The figures – published in PIRC’s latest annual report – also show a rising caseload across the decade as the organisation’s ...

A Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) officer has been found guilty of assaulting a woman while he was off-duty. PC Lewis Rollins, attached to Central West Command Unit, was convicted at Southwark Crown ...

“BTP’s 61016 service is a hugely important crime reporting tool for the most vulnerable who travel and work on the rail network. Now that 61016 is free-to-text, anyone who is a victim of crime can ...

The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) has praised the “courage and professionalism” of Thames Valley Police officers involved in an incident in which a police constable was shot in the leg ...

People who persistently commit anti-social behaviour will face up to two years in prison under new powers announced by the Home Secretary on Friday (November 22).

Uniformed anti-social behaviour (ASB) patrols delivered by local authority community wardens have clocked up a total of 7,685 hours pounding the streets of Stockton-on-Tees, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough ...

Serious youth violence is more far-reaching than many adults realise, with children as young as 11 carrying knives ‘for their own protection’, a new report has warned. It says this is not just a ‘city ...

Exposure to ‘fake news’ and harmful ideologies online are influencing the actions of an increasingly younger demographic, ...

There were 116 incidents of domestic abuse per 10,000 population recorded by Police Scotland in 2023/24, according to the Chief Statistician’s figures.. At a local authority level, Dundee City (183), ...

The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has been allocated an additional £36.7 million by Justice Minister Naomi Long, ...

Surrey’s police and crime commissioner (PCC) has urged the Government to carefully consider how it will compensate police ...

The force acknowledged that that communities with different backgrounds have “not always received the policing service that they deserve”. The meeting was an opportunity to discuss recent policing ...