As Victoria grapples with a crime wave, the ABC takes a deeper look at some of the numbers behind the rise in offences.

Ian C. Irizarry, 55, was sentenced today to life in prison without parole under Washington's "Three Strikes" law, the Spokane County Prosecutor’s Office announced.

This report takes a closer look at one of Melbourne’s toughest neighborhoods, where crime and tension define daily life.

A suspected associate of tobacco war kingpin Kazem Hamad was gunned down in a daylight hit organised by an interstate crime ...

The death rate in more than 500 top U.S. jails has risen more than 8% since the last official data was released in 2016, a ...

State democratic leaders held a virtual town hall Wednesday to discuss a number of issues ahead of the upcoming Special ...

Durham Police are developing a new Real Time Crime Center, with a focus on solving crimes faster. Police are working to ...

D.C. police officers have claimed that department superiors previously downgraded crime reports to manipulate statistics and ...

Chronic overcrowding is “paralysing” the Scottish prison system and undermining efforts to rehabilitate prisoners and keep them safe, a ...

Victoria Police have released images of two men wanted in relation to a spate of homophobic and antisemitic vandalism.

The Carson City Sheriff's Office is set to host its first in-house meeting and training for the Community Business Crime ...

The escalating Melbourne crime crisis has continued to take its toll on small businesses with a popular Carlton café forced ...