Israel crime statistics

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
Man in handcuffs - illustrative
Illustration image of handcuffs on the hands of an arrested man, in Jerusalem, May 21, 2025.

WATCH: Seven suspects set to be indicted in killing of Jerusalem teen Benayahu Razi

The court extended suspects’ detention until Friday as police conclude an investigation launched after the July 11 killing in Jerusalem’s Nachlaot neighborhood.

|BySARAH BEN-NUN
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir and committee head MK Zvika Fogel attend a National Security committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament on March 24, 2026.

Twice as many women have been killed by domestic gun violence since October 7, new report finds

Ben-Gvir claimed that the relaxation of gun controls since October 7 had not caused this increase, adding that "a weapon in the right hands saves lives. Period."

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Israel Police vehicles; illustrative.

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.

|ByHODAYA RAN

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.

NOVEMBER 23, 2015ByDANIEL K. EISENBUD
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.”

AUGUST 25, 2015ByROBERT SWIFT/ THE MEDIA LINE
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.

AUGUST 14, 2015ByJPOST.COM STAFF
A municipal worker paints over ‘price tag’ graffiti daubed in Hebrew on a wall of the Romanian Orthodox Church in Jerusalem, May 9, 2014.

Police and Thieves: Organized crime – blue and white, and here to stay

"One thing the underworld can’t stand is a vacuum; Someone always steps in to fill the shoes of the big shots put behind bars."

JUNE 11, 2015ByBEN HARTMAN-POLICE & THIEVES
Avi Ruhan

Secret state’s witness brings arrest of top crime family heads on numerous murder charges

The identity of the state’s witness is a closely guarded secret which cannot be published.

APRIL 7, 2015ByBEN HARTMAN
NISSIM MUSLI.

Teenage boys arrested for gang rape of 13 year old girl

Victim is currently hospitalized.

APRIL 5, 2015ByBEN HARTMAN
Abuse (Illustrative Photo)

State expected to indict crime boss Yitzhak Abergil

Abergil allegedly schemed to move NIS 50 million from public company to Romania casino.

MARCH 8, 2015ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Gavel [Illustrative]

State appealing murder charges acquitted due to exploitative undercover agents

The state is appealing an embarrassing defeat where the court threw out much of the charges in a presumed open-shut attempted murder case.

MARCH 2, 2015ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
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Indictment: French-Israeli con men duped soccer team, French businesses

“This phenomenon causes great damage not only to the companies that are targeted but also to the image of Israel," prosecution says.

FEBRUARY 15, 2015ByBEN HARTMAN
Israeli Police

Six to be charged for accident that killed IDF officer on Jerusalem's Mount Herzl

2012 tragedy took the life of 20-year-old Hila Betzaleli during rehearsals for annual Independence Day ceremony.

DECEMBER 30, 2014ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
An IDF soldier surveys the damage from a fallen lighting rig on Mt. Herzl in Jerusalem