LETTER: Will someone have to die before the potholes are repaired?
Dear Editor,
Will someone have to die before the potholes are repaired?
Police only detect 6% of crime….a record LOW. Less than 6% of potholes in Cheshire East are repaired.
Dear Editor,
Will someone have to die before the potholes are repaired?
Police only detect 6% of crime….a record LOW. Less than 6% of potholes in Cheshire East are repaired.
Cheshire was one of just eight police forces across England and Wales to see a reduction in crime, latest figures show.
The Office for National Statistics showed a 3.9% reduction in overall crime in Cheshire in 2022-23 in contrast to the national average increase of 4.5%.
Cheshire Police have joined forces with not-for-profit organisation KnifeSavers as part of its approach to tackling knife crime in the county.
Officers from Crewe & Nantwich Local Policing Unit have partnered with the knife crime charity.
Plans by Cheshire East Council to turn off “a high proportion” of its 40,000 street lights to save money could increase crime and attacks on women, councillors warned.
The council is currently consulting in its budget proposals on plans to reduce the number and timing of street lighting in the borough from September.
Dear Editor,
According to the Crewe 2022 Crime Scorecard:
Crewe is the most dangerous major town in Cheshire. Crime in Crewe is 48% higher than the regional crime rate in the North West. And crime in Crewe is 22% higher than the national crime rate.
Police and Crime Commissioner for Cheshire John Dwyer says he has submitted more bids to the Government’s Safer Streets Fund.
The bids are aimed at securing more funding for tackling crime and supporting victims in the county.
By Jonathan White
A Reverend has launched his latest crime story book at an event at Nantwich Bookshop.
Rev Malcolm G Lorimer’s “Murder on the Ribblehead Viaduct” is part crime and part autobiographical.
Police have recovered a haul of knives and drugs in a month-long crackdown tackle knife crime in Crewe.
Officers from the “Problem Solving Team” carried out weapons sweeps and drugs warrants and targeted addresses in the town.
Police are investigating a crime spree in Willaston which saw cars vandalised, vehicles pelted with bricks and property damaged.
The incidents, believed to have been caused by youths, happened between 11pm (July 9) and 4am yesterday (July 10).
Four people have been arrested in raids across Shavington, Crewe and Alsager in a week-long police crackdown on drugs and organised crime.
Drugs warrants were carried out by officers from the Crewe Local Policing Unit (LPU), targeting those who are causing significant harm to Cheshire communities.
Immigration, theft of historic artefacts, animal rights issues and offensive weapons – just some of the cases dealt with by Cheshire Police’s newly rural crime team during its first three months.
Cheshire has been given more than £400,000 to spend on a major project to tackle causes of violent crime among children and young people.
The project will involve a new outreach team to work with young people involved in drug dealing across Cheshire.
Cheshire Police are working with partners as part of the national Operation Sceptre campaign to tackle knife crime.
It is a week of action that runs from March 11 to 17 and aims to reduce the impact of knife crime in communities.
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