The number of farms detected has more than doubled in recent years to reach almost 8,000, with many now set up in homes or flats rather than factories in order to spread the risk. More than a million cannabis plants…

MUGGINGS shot up last year as the slump fuelled the biggest leap in street theft for a decade, new figures revealed yesterday. Robberies, bag snatches, pick-pocketing and other “theft from the person” was up a staggering 10% with police logging…

Harvey, a 70-year-old heavy plant operator from Buckshead, Truro was ordered by a Truro Crown Court judge to pay £2,275,454 as part of a ‘confiscation order.’ Harvey’s defence counsel Jo Martin said that the business and family assets, in terms…

The figures, which cover the period from April 1, 2011 to March 31, 2012, show crime in North Lincolnshire at a record low. This is described as the local division’s “best ever year.” There has been a reduction in “serious…

Although detailed statistics are not yet available for the Island, Hampshire Constabulary, said that overall — across the two counties — crime has dropped every year since 2006-7, when it stood at 179,914 offences. For 2011-12 the figure was 129,327…