Crime Archives - The Redditch Standard

4^th Jun, 2026

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NEWS 29^th Oct, 2025

Arrests in Redditch as police crackdown on burglary

NEWS 23^rd Oct, 2025

Redditch anti-knife campaigner Pete Martin marks 15 years of activism

NEWS 9^th Oct, 2025

Three teenagers arrested after attempted burglary in Redditch

NEWS 17^th May, 2025

Redditch burglar is jailed for nine months

NEWS 13^th Feb, 2025

Prolific Redditch shoplifter banned from retail premises across town

NEWS 14^th Oct, 2024

Two shoplifters who stole £2,000 worth of goods from Boots in Redditch are banned from Worcestershire

NEWS 26^th Mar, 2024

Two men guilty of murdering former footballer, Cody Fisher

NEWS 11^th Mar, 2024

Police investigating car key burglaries across Redditch

NEWS 8^th Sep, 2023

'Thanks for donations' after £10k theft of equipment at Redditch allotments

NEWS 1^st Sep, 2023

Redditch allotment holders 'heartbroken' after thieves steal equipment totalling £10,000

NEWS 3^rd Sep, 2023

Redditch town centre dispersal order ‘great success’ say police

NEWS 17^th Aug, 2020

Not buying crime: Top training for Redditch McDonald's staff

NEWS 17^th Jul, 2020

Violent crime up as PCC renews pledge to build safer West Mercia

NEWS 1^st Jun, 2020

Smart thinking as record number join crime prevention scheme

NEWS 21^st Apr, 2020

How safe do you feel? Crime survey aims to improve response

NEWS 31^st Jul, 2019

Crime against older people isn’t well understood according to report

NEWS 18^th Jun, 2019

Guest speaker to talk about 19th century crime at Studley Local History Group tonight

NEWS 11^th Jun, 2019

Meet your local beat bobby: Police hold drop-in surgery in Wythall car park

NEWS 4^th May, 2019

Overall crime continues to fall in West Mercia bucking the national trend

NEWS 24^th Mar, 2019

Police issue car crime alert after number of thefts in Redditch

NEWS 11^th Feb, 2019

Lock your doors - two homes in Redditch targeted by late night thieves

NEWS 30^th Dec, 2018

Year Review 2018: Crime in Redditch

NEWS 10^th Nov, 2018

Communities hit out over anti social behaviour and low profile of Police

NEWS 5^th Nov, 2018

Police appeal after thieves steal hair products from Redditch firm

NEWS 8^th Oct, 2018

New Police team launched across county to deal with local priorities

NEWS 24^th Sep, 2018

Redditch rail passengers walk through 'knife arch' to help combat crime

NEWS 19^th Sep, 2018

Biker Craig's LEJoG marathon for Victim Support group in Redditch

NEWS 13^th Sep, 2018

Redditch garage raided as Police target car key burglaries

NEWS 5^th Sep, 2018

Drugs, County Lines and ASB - all in a day's work for Redditch Police

NEWS 28^th Aug, 2018

Cars keyed, buildings vandalised and XBoxes stolen in crime spree

NEWS 25^th Aug, 2018

Best selling crime novelist Carla to hold book signing and Q&A at library

NEWS 13^th Aug, 2018

Farmers beefing up security as county records £1million in rural crime

NEWS 1^st Aug, 2018

Crimestoppers in 'county line' crackdown to stop urban drug dealers

NEWS 31^st Jul, 2018

Online text-based support service rolled out 24/7 for victims of crime

NEWS 19^th Jul, 2018

Police officers in Redditch are educating the public about the dangers of knife crime

