Overall crime in Lancashire is falling, according to Home Office figures released yesterday. The findings show a 4.8 percent reduction in overall crime from July 2010 to June 2011, which […]

Nine people have been arrested after police carried out a series of coordinated dawn raids across Kirkham, Preston, Blackpool and Bolton in a crackdown on serious and organised crime. Officers […]

A man has been jailed for eight years for a series of robberies in Chorley and Preston. Stuart Cheetham, 33, of no fixed address, was given the prison sentence when […]

Police have seized cannabis with an estimated street value of over £20,000 was after raiding a flat in Ashton. A warrant was executed under the Misuse of Drugs Act at […]

Police are appealing for the public’s help in tracing a 29 year old man from Leyland who is wanted in connection with a serious assault. Detectives would like to speak […]

A group of teenagers cleaned graffiti at Preston Marina after they admitted spraying paint on the swing-bridge. The six 15-year-old boys sprayed names and initials on the bridge on Maritime […]

A Preston man has been jailed for four years following a police operation to target drug crime in the city. Adrian Allen, 46, of Gamull Lane, Ribbleton appeared at Preston […]

Another weekly roundup of Preston’s crime and policing activity, with links to Lancashire Constabulary and providing contact details if any readers can contribute information about any of the incidents listed. […]