This category relates to all things to do with crime in Preston.
Warning to Preston businesses after fake bank notes used at bookies
A raft of fake £20 notes are believed to be in use across Preston. Police are warning businesses to be on their guard after £300 worth of fake notes were […]
Police are appealing again for information about a convicted robber on the run in Preston. Ryan Walch, 26, of Acacia Road, Ribbleton, was jailed for robbery for five years in […]
Police have stepped up patrols on a Ribbleton estate due to youth annoyance in the area. Local residents on Robin Street have made complaints about youths trespassing into gardens, making […]
This is a woman police believe assaulted another woman during a night out in the city last month. The CCTV image shows the blonde woman standing outside The Assembly bar. […]
Two Preston brothers who assaulted a man with a baseball bat have been jailed for 12 weeks. Jordan Fish, 18, and Reece Fish, 21, pleaded guilty to assault after attacking […]
This is the man police are hunting after “brutal assault” on a bus passenger in Ingol. The assault left a 21-year-old man with a broken nose and bad bruising. Two […]
Police are hunting an Asian man after a knife point robbery outside a cash machine in Ribbleton. A 27-year-old woman was withdrawing money from the machine outside Costcutters on Ribbleton […]
Police have revealed a crackdown on drug dealers in the city has led to 16 arrests. Five people have been charged by Lancashire Police as they launched Operation Mercury last […]