Almost a third of knife crime in England and Wales happens in London with an incident every 30 minutes, according to shock ...

Knife offences are taking place every 30 minutes in London, official figures have shown. Almost a third of knife crime across ...

Of the 54,587 knife crime offences in England and Wales in 2024, 31% (16,789) were recorded by the Metropolitan Police, 9% (4,664) by West Midlands Police, 6% (3,452) by Greater Manchester Police and ...

The number of shoplifting offences recorded by police in England and Wales has passed half a million for the first time, ...

New figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) revealed shoplifting offences have been running at record levels ...

The figure is the highest since current police recording practices began in the year to March 2003, according to the Office ...

A Newcastle man has been jailed after he brandished a knife at a group of men in a busy town centre.

The number of shoplifting offences recorded by police in England and Wales has passed half a million for the first time, ...

Connar King, 32, and Michael Hutchinson, 37, unleashed a violent attack on a man after following him into a Sunderland laundrette. The man was punched and stamped on before Hutchinson pulled out a ...

Join our new WhatsApp Community to get the latest news and top stories from across Lancashire ... where she was taken in a car after being threatened with a knife in the Leyland area.

Theft from the person offences have also reached a new high, with stolen phones the most common crime - but both murders and ...

Police across the England and Wales logged some 54,587 knife crimes in 2024, which marks a 2% increase on the 53,413 seen in ...