Church has the edge in felony (5)
I believe the answer is:
crime
'felony' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'church has the edge' is the wordplay.
'church' becomes 'ce' (abbreviation for Church of England).
'has' is an insertion indicator.
'the edge' becomes 'rim' (rim is a kind of edge).
'ce' enclosing 'rim' is 'CRIME'.
'in' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for crime that I've seen before include "Action punishable by law" , "Legal offence" , "Misdeed" , "Murder, perhaps" , "Illegal deed" .)