Recorded crime across Devon and Cornwall continues to fall, new figures announced on Thursday, January 23, 2014, reveal.
Overall crime between 01/01/13 and 31/12/13 fell by 2.6 per cent – a reduction of 2,235 crimes.
The Force has continued to see reductions in dwelling burglary, (down 8.6 per cent), non-dwelling burglary, (down 11.7 per cent), and vehicle offences, (down 14...
A 22 year-old man from Plymouth was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder on Sunday morning.
The victim, a local 21 year-old man, was found by Police and Ambulance crews with stab wounds to his body and face in Victoria Road, St Budeaux after being called to the scene
The victim was treated at the scene before being taken to Derriford Hospital where he was treated for his...
Police are investigating a street robbery that took place on Inchkeith Road in the Southway area of Plymouth this week.
The incident took place around 2.15pm on Tuesday 19 November. A woman was allegedly approached from behind and a man grabbed £500 in cash from her coat pocket which had just been withdrawn from a nearby bank.
Eight more people who supplied Class-A drugs to Plymouth have been sentenced today.
The gang who organised the transport of tens of thousands of pounds of heroin, cocaine and crack cocaine from Liverpool were arrested as part of an investigation codenamed operation Rio by Devon and Cornwall Police.
Overall thirteen people have been convicted as part of the £1million a year...
Eight more people who supplied Class-A drugs to Plymouth have been sentenced today.
The gang who organised the transport of tens of thousands of pounds of heroin, cocaine and crack cocaine from Liverpool were arrested as part of an investigation codenamed operation Rio by Devon and Cornwall Police.
Overall thirteen people have been convicted as part of the £1million a year...
Devon and Cornwall Police have warned that the hot weather may be leaving some residents vulnerable to opportunistic burglars.
Simple tips such as closing and locking windows and doors when you are away from the property, as well as being careful about the windows that are left open while still inside the property, could prevent you from becoming a victim of crime.
The performance of Chief Constable Shaun Sawyer and the Devon and Cornwall force is scrutinised in the first of a series of publicly viewable one-to-one meetings with Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) Tony Hogg.
The PCC holds the Chief Constable to account for the delivery of the Police and Crime Plan. The PCC's office says that the correct mechanism to achieve this in a structured,...
