The Latest Breaking News from Police

The number of shoplifting offences surged to the highest figure since current police recording practices began in 2003

Knife crime in London now accounts for almost a third of all incidents with a blade in England and Wales

The West End is one of the worst areas of the country for phone theft

David Clarkson ‘hounded’ people into parting with money, then laundered proceeds in Seychelles, Mauritius and Switzerland

Most of those tricked into handing over money were aged between 60 and 90, with the biggest individual loss at £250,000.

Most home break-ins aren’t high-tech heists or movie-level operations. They’re often crimes of opportunity, made easy by overlooked details or a few minutes of carelessness. Law enforcement officers across the country have seen patterns in how burglars get in—and more importantly, how they could have been stopped.

COMMENT: Protesters outside a hotel housing asylum seekers have accused the local force of ‘bussing in’ anti-racism campaigners, a fallacy repeated by Reform UK leader Nigel Farage and which has taken hold on social media. But it’s not the police stirring up trouble, says Sean O’Grady

Police are searching for a missing teenager who vanished after his car crashed

Council leader Chris Whitbread said: ‘Repeated warnings to the Home Office about the unsuitability of both sites have gone unheeded’