The phrase "senseless crime" refers to a criminal act that has no understandable or reasonable purpose. It implies that the crime lacks any logical or sensible motivation. Full definition
These are questions that haunt us in the same way they haunt Jones» character, a fundamentally good and decent man who can not fathom the kind of senseless crimes and the horrific motivation behind them that he reads in the papers daily and is now witnessing first - hand. (markreviewsmovies.com)
But a high school coach and a program try to hold on in a city ravaged by senseless crime (si.com)
By educating youth that animals are living, breathing beings and not things, we can hopefully eradicate senseless crimes like this in the future. (onegreenplanet.org)