Houston officials formally announced a new initiative Monday aimed at improving safety, cleanliness, and ridership for the ...

A man riding a moped on the Columbia Tap Rail-Trail near McGowen Street was shot and killed on Feb. 23, Houston police said.

Violent crime increased by nearly 5% in Houston in 2024, Mayor John Whitmire’s first year in office, an uptick that brings to an end a three-year decline in violent crime in Houston and counters a ...

HPD said 61-year-old Lilia Vazquez was jogging in southwest Houston around 6:20 a.m. on December 13 when a dark-colored truck ...

University of Houston students participated in a town hall with state Rep. Jolanda Jones about the state of campus crime ...

Houston Councilman Willie Davis said he is launching a new initiative to pair pastors around the city with members of the ...

Houston Police Department officials said they saw a 5% increase in crimes in 2024, as part of a year-in-review presentation during a Feb. 11 Public Safety Committee meeting.

A 40-year-old man has been accused of sexually assaulting a female student at knifepoint in a campus parking garage on Feb. 7 ...

Murders and robberies dropped from 2023 to 2024 while human trafficking cases saw the largest percent increase year-over-year ...

Police described the suspected shooter as a Black man with yellow- or gold-tipped locks who is approximately 5-foot-8 and was ...

In 1979, a series of horrific murders left Houston terrified. Five young people were violently attacked - and in some cases, ...