NEWS 2^nd Jul, 2018

Residents vote on crime concerns while PACT meeting gives them a voice

NEWS 16^th May, 2018

Anonymity guaranteed - plea to speak up on gangs hurting our town

NEWS 14^th May, 2018

Police appeal after car window jimmied and handbag stolen

NEWS 23^rd Dec, 2017

Studley skate park will be under scrutiny this Christmas

NEWS 25^th Apr, 2018

Teenage trio and man charged with burglaries and car offences

NEWS 25^th Apr, 2018

Police appeal for man who may have information of Studley sex assault

NEWS 24^th Apr, 2018

Kingfisher shoplifter had eye on £120 of goods when nabbed by staff

NEWS 18^th Apr, 2018

Call for local communities to take part in rural crime survey

NEWS UPDATE 18^th Apr, 2018

Passerby noticed thieves had ripped gates open at house

NEWS 23^rd Mar, 2018

Police appeal for witnesses after man assaulted outside Three Cooks

NEWS 20^th Mar, 2018

Man on burglary and car theft spree, including in Redditch, sent down

NEWS 16^th Mar, 2018

Just a glance but Redditch resident spots two hooded men in his car

NEWS 16^th Mar, 2018

Ten charged over plot to fly drugs and more into prisons, including Hewell

NEWS 20^th Mar, 2018

Six key targets for police agreed by local authority for 2018/19

NEWS 15^th Mar, 2018

More lead stolen from the roof of a property in Redditch

NEWS 14^th Mar, 2018

Smart water bid to crackdown on crime in Redditch is launched

NEWS 5^th Mar, 2018

PCC welcomes change in guidelines over domestic abuse sentences

NEWS 5^th Mar, 2018

Studley supermarkets hit by a spate of shoplifting

NEWS 25^th Feb, 2018

Dedication of Specials praised by West Mercia Crime Commissioner

NEWS 20^th Feb, 2018

Time to get behind the badge - West Mercia's Police and Crime Commissioner

NEWS 4^th Feb, 2018

Increase in sex offences and domestic burglary in West Mercia

NEWS 30^th Jan, 2018

Chance to join fight against crime

NEWS 26^th Jan, 2018

Increase in complaints against police in Warwickshire

26^th Jan, 2018

Seven cars torched in Redditch street in just three weeks

NEWS 25^th Jan, 2018

Crime in West Mercia is increasing - with sharp rises in sexual offences and domestic burglary

NEWS 29^th Jan, 2018

Sharks prove to be dramatic for Redditch students

NEWS 24^th Jan, 2018

Gangs target Redditch homes for `car key burglaries’

NEWS 19^th Jan, 2018

Spate of registration plate thefts in Redditch

NEWS 20^th Jan, 2018

Redditch resident warns others of scammers

19^th Jan, 2018

Safety fears after drugs kit found near play area in Redditch

NEWS 22^nd Jan, 2018

Help at hand to fight loan sharks in Redditch

NEWS 16^th Jan, 2018

Alcohol thieves strikes in Alcester

NEWS 14^th Jan, 2018

Bid to fund covert camera to snare poachers in Studley

NEWS 13^th Jan, 2018

4x4 drivers destroy bollards in village of Great Alne

NEWS 13^th Jan, 2018

Police hunt Alcester supermarket thieves

NEWS 12^th Jan, 2018

Two cars and a shotgun taken by Studley raiders

NEWS 10^th Jan, 2018

Redditch MP Rachel Maclean welcomes more bobbies on the beat

NEWS 9^th Jan, 2018

Events to raise awareness of cyber bullying set to get Redditch families cyber smart

NEWS 8^th Jan, 2018

Thieves break into Redditch pub and steal part of a gaming machine

NEWS 6^th Jan, 2018

West Mercia Police launch crackdown on uninsured drivers in Redditch

NEWS 4^th Jan, 2018

Have you seen this man in Redditch?

NEWS 3^rd Jan, 2018

Man charged with sexual assault is wanted by police for failing to attend court in Redditch

NEWS 21^st Dec, 2017

Studley thief steals meat and cheese

NEWS 16^th Dec, 2017

Fears raised in Redditch as thieves target hauls of gold

NEWS 15^th Dec, 2017

Thieves stopped in their tracks in Alvechurch

NEWS 14^th Dec, 2017

Redditch surgeon burnt his initials onto patients’ livers during transplant operations

NEWS 11^th Dec, 2017

Thieves steal two concrete horse heads from house in Bradley Green

NEWS 7^th Dec, 2017

Robber in Redditch put his victim in a headlock before stealing house keys

NEWS 6^th Dec, 2017

White BMW and fur shawl stolen by thieves in Redditch

NEWS 6^th Dec, 2017

Thieves steal pet shop charity box for Redditch's Hopper Haven

NEWS 5^th Dec, 2017

People in Redditch and Studley fall foul of ‘free trial trap’scams

NEWS 30^th Nov, 2017

Redditch man stripped stolen Land Rovers and cars worth more than £160,000 for parts

NEWS 29^th Nov, 2017

More than 220 firearms handed in during surrender campaign - including 31 in Redditch

NEWS 27^th Nov, 2017

Model aircraft stolen in Redditch burglary

NEWS 27^th Nov, 2017

Man steals cash after lying his way into a house in Redditch

NEWS 27^th Nov, 2017

Studley meat thief makes a grab at Aldi

NEWS 25^th Nov, 2017

Alcohol thief struck twice in Alcester

NEWS 26^th Nov, 2017

Police plea for help to cut crime in Alcester and Studley

NEWS 25^th Nov, 2017

Scammers tricking farmers in Redditch, Alcester and Studley into paying thousands for unwanted work

NEWS 22^nd Nov, 2017

Criminals steal two motorbikes from the same Redditch garage

NEWS 22^nd Nov, 2017

Thieves ransack a house in Redditch - and then deliberately flood it too

NEWS 18^th Nov, 2017

Men may have been poaching near Alcester

NEWS 16^th Nov, 2017

Thieves steal a pair of chainsaws from sheds in Astwood Bank

NEWS 10^th Nov, 2017

Do you recognise these four men seen in Redditch?

NEWS 11^th Nov, 2017

Studley skate park damage costs vandals just £25