Israel crime statistics

Court indicts eight minors for lynching a 16-year-old in Herzliya park

The lynching happened on November 2, involving eight minors, aged 14 to 16, who met with the victim at a Herzliya park and proceeded to attack him upon arrival.

Israel Police vehicles; illustrative.
 An illustrative image of an Israel Police officer.

Israel Police 'in uproar' as high-ranking officer interrogated over severe abuse of power suspicion

Police car at night

Three killed in separate criminal shootings across country, Israel Police says

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

Two murdered in northern Israel overnight as wave of violence continues


Woman murdered hours after leaving battered women's shelter, manhunt underway for her ex

Though the investigation is still ongoing, police suspect that the 30-year-old woman’s ex-boyfriend murdered both victims before fleeing the scene.

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Police chief: We don't want to be like the US, with masses of people in prison

Police chief Alsheich lays out his plan to win back the public's faith in speech to Israel Bar Association.

Police Commissioner Roni Alsheich‏

State witness killed in northern Tel Aviv car bomb

Avner Maio was set to testify against eight members of organized crime family

Scene of car bomb in Tel Aviv

'Women in Israel live longer, better educated, but still earn less than men'

The Central Bureau of Statistics also found that the average number of children per woman in Israel stood at 3.08 - the highest in the OECD, which has an average of 1.7 children per woman.

Participants at the second annual international conference organized by Tahel, the Crisis Center for Religious Women and Children

Tel Aviv: Burglars indicted for heist of 17th Century manuscripts

The burglars may have gotten away with the botched robbery, had they not made a few key mistakes.

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Indictment: Pack of teens brutally rob taxi driver for 40 shekels and cigarettes

According to the indictment, the taxi driver arrived in Be’er Ya’acov at night to pick up a passenger when he was assaulted by the youths who had been drinking.

Police car at crime scene

Police: Jerusalem man tries to sell his baby for 100,000 shekels

Under questioning the suspect denied actually wanting to sell the baby, and claimed that he was merely in need of money to cover his gambling debts.

Newborn baby [Illustrative]

Non-terror-related Jerusalem crime rate drops amid heightened police presence

While no official figures have been published delineating the drop in crime, police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld says thousands of officers on the ground.

Police and Border Police in Jerusalem's Old City (file)

Suicide at brothel highlights the status of sex workers in Israel

Governments unsure how to deal with the “flesh trade.”

A prostitute waits for customers along a road.

Palestinian officials: Jewish extremists have committed 375 'price tag' attacks in 2015

Police say new methods to deal with nationalistically-motivated crimes will ultimately lead to a decline in the amount of price tag attacks.

A municipal worker paints over ‘price tag’ graffiti daubed in Hebrew on a wall of the Romanian Orthodox Church in Jerusalem, May 9, 2014.