Officers from the Newcastle city centre Neighbourhood Policing Team are working with Intu Eldon Square to tackle anti-social behaviour (ASB) in the area. They are working with security and staff from the shopping centre, to carry out extra high visibility patrols on Friday and Saturday evenings, over the next four […]
Northumbria Police are reminding parents dropping their children off at school not to stop in no parking zones. Twelve vehicles in total have been identified stopping in a restricted area, which will now have received a fixed penalty notice. Officers have been outside schools within South Tyneside to monitor traffic. […]
Northumbria Police will be out in force on our roads this month as they look to support a national crackdown on drug drivers. The force’s Op Dragoon team will be targeting motorists across the region who are flouting the drug drive laws introduced one year today (March 2). The new laws […]
Police are appealing for information after a report that a 15-year-old girl was raped in Sunderland. The incident happened at around 10pm on Saturday, February 27, on a grassed area in St Mary’s Way, near to the car park. The offender is described as a white male in his 30s, […]
Police reveal the exact location where a young woman was raped in Heaton Park, Newcastle, and are appealing for further information from the public. The victim was walking alone in Heaton Park in a woodland area, when she was attacked in the late evening on February 21, between 10:50pm to […]
Northumbria Police have released CCTV images of a man they want to speak to in connection with a rape report in Newcastle last year. The incident is believed to have occurred on Thursday October 22, inside an address. The woman who was allegedly raped is thought to have been in Newcastle […]
A driver who caused a crash that left two people with life-changing injuries is facing 32 months behind bars. Brian Taylor, 23, was speeding when he lost control of his Renault Clio at a roundabout on Cushycow Lane, Ryton, last June. He left the road and collided with pedestrian David […]
An annual PEEL report has found that Northumbria Police “ requires improvement” in legitimacy, but is rated “good” in two other areas. The PEEL report, which stands for Police Effectiveness, Efficiency and Legitimacy, was conducted by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC). It is the first time HMIC has graded forces on their legitimacy, […]
An enhanced project to tackle domestic abuse which focuses on perpetrators has been launched in Sunderland. The project is set to benefit more people in the Northumbria Police Force area. Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner Vera Baird said: “I am delighted to launch this enhanced programme which will allow Barnardo’s […]
The police element of the council tax is set to rise for properties registered under Band D in Sunderland. The Police and Crime Panel for Northumbria unanimously approved Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC), Vera Baird’s proposed increase. The police element, also known as the police precept, will rise to 10p per […]