Crime

The University of Nottingham (UoN) has partnered with Nottingham Citizens to raise awareness of hate crime. Nottingham Citizens have released a survey to not only raise awareness of hate crime, but to also get an “accurate snapshot of what hate crime looks like in Nottingham.” Impact reached out to...

A crying baby signals the start of another day. A young woman watches the news whilst her gurgling toddler giggles at the tropical fish tank, before crawling along the hall to the nursery and playing with a jigsaw. Normality, except for one difference: just outside the window is a...

Within the last seven days four incidents of street robbery have occurred at knifepoint in the Lenton area. Three of the four incidents are thought to be the work of the same two men and police urge anyone with any information regarding the crimes to come forward. The first incident...

As part of a new initiative to provide information to victims of hate crime and encourage the reporting of incidents, representatives from Nottinghamshire Police and City Council held a meeting at the University of Nottingham on Monday 26 October. The meeting was jointly led by Dave Alton, Hate Crime Manager for Nottinghamshire Police...

The University of Nottingham has been ranked within the top 15 universities with the highest crime rate in the UK, according to a new ranking by the Complete University Guide.  The tables are based on crimes the Complete University Guide claims are the most relevant to students – burglary, robbery...

Gun and knife crime has been reduced by more than 50% in Nottingham according to figures obtained by The Nottingham Post. Incidents where armed police responded to threats involving a firearm decreased by 57% in 2014 compared to 2011, as revealed by a Freedom of Information request. Nottinghamshire Police had...

‘Could you uh, empty the till please, put it right here?’. A video gone viral; the apparently amusing caricature which is being named the most polite robber ever. Many of us would expect a loud, aggressive, youth, thriving off the shopkeeper’s terror, so we are surprised and endlessly entertained by...