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.

|ByGILAD MORAG
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.
Man in handcuffs - illustrative

Netanya man indicted for alleged series of indecent acts against at least 10 women in one day

According to the indictment, Ganah was questioned, released to house arrest, and then, within a single day, allegedly committed a further series of acts against at least 10 different women.

|ByHODAYA RAN
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

The ruling means that Shreiber cannot be held criminally responsible for the attack because of his mental condition at the time.

|BySARAH BEN-NUN
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

“An attack on a lawyer acting within the law as his client’s representative crosses a red line,” prosecutors wrote, adding that lawyers must be able to work without fear of being killed.

|BySARAH BEN-NUN

Extortionists posed as women online, trapped victims with intimate photos

After posing as women on Telegram, two men from Rishon LeZion and Holon extorted thousands of shekels from unsuspecting victims.

FEBRUARY 14, 2025ByHODAYA RAN
Catching culprits who duped women out of thousands of shekels via Telegram.

Israel Police launches crackdown on Arab sector criminal activity

Violent crime in the Arab sector has been a major national concern for years.

JANUARY 28, 2025ByEVE YOUNG
Police at scene of stabbing attack in Florentine, Tel Aviv, January 18, 2025.

Annual pardons report: Herzog lists crimes for which there are no pardons, commuted sentences

The decisions were made in cooperation with the Justice Ministry.

JANUARY 14, 2025ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
Palestinian prisoners wait to be released from Ketziot prison, southern Israel, October 1, 2007.

Violence reports drop during Israel-Hamas War, experts warn of post-war surge

Women made up 46% of victims of physical violence and threats but 80% of the victims of sexual violence, according to the report.

DECEMBER 4, 2024ByEVE YOUNG
A woman wrapped in an Israel flag stands outside the place where mayor of Amsterdam Femke Halsema attends a press conference following the violence targeting fans of an Israeli soccer team, in Amsterdam, Netherlands, November 8, 2024.

Rape crisis centers get 55,000 complaints in 2023

Israel's rape crisis centers report 81% of sex offense cases closed without indictment in 2023, with most victims being minors attacked by people they knew.

NOVEMBER 18, 2024ByEVE YOUNG
A PROTEST against the sexual violence committed in the October 7 massacre – and the international silence afterward – takes place outside UN Headquarters in New York City earlier this month.

Can Israel tackle internal terror threats rising across the country? - analysis

The massive rise in lawlessness in the Negev has also fueled the rise in terror attacks.

OCTOBER 27, 2024BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
SECURITY FORCES arrive at the scene of a stabbing attack in Jerusalem, last month. Contrary to a narrative popularly pushed by Western leaders and the media, Palestinian terrorism isn’t just conducted by the extremists in Palestinian society, the writer argues. (20/4/2024)

Ben-Gvir leads mass raid on crime following deadly attack in Ramle

“The task here isn’t easy; there are layer upon layer of crime hubs. Our mission is to simply cut off its head," Ben Gvir said.

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024ByALON HACHMON, BENTZI RUBIN, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Itamar Ben-Gvir leading an operation on criminal families in the area of Ramle and Lod on September 13, 2024

Job loss for Israeli parents hurts children's academic performance - Finance min

A recent study showed that the sudden job loss of a parent can significantly impact the child's academic future and increase the probability of their involvement in crime.

AUGUST 22, 2024ByEVE YOUNG
Income Tax and Property Tax Department at the Finance Ministry

Ra'am's Abbas proposes parliamentary investigation into surging crime in Arab sector

"The number of murder cases leaped disproportionally in the past year, as a result of a prime minister whose only interest is to remain in power, and a failing, incapable, and racist minister."

JULY 3, 2024ByELIAV BREUER
MK Mansour Abbas, leader of the United Arab List (Ra’am).

Man arrested at B-G Airport for suspected involvement in two-year-old murder case

Israel Police arrested a man at Ben-Gurion for a two-year-old murder case; Police arrested two suspects in connection to a shooting incident in Hadera; Police thwarted a criminal attack in Lod

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Illustrative: Police car at night