Crime is down across the city, but homicides have increased by 36% this year according to the latest statistics released by Boston police. While the total number of crimes committed in the city is ...

So yes, the headline version is a little anticlimactic: officials say the skull in the South Boston pier concrete is fake and ...

Boston Police seek public assistance to identify a suspect in a Roxbury larceny, providing details about the individual’s ...

Transgender pride flags were removed from a memorial in Boston Commons, prompting hate crime investigation calls.

Boston police urged anyone with information to contact South Boston detectives at 617-343-4742 or South End detectives at 617-343-5619. Community members can also provide anonymous tips online, or by ...

Boston Police officers found a Glock 19 on a 17-year-old Tuesday morning while arresting another individual for an outstanding warrant.

Boston police are investigating a possible hate crime after a gay couple was attacked while walking in the city’s Mattapan neighborhood on September 13, leaving one man with a head injury. According ...

According to the U.S. District Attorney’s Office, 37-year-old Christopher Sheerer, of Boston, admitted to one count each of distribution of child pornography, possession of child pornography, and ...

BOSTON — President Donald Trump’s bid to expand the National Guard to other major cities could throw a spotlight on Boston’s crime rate and put Michelle Wu’s campaign claim it is the safest major city ...

Police say the men were confronted with homophobic slurs before one was struck in the head with a baseball bat in Boston’s Mattapan neighborhood Christina Coulter has been a staff writer covering ...