NEWARK — Community-led solutions that address root causes and a data-driven approach to policing in the city led to a 19-percent drop in violent crime in 2025 and the lowest homicide rate since 1953 ...

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 pair of multiple-homicides late in the year that city officials ...

NEWARK, NJ — Newark has seen a big drop in violent crime over the past few decades, officials say. And according to Kyleesha Wingfield-Hill, it didn’t happen by putting more people in prison – it ...

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, New Jersey -- Violent crime in Newark has fallen about 10 percent in the last year, a result partly attributable to greater numbers of police officers, more community engagement and better ...