Crime

A man has been sentenced for causing damage at a Northumberland hospital.

Black and minority ethnic people in Northumbria are more than twice as likely to be the subject of a police stop and search, figures show.

The number of children arrested in Northumbria has dropped by nearly 80% over the last seven years.

Recorded crime has gone up by 11 per cent in Northumberland over the last 12 months.

Two men, including one from Belford, have been added to the growing list of those fined for trying to smuggle cocaine into Kelso Racecourse.

Northumberland Prison is running out of cells, with campaigners warning that the safety of staff and inmates is at risk as the prison population increases.

More than £1 million of fraudulent transactions have been prevented thanks to an initiative which sees Northumbria Police work with banks to protect vulnerable people being swindled out of their savings.

Police officers in Northumbria faced more than 600 assaults last year, new figures show.

Drug-related deaths have risen in Northumberland over the last three years, reflecting a national rise in fatalities over the period.

There are more armed police officers in Northumbria than ever before as forces across the country gear up against the combined threat of terrorism and surging violent crime.

Rural crime cost Northumberland £188,857 in 2017, with quad bikes and 4x4 vehicles among the items most commonly targeted by thieves.

More than half of youth offenders in Northumberland reoffend within a year, according to a Ministry of Justice report.

A man accused of killing a Belford father-of-three in a collision on the A1 has been sent for trial at Newcastle Crown Court.

A hate incident is any that the victim, or anyone else, thinks is based on someone’s prejudice towards them because of their race, religion, sexual orientation, disability or because they are transgender.