Crime rates in israel

Israel Police delays 2025 statistical report nine months after year’s end

Nine months after the end of 2025, Israel Police have yet to release its annual statistical report, an unusual delay for which the police have not provided a detailed explanation.

Israel Police and IDF readiness drills continue as part of Operations Advancing the Wall and Southern Wind to prepare in case of future Octover 7-style attacks, September 7, 2026.
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Netanya man indicted for alleged series of indecent acts against at least 10 women in one day

Wearing a habit and other religious symbols, nuns in Jerusalem are not able to hide their identity, making them a target of hate crimes.

Man who attacked Jerusalem nun acquitted due to mental illness, hospitalized for up to six years

Friends and colleagues of attorney Arbel Feldman stand in his memory outside a remand hearing for suspected killer Ahmad al-Rajoub at the Rishon Lezion Magistrate's Court earlier this month.

Ramle man indicted after shooting his lawyer six times at close range over insurance claim


Four more dead as gun crime wave continues in Israel

Over 179 people have been killed in the Arab sector since the beginning of 2023, according to the Abraham Initiatives.

 The scene of a shooting in Haifa. September 24, 2023

Police seek to catch Arab sector crime bosses through tax forms

Since the year began police have confiscated 1,233 pistols, 218 rifles, 493 improvised weapons, 54 shotguns, 453 different types of grenades, 231 explosive charges, and 166,176 rounds of ammunition.

Smuggled guns seized by the IDF and Israel Police near the border with Jordan, October 3, 2022

A majority of Israelis feel unsafe amid rampant crime, terror

The absence of a personal security feeling also affects people's actions in public spaces and even on roads.

 The scene of a car ramming terrorist attack next to the Mahane Yehuda market in Jerusalem, Israel, on April 24, 2023.

Police stop blood feud crime assassination, third in south in 5 days

Israel police have stopped multiple criminal assassinations in southern Israel in the past five days, as blood feuds between rival gangs continue.

 Chief of Police Kobi Shabtai patrol on Jaffa Street in Jerusalem, November 25, 2022.

Police data reveals: Which city in Israel has the most sex and drug offenses?

Beersheba and Tel Aviv neighborhoods dominate the drug and sexual offences list while Arab neighborhoods in Jerusalem top the homicide list.

NAVEH SHA’ANAN is home to the massive central bus station – a center of pollution, noise, crime, drugs and human trafficking

Judicial reform protests continue across Israel for 23rd straight week

Demonstrations were held in Dizengoff Square and Kaplan Street in Tel Aviv, as well as in Haifa. 

 Judicial reform protests continue for the 23rd week in a row June 10, 2023.

Two murdered in northern Israel overnight as wave of violence continues

The deaths on Friday night mark the 73rd and 74th murders in the Arab community since the start of 2023.

Police operate at a crime scene in Nazareth, December 2022.

Israeli child killed in truck hit and run as wave of violence continues

A 25-year-old resident of northern Israel was detained for questioning following the accident as he is suspected of having driven the truck in question. 

Israel Fire and Rescue Services responded to a call on Highway 4 near Yavne where a truck was on fire on May 4, 2023.

Three arrested on suspicion of shooting and killing relative in Lod

Police suspect the murder occurred because of an internal family conflict.

 Israel Police squad car.

Crime rates in Israel have increased, what's the solution? - editorial

Increasing police' pay and numbers is the only way to curb crime.

 Police tape is seen next to an office building, which war crime prosecutors say was used by Russian troops for detention and torturing people during the city occupation, in Kherson