Crime & Safety

The most dangerous US cities for pedestrians

Beale Street in Memphis, Tennessee.

RAWtools South turns guns into garden tools in the mountain south

Scotty Utz, RAWtools South’s blacksmith, leads a demonstration at the 2025 Fire on the Mountain Festival in Spruce Pine, North Carolina.

Americans want smarter surveillance. They just don’t trust who’s watching.

A view of a security camera on the facade of a gray building.

The 10 most watched cities in America, and what that means for privacy

A solar powered surveillance system in a shop's parking lot in Atlanta, Georgia.

How immigration scams affect thousands of foreign nationals

A legal professional accepting cash from a client over a contract agreement.

What's behind the rising demand for crime scene cleanup services?

A forensic team removing a barrier tape from a crime scene.

The troubling personal side of public surveillance

A surveillance camera is seen in the median of West Cesar Chavez Street at Lavaca Street next to Austin City Hall in Texas.

There’s a process for investigating killings by federal officers. Minneapolis is a ‘complete aberration’

People attend a candlelight vigil organized by healthcare workers at the site where Alex Pretti was killed on January 24, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

The city where traffic fatalities vanished

Aerial view of Hoboken, New Jersey.

The rise of road rage: Where drivers lose their cool the most

Crime scene investigators gather on the side of California Highway where a 6-year-old boy was fatally shot during a road rage incident on 55 Freeway in Orange.