Criminal or genial local (8)
I believe the answer is:
regional
'local' is the definition.
(in a particular region)
'criminal or genial' is the wordplay.
'criminal' indicates anagramming the letters.
'or'+'genial'='orgenial'
'orgenial' anagrammed gives 'REGIONAL'.
(Other definitions for regional that I've seen before include "outside the capital" , "Characteristic of an area" , "Relating to a specific area of the country" , "Like some food" , "Relating to a particular area" .)