Israel crime rate

Police arrest man from Bat Yam in connection to Japanika restaurant attacks in central Israel

The suspect is expected to appear before the Tel Aviv Magistrate's Court on Friday, where police will request his detention be extended to facilitate the ongoing investigation into the incidents.

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.
Chaim Rotter, arrested on suspicion of numerous sex offenses arrives to a court hearing at the Magistrate's Court in Tel Aviv on July 2, 2025.

Supreme Court denies house arrest for Chaim Rotter, Bnei Brak man accused of rape, targeting minors

IDF, Israel Police arrest five suspects in major Palestinian gang running forgery ring, May 12, 2026.

Major Palestinian gang running forgery ring uncovered in West Bank op. by IDF, Israel Police

People gather outside a Pizza Hut branch in Petah Tikva, lighting candles and placing flowers in memory of employee Yemanu Binyamin Zalka, who was stabbed and later died of his wounds on the eve of Independence Day, April 25, 2026.

Police transfer Zalka murder case to district attorney, family pushes for 'harshest punishment'


12-year-old boy seriously injured in shooting in Jisr-e-Zarka

His cousin was shot dead by Israel Police forces while allegedly attempting to carry out a revenge shooting against the one who had fired at the boy earlier in the evening.

 The scene of a shooting incident in which a 12-year-old was seriously injured in Jisr e-Zarka, October 28, 2022

Five suspects arrested after man killed in Ramle shooting

A second additional murder was also reported in the Arab sector on Sunday morning, in the town of Baka al-Gharbiya.

 Scene of a murder in Ramle, August 27, 2022

Man in northern Israel killed by gunshots fired from passing vehicle

The man was evacuated to hospital from the location in which he was shot, on Route 804, where he was found unconscious. He was in critical condition.

LOWER GALILEE view from Tzipori.

Despite overall drop, violent and cyber crime on the rise in Israel

In 2018 murder was also down, 103 people were murdered compared to 135 in 2017.

Police at the scene of a crime in Rameh in northern Israel

Police arrest two suspects in shooting at Jisr e-Zarka police station

Attempt to remove Israeli flag leads to banning two from town

Jisr e-Zarka

2 dead in suspected murder at Netanya rehab center

Police suspect that a patient of the center murdered his roommate as well as an employee of the center.

A suspected double murder in Netanya, August 2, 2018

Brother allegedly murders his two sisters in their family home in Jaffa

Incident comes hours after mother and daughter found dead in suspected murder-suicide

Police at the scene of a crime in Rameh in northern Israel

Cabinet approves program to rehabilitate convicted minors

75% of convicted minors who are released end up back in jail for other crimes within five years.

Police at the scene of a crime in Rameh in northern Israel

Tough task for police station in violent Arab town

“I want the police to provide security so that we can move around in peace and sleep soundly."

Jisr e-Zarka

Police, municipality survey area for demolitions in east Jerusalem

Leader in Kafr Akab neighborhood says plans to destroy five illegally built structures were made without cooperation.

A view of Kafr Akab, one of the neighborhoods behind the security barrier that would be affected by Elkin's plan. (Udi Shaham)