Silent Crime

Serial offender will take 30 years to pay off court debts

Cyclists and pedestrians have been speaking about the dangerous use of motorbikes and illegal electric bikes on the C2C cycle route.

Cyclists and walkers slam illegal motor bikers on cycleways

Toby Moore. Nottinghamshire Police.

Thug jailed after threatening petrol worker with hammer

Annie Valentine is sick of people putting rubbish in the recycling bins.

'It grinds me down...it's not low-level crime when you live with it'

James Reed

Silent crime: Thug who threw woman across floor avoids jail

Police have issued an E-Fit of a man they want to identify in connection with an indecent exposure in Doncaster.

Man wanted over indecent exposure

Sam Harding, 20, died after a car crash at a car meet in Warrington in April 2022.

Man charged after England footballer dies in car meet crash

Shoplifter banned from every Greggs and Spar store in a county

Robson's Food Store assistant manager Martin Passmoor has been discussing the issue of shoplifting on Chester Road.

Shopkeeper reveals how traders are tackling shoplifters themselves

If you recognise the woman in the image, call 101 or contact Sussex Police online quoting serial 367 of 11/08.

Silent Crime: Woman hunted after 'assault and hate crime' on seafront

Corby is one of many police stations that has closed its front counter

People answering bail at closed police counter told to take a selfie

The Criminal Behaviour Order prevents Swift from entering the following premises, including forecourts and car parks attached to the named premises - Best One Store, 65 Airedale Road, Castleford, Premiere Post Office, 63 Airedale Road, Castleford, Go Local, 17 The Squeare, Airedale, Castleford and Tesco Express, Fryston Road, Airedale, Castleford.

Silent Crime round-up: Shoplifter banned from stores

Police have arrested three people - and seized four cars.

Silent crime: Man arrested and BMW seized following car meet

Silent Crime: Violence against shop workers 'demands action now'

Plans to crackdown on shop worker abuse will make police 'take notice'

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How shoplifting raises prices: the hidden costs on consumers in shops

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How to budget for the hidden costs of anti-social behaviour
Budgeting can help protect yourself from the impact of anti-social behaviour 💸
Alex Nelson

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Vandalism's toll: how damaged property affects local funds and taxes

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I'm a small business expert - how to protect yourself from crime

We want you to tell us incidents that have happened to you, your family or your friends in your neighbourhood as part of our Silent Crime campaign.

Silent Crime round up:

A Co-op store manager said it has become "demoralising" after seeing soaring levels of shoplifting in recent years.

Manager says shoplifters target his store more than 20 times a week

Loud boy racers on public roads could be silenced by live noise cameras

We are calling an epidemic of violence, theft and anti-social behaviour, Silent Crime – and we are campaigning for the voices of victims to be heard

Silent Crime: Mum slams gravestone vandals and community under threat

The cost of shoplifting has increased by one fifth to £40 in the first half of 2024 in Co-op food store, according to the company.

Silent Crime: Cost of shoplifting in Co-op stores rises to £40m

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper during her conference speech Picture: Leon Neal/Getty Images

Silent Crime: Home secretary Yvette Cooper pledges nuisance crackdown

Newsreader Moira Stuart, 75, almost fell victim to fraudsters

Newsreader Moira Stuart reveals fraudster ordeal

The DVSA has warned of a text scam asking for motorists to pay fictional parking fines

DVSA issues warning about parking fine scam text messages

Analysis Overall crime rates are dropping - but petty crime continues to rise
Overall crime in England and Wales is steadily decreasing - but petty crime is still rife.
Heather Carrick

Baroness Helen Newlove's new report has laid bare the tragic impact that unresolved anti-social behaviour has on victims' lives.

Victims of unresolved anti-social behaviour 'suffer' for years

Silent Crime: Is unreported or uninvestigated crime an issue for you?

Crime round-up as woman jailed for spraying aerosol at paramedics

Picture shows officers making an arrest in Sheffield city centre. But not all police work involves dealing with crime

Silent Crime: Why not all crime investigated - and what can be done

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer speaking at the TUC congress at the Brighton Centre Picture: PA

PM quizzed over ‘increasing levels of violence’ against shopworkers

Footage of Tanya Liddle using a hat as disguise in one of her shoplifting ploys

Crime round-up as 'prolific shoplifter' handed 'strictest ever' ban

Footage of Tanya Liddle using a hat as disguise in one of her shoplifting ploys

Watch "Britain's most prolific female thief" commit 171st offence

Two million crimes went unsolved in a single year in Britain, according to the latest Home Office data (Photos by National World/Adobe Stock)

‘Unpunished crime undermines the whole system of justice’

NationalWorld's editor in chief Nancy Fielder's mother was robbed at knifepoint in a park. NationalWorld is launching the Silent Crime campaign to highlight the number of crimes that go unsolved - and even unreported

'My mum was robbed at knifepoint walking her dog at Sunday lunchtime'

Michael King, 44, of no fixed address, was captured on CCTV stealing vacuum cleaners from a supermarket in Ely, Cambs.

Prolific shoplifter caught on CCTV stealing five vacuum cleaners