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Nearly 1 million crimes have been ‘screened out’ by police and never passed onto an officer for further investigation, Channel 4’s Dispatches has revealed. The figures have surfaced following a freedom of information request by the TV programme which asked 43 police forces in England and Wales to disclose cases…
With the onset of autumn we can expect the nights to draw in, and the mornings become darker, and burglaries to increase. October is National Home Security Month so there’s no better time to address the security of your home and loved-ones, and with the Halloween and Bonfire Night period…
An elderly widow had her late husband’s ashes stolen during a recent distraction burglary. Police have released images to the public asking them to help identify two men suspected of stealing the ashes along with cash, bank cards and jewellery. Detective Robert Costigan described the incident as a "particularly harrowing…
Shocking new figures have revealed the soaring crime levels against elderly people in Britain, with the number of assaults on over-65s rocketing by 260 per cent. The figures, obtained under Freedom of Information laws, show that 26 police forces in England and Wales recorded 7,379 violent assaults on over-65s in…
Recent findings by Sky Data reveal that 86% of people do not think police have enough funding to protect the general public and deal with current crime levels effectively. The majority of Britons feel less safe, with almost 90% saying that funding cuts mean police cannot do their job to…