Clear criminal over US city crime (7)
I believe the answer is:
larceny
'crime' is the definition.
(larceny is a kind of crime)
'clear criminal over us city' is the wordplay.
'criminal' indicates anagramming the letters.
'over' says to put letters next to each other.
'us city' becomes 'ny' (short for New York).
'clear' anagrammed gives 'larce'.
'larce'+'ny'='LARCENY'
(Other definitions for larceny that I've seen before include "Theft of personal property" , "crime" , "Robbery" , "Stealing - theft" , "Theft of personal goods" .)