Crime rates in israel

Police seize thousands of grams of illicit drug, tens of thousands of shekels in Bat Yam

In a separate incident on Thursday, police investigated a shooting in Ramle that killed one person and seriously injured another.

Illicit drugs seized by Israel Police in Bat Yam on May 20, 2026.
Border Police forces located 18 drug greenhouses containing more than 10,000 cannabis plants, May 11, 2026.

Border Police seize over 10,000 cannabis plants located in 18 greenhouses in southern Israel

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

 The silhouette of a person, with Iran's flag in the background (illustrative).

Civilian, three IDF soldiers indicted for spying for Iran prior to enlistment


Netanyahu meets with Arab-Israeli authorities to discuss lowering crime

"I want special forces, task forces," Netanyahu suggested, after indicating that the crime wave would likely spread to Jewish localities soon.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits a Clalit healthcare center in the Arab town Tira.

Arab-on-Arab crime 'a plague' Israeli-Arab leaders tell president

Israeli-Arab leaders met with President Reuven Rivlin during Ramadan to discuss crime and violence within their own communities.

President Reuven Rivlin stands with family members of organ donors at an ADI - National Organ Transplant Center ceremony, May, 2015

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

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

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."

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WATCH: Border Police arrest sheep thieves in northern Israel

'Baaaaaaad' behavior and 'shear' audacity fueled the crime.

The most distinguishing characteristic of these sheep are their horns

Two injured in Ashdod car blast

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

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

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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.

Clashes in Issawiya 390

Police arrest 33 reputed mobsters in overnight raids throughout Israel

Alleged crime boss Michael Mor is among the detainees.

These weapons were seized during raids in the North that led to the arrest of 33 wanted gangsters