Number of domestic abuse-related crimes in England and Wales rose by 6%
FIGURES have revealed the number of domestic abuse-related crimes in England and Wales rose by 6% in the year ending March 2021, according to the ONS. In a new report collating data on domestic abuse...
View ArticleInvestigation after teenage girl assaulted in South Ockendon
CAN you help detectives investigating an incident in the Aveley/South Ockenden area? Police received a call shortly after 5.25pm on Wednesday 24 November reporting a teenage girl had been grabbed by a...
View ArticleEssex Police’s promise to tackle violence against women and girls
ESSEX Police are working with organisations across the county to tackle violence against women and girls in Essex. This is a societal problem, and we know that we cannot address this issue alone, but...
View ArticleSouth Ockendon: Charges following drugs and weapons raids
TWO people have been charged as part on an investigation into drugs and weapons offences. Officers carried out search warrants at two addresses in Celandine Close, South Ockendon, and Cricketers Lane,...
View ArticleConcerns over drivers allowed to drive despite accumulating twelve points on...
THOUSANDS of motorists continue to drive on Britain’s roads, despite having racked up enough penalty points to be disqualified, an investigation has found. Licence holders who accumulate 12 or more...
View ArticlePolice numbers boosted by new graduate officers
TEN Police Now officers attended their Confirmation in Rank ceremony at Essex Police on Friday (26th November), recognising them as substantive Police Constables. The ceremony was held at Chelmsford...
View ArticleExtradition ordered for man over deaths of 39 people in Grays
The bodies were discovered in the lorry in the early hours of 23 October 2019 A MAN wanted by the Belgian authorities for his role in a people smuggling plot that led to the discovery of the bodies of...
View ArticleConcerns for teenage girl missing from Grays
CAN you help find Shannon Roche who is missing from Grays. Shannon left home yesterday (Friday 3 December) and has not been in touch with her family since. The 16-year-old is described as white,...
View ArticleEssex Police issue advice after surge in drink spiking cases
A MESSAGE from Essex Police WE are getting closer to Christmas and many people will be planning nights out with friends and work colleagues at venues across Essex over the next few weeks. And while we...
View ArticleAveley man in court over number of sex assaults
A MAN has been charged in connection with three sexual assaults in Aveley and Grays. Detectives from Grays CID are investigating three reports from women who were sexually assaulted on the 6 and 7...
View ArticleThousands abandon 101 calls to Essex Police
ESSEX Police has pledged to look at introducing a free call back option for its 101 system and admitted 20 per cent of callers giving up before speaking to a call handler is “unacceptable” reports the...
View ArticleStanford West Conservatives meet police and Thurrock Council teams tackling...
STANFORD West councillors Shane Hebb and Terry Piccolo joined Essex Police and Thurrock Council officers on Tuesday 7th December for a patrol of their ward; specifically around Stanford Park and Butts...
View ArticlePurfleet woman who ‘nudged’ Insulate Britain protester with 4X4 charged with...
A WOMAN who allegedly nudged an Insulate Britain protester with her Range Rover to try and move her out of the road in Thurrock has been charged with assault reports LBC. Sherrilyn Speid, 34, of North...
View ArticleEssex Police tell e-scooter owners: Don’t drink and drive
AN e-scooter is not an alternative to a taxi after a night out: don’t get caught out, know the law before you hop on one this Christmas Following the launch of our Christmas anti-drink drive campaign,...
View ArticleWoman dies in fatal collision near Horndon-on-the-Hill
FOLLOWING a serious collision involving three vehicles last night on the B1007, near Horndon-on-the-Hill, Essex Police are now in position to confirm a 46-year-old woman has sadly died. The collision...
View ArticleSouth Ockendon: Men convicted of attempted murder
TWO men have been found guilty of trying to kill another man who was chased, hit by a car, and attacked with machetes. Another man has also been convicted of his involvement in the attack.The victim,...
View ArticleEssex Police: Sixty-nine new officers begin their careers
SIXTY-nine new officers have started work in your communities after passing out on Friday.The 35 men and 34 women took their oath to join the thousands of others of brave officers helping you, keeping...
View ArticleGrays lorry deaths: Haulier Caolan Gormley trial delayed to 2023
The bodies were discovered in the lorry in the early hours of 23 October 2019 THE trial of a haulier in connection with a people-smuggling operation that ended with the deaths of 39 Vietnamese...
View ArticleTeenager missing from Chafford Hundred
HAVE you seen 16-year-old Mounir Adam Mohammad, who has been reported missing from Chafford Hundred? He was last seen at 6.50pm on Wednesday 15 December, and we are concerned for his welfare. Mounir...
View ArticleJustice minister Dominic Raab visits Thurrock and pledges better protection...
JUSTICE minister, Dominic Raab visited Synergy Essex recently to pledge that victims of crime will be better heard, served and protected under wide ranging reforms set out by the Government. Synergy...
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