decrease in serious Part I crimes in 2024 while Part II crimes increased 16%, according to the department's annual report presented to the City Council on ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (March 26, 2025) — The Poynter Institute is proud to announce the newsrooms selected for the 2025 cohort of Transforming Local Crime Reporting into Public Safety Journalism, led ...

Crime news has been a fixture of journalism for centuries. The true crime genre, from documentaries to podcasts to YouTube channels to TikTok explainers, has boomed over the last decade. And news ...

Collage of Getty Images featuring the three Mayors on the frontline of America’s Crime Rate Reduction : (1) Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin/Getty Images, (2) Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson/Getty ...