Officials say that a new initiative to make public land available to developers could create more than 3,500 new housing units.

View tables and maps of shooting, robbery, car theft, burglary and other crimes for all of Baltimore, individual ...

As a criminal justice scholar, I believe the surge of 287(g) agreements sets a dangerous precedent for local policing, where ...

Despite seeing a growth in population, the state’s rebound may be short-lived under Trump-era restrictions on immigration.

The City of Boston is largely sticking to the same summer safety plan, despite police statistics that show shootings were up ...

A single victim was left with life-threatening injuries after a shooting in East Boston on Saturday night, Boston Police reported. At about 10:43 p.m. Saturday, Boston cops observed gunfire around 3 ...

The Boston officials rejected the notion that homicides are concentrated in the so-called “murder triangle,” or a select few city neighborhoods that are said to have higher crime rates ...

BOSTON - Boston is a such a safe city that law ... The biggest upward trend in crime is shoplifting. Cox said it is up 30% and the main catalyst to a 6% increase in commercial burglaries.

With New Year's Eve around the corner, Boston city leaders are celebrating ... to police headquarters on Friday to discuss crime statistics from the past year. "Safety isn't just the absence ...

During a news conference with Mayor Michelle Wu, Boston Police Commissioner Michael Cox credited the hard work of everyone at the department with the decrease in violent crime. “The entire time ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...