THE Knife Angel is set to leave the North East today, it has spent the last month educating the North East on the effects of knife crime. THE 27 ft sculpture is currently touring the UK in order to raise awareness for knife crime. The Knife Angel has been located […]
Crime
Northumbria police make 70-year-old cancer patient detective for a day
Police in South Shields have been nominated for a national award after making 70-years-old Margaret Thornton detective for a day. Houghton-born Margaret, who has terminal cancer, saw her long-lasting ambition become a reality in April last year as she cracked the case and became detective for the day – visiting […]
Operation Hades Launched By Northumbria Police And Nexus To Combat Disorder
Last week, Northumbria Police and Nexus launched Operation Hades – involving plain-clothed police and Nexus staff aiming to crackdown on disorder within the Metro network. This follows a rise in incidents reported since the new year including, 10 windows being kicked out in a Metro carriage on Friday January 31. There […]
Is Jesmond getting noisier? A rise in complaints say yes
SR News can reveal that noise complaints in the Jesmond area have been getting worse and have been on the rise since 2016. Loading… With 248 complaints reported in 2016 and 319 complaints recorded in 2018 – an increase of 71 complaints in two years – shows that Jesmond is […]
Areas of Metro Map with the most fare dodgers revealed
SR News can reveal the areas on the Tyne and Wear Metro Map with the most fare-dodgers. Over the past three years, the postcode areas with the most people fined on Metro were NE6 and NE29. NE6 and NE29 have appeared for the past three years as being the areas […]
North East Knife Crime on the Rise
SR News can reveal that two out of the three police forces in the North East have reported rises in knife crime. The figures follow the trend across the UK which show that knife crime is rising nationwide. Loading… The Office of National Statistics (ONS) figures show that there has […]
Men twice as likely to fare dodge than women on the Metro
SR News can reveal that men are twice as likely as women to be fined for riding on the Tyne and Wear Metro without a ticket. Last year, of the 32,487 fines given out by Nexus throughout the year, almost 23,000 of them were given to men. This means that […]
Northumbria Police: Rise in reporting of revenge porn is due to better legislation
So far in 2019, there have been 110 reported cases of revenge porn recorded by Northumbria Police. The largest concentration of these comes in the 20-29 age range, with 47 reported cases. “Revenge porn” is categorised by the Home Office as “disclosing private sexual photographs and films with intent to […]
Exclusive: Drink spiking reports hit four year high in 2018
A recent Freedom of Information request sent to Northumbria Police has revealed a four-year high in drink spiking incidents in 2018. Last year saw a four-year high as 32 incidents were reported across the region, this number has increased since 2015 in which there were only nine reported incidents […]
Sexual Offences at Four Year High In North East
This year has seen the highest reported number of sexual offences in the North East since 2015, according to an FOI request sent to Northumbria Police. A total of 4,766 alleged victims reported a case of a sexual offence in 2018-2019. This is a dramatic increase from 2015-16, when 2,832 […]