This category relates to all things to do with crime in Preston.
West Strand was closed due to loose scaffolding
Preston police and Fire and Rescue Service dealt with an incident on West Strand today. The road was currently closed in both directions, from Guild Way to Watery Lane until […]
An armed police presence in Fulwood around Royal Preston Hospital during Wednesday night was triggered by a shooting in East Lancashire. Detectives are investigating an incident where a man was […]
Lancashire Constabulary is welcoming applications for its Police Constable Degree Apprenticeship programme. To mark applications opening, Lancashire’s Police and Crime Commissioner Clive Grunshaw talked with an officer who joined the […]
A 14-year-old has been arrested after causing criminal damage to a vehicle in the St Matthews area of Preston. Police attended an incident on Edmund Street, and a number of […]
The family of a teenager who died in Euxton at the weekend have issued a heartbreaking tribute to him. Luke Bennett, 17, was killed after a metal pole he was […]
Tributes have been paid to a man who sadly died following a collision in Claughton-On-Brock. Police had been called at around 3.30pm on Monday 1 March to Brock Mill Lane […]
New rural task force teams have been set up across Lancashire to target the issues that matter most to rural communities including machinery theft, rural, wildlife and heritage crime. A total of […]
A 17-year-old boy has tragically died after being electrocuted in Euxton. Emergency services were called to Runshaw Hall Lane following a report of a child being seriously injured. Sadly the […]