A joint seaside initiative to prevent crime and anti-social behaviour (ASB) is starting this weekend in North Tyneside. The initiative is aimed at improving the experience of visitors to the area, while also ensuring the quality of life of those who reside there. Operation Coastwatch sees neighbourhood officers team up […]
Motor patrols officers have pledged their support to the university’s Student Campus Watch scheme which is made up of student volunteers. They patrol the university estate and offer crime prevention advice to their peers. Now, Northumbria Police have popped in to say thank you to the Student Campus Watch volunteers […]
Police are enquiring for witnesses after a cyclist, aged 21, suffered injuries in a collision in South Shields. The incident happened at 11.19pm last night on the John Reid Road at the junction with Chesterton Road in South Shields. From what Northumbria Police know so far, the cyclist collided with […]
Northumbria Police have launched a murder investigation after the death of a 31 year old man in South Shields. Reports came after a disturbance was reported inside the Prince Edward pub on Prince Edward Road. The man was founded unconscious and taken to hospital where he was pronounced dead […]
Police are appealing for information after a woman was sexually assaulted on a bus between Gateshead and South Shields. The incident happened aboard the X34 bus at around 8:40pm on Monday, February 15, where a man touched the victims’ leg inappropriately and tried to kiss her. The suspect got […]
Police have appealed for information after a disturbance in a street in Gateshead. Three men aged 20, 29 and 26 were arrested following the street altercation on Friday, April 15, but have since been released pending further enquiries. The incident occurred at around 10:30pm in the Old Fold area, near the […]
Police investigating counterfeit money used in Sunderland have released an image of the man they would like to trace. Counterfeit Scottish £20 notes were used at four different premises throughout Sunderland on Monday, April 18. Officers carrying out the investigation are keen to speak to the man pictured to get […]
Police have sent out a warning to members of the public in North Shields following two incidents involving suspected bogus callers. Officers were called at around 2pm yesterday (Monday, April) after a man purporting to be a roofer had attended two different addresses in Portland Gardens. The man who […]
Police are appealing for information after an incident on a bus in East Boldon. It occurred between 3:05pm and 3:20pm on Friday, February 26, on the number 30 bus between X and Y bus stops. A woman reported seeing a man who appeared to be touching himself inappropriately. Officers would like […]
Police have appealed for information following an incident in South Shields last month. Between 9pm and 9:15pm on Tuesday, March 1, a man threatened another man and shouted offensive language at a woman outside the McDonalds on King Street. Officers are keen to trace a man who was in the […]