Crime

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.

The number of magistrates in the Northumbria service, which covers courts in Bedlington and Berwick, has plummeted by more than a third in just three years – one of the steepest drops across the whole of England and Wales.

Northumbria Police are having to deal with more racist hate crimes following a rise in offences around the EU referendum, figures show.

Northumbria Police are dealing with more incidents of hate crime against transgender people, with a charity warning this is “just the tip of the iceberg”.

The number of officers in Northumbria Police has dropped over the last year, new figures from the Home Office show.

A dangerous driver who smashed into a police car during a 40-minute pursuit has been jailed.

Police arrested ten people after a number of drugs warrants were executed across Northumberland this morning (Thursday, July 5).

Callous thieves have broken into a volunteer-run maritime museum, trashing the office and making off with the safe.

The evidence of the garage boss who denies murdering his employee has been questioned in court today.

A garage boss initially denied that he had anything to do with one of his employees being found in a shallow grave, a court has been told today.

Police are appealing for information after a thief broke into Amble’s Tesco Express store and stole around £550 of items.