Defense in Karen Read trial proposes that Boston Police Officer John O'Keefe's death might be linked to a "jealousy"-fueled ...

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 — Homicide detectives were called to the scene of a death investigation in Boston on Tuesday morning, authorities said. Officers responded to 20 Annunciation Road in Roxbury just after 6 a.m., ...

BOSTON - Boston is a such a safe city that law enforcement is now seeing homicide numbers that haven't been a reality since the 1950s. "In the entire time that I've been a police officer ...

Boston is on track to report a historically low number of murders this year. The city said Friday it has logged 24 homicides, down one-third from last year and by far the lowest number of shooting ...

Boston officials attribute a low homicide rate to luck, more data and a long-standing violence prevention program that pairs police and clergy. Homicide rates are falling in hundreds of U.S. cities.

For the past three years, the number of homicides in Boston has hovered around 40. But in 2024, the city is on pace for less than half that number. The change isn’t just luck, according to the ...