Crime rates in israel

Suspect shot in leg by Border Police at Shuafat crossing near Jerusalem

During the arrest the suspect was shot in the leg. No officers were injured.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
ISRAELI BORDER police operate near Betlehem.
A view of a Japanika restaurant branch owned by businessman Barak Abramov that was damaged in a shooting in Herzliya, central Israel, July 14, 2026.

Tel Aviv police arrest additional suspect in Japanika grenade attack case

The suspect, a Bat Yam resident in his 20s, was taken for questioning by the Tel Aviv District Central Unit and will be brought before the Tel Aviv Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday.

|ByALON HACHMON, HODAYA RAN
Ultra orthodox Jews protest against the drafting of ultra orthodox jews to the Israeli army, in Jerusalem, July 15, 2026.

Haredi protests block Jerusalem roads, gather outside A-G's residence, denounce draft dodger arrest

Police deployed across Jerusalem and Beit Shemesh after haredi protesters blocked roads and refused dispersal orders during demonstrations over military conscription.

|ByMAARIV, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Sara Netanyahu, wife of Prime Minester Netanyahu at Amunition Hill on Jerusalem Day 2026

Former Shin Bet official: Sara Netanyahu's request for lifetime security is 'delusional'

The prime minister’s wife, Sara Netanyahu, requested a security detail for the rest of her life. Yaron Blum argued that the request did not reflect reality.

|ByANNA BARSKY

Two injured in Ashdod car blast

Police treating the explosion as a criminal incident, part of Israel's gang wars.

NOVEMBER 7, 2017ByJPOST.COM STAFF
The explosion in an Ashdod residential parking garage

Spike in arrests for agricultural crimes

Arabs allegedly stole hundreds of kilos of produce, nearly 200 livestock and farming equipment

OCTOBER 29, 2017ByDANIEL K. EISENBUD
KKL-JNF and Desert Agriculture 758x530

51 arrested in overnight operation in Jerusalem's Issawiya

Police searched suspects' homes and collected evidence which indicated they took part in criminal activities, threw rocks and Molotov cocktails at security forces.

OCTOBER 23, 2017ByUDI SHAHAM
Clashes in Issawiya 390

Police arrest 33 reputed mobsters in overnight raids throughout Israel

Alleged crime boss Michael Mor is among the detainees.

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017ByDANIEL K. EISENBUD
These weapons were seized during raids in the North that led to the arrest of 33 wanted gangsters

Car bombing in southern Israel leaves top mob official dead

The incident comes as a number of suspected gangland hits have taken place throughout Israel.

JUNE 27, 2017ByELIYAHU KAMISHER
Scene of the crime in Ashkelon where a mob official was killed in a car bombing

Jewish school teacher arrested over child pornography

The suspect has been bailed to appear at Melbourne Magistrates Court on 10 August.

MAY 4, 2017ByTAMARA ZIEVE
Man with hands tied up with chains behind the bars (illustrative)

Undercover agent busts south Jerusalem drug dealers

30 suspects were arrested from Jerusalem, including six residents of east Jerusalem.

APRIL 19, 2017ByJPOST.COM STAFF
Drugs and weapons confiscated in police raid

Senior Israeli mobster arrested in Argentina

The arrest is part of the larger police investigation, termed “Case 1131,” into a number of mob-related murders. Police have filed 15 indictments in the case.

DECEMBER 13, 2016ByELIYAHU KAMISHER
Man in handcuffs - illustrative

Tension between police, Lod’s Arab community magnified by murder

According to data released last week by the Central Bureau of Statistics, 69% of Arab-Israelis surveyed have a negative view of the police.

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016ByELIYAHU KAMISHER
Police detain an Arab youth during clashes in the southern town of Rahat on January 20.

Israeli-Arab mother shot dead in front of her children

Police don’t do enough to stop sharp increase in violence in Arab communities, NGO charges.

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016ByELIYAHU KAMISHER, BEN LYNFIELD
Crime scene [illustrative]