This category relates to all things to do with crime in Preston.
Appeal after Preston North End fan injured by pyrotechnic
Lancashire Police are appealing for witnesses and mobile phone footage after a football fan was injured during the Blackburn Rovers v Preston North End derby at Ewood Park earlier this […]
Police say they are continuing a crackdown on shoplifting in Preston city centre. Officers visited stores in Fishergate and Friargate during Tuesday (21 November) to follow-up on reports of shoplifting […]
The decision made by police to release personal information about Nicola Bulley while undertaking a missing persons operation was unnecessary and avoidable and led to a significant, negative public response. […]
The findings from the independent report into Lancashire Constabulary’s response to the widely publicised missing person Nicola Bulley have been published this morning (November 21). Nicola Bulley was reported missing […]
A man who tricked vulnerable women into his car before driving them to secluded locations and raping them has admitted his crimes. Nazim Asmal lured the women into his vehicle […]
Police are asking for help to identify a cyclist after an elderly woman was robbed in Preston. The victim, who is aged in her 70s, was walking in Emmanuel Street […]
A Preston shop assistant has been fined after selling a vape to a 15-year-old. Faeem Aziz, 46, sold a strawberry flavoured e-cigarette to the child without challenging their age or […]
Illicit products including cigarettes and disposable vapes, which, if sold as genuine, would be worth almost £50,000, have been seized as part of Operation Centurion. Following information from the public, […]