10 h. ago England and Wales's burglary hotspots: Interactive map of 37,000 neighbourhoods lays bare streets with most break

London's Oxford Street and the upmarket area of Soho to its south stretching to Piccadilly Circus is the nation's number one burglary hotspot, MailOnline can reveal.

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69 h. ago Suspended sentences for blade possession hit decade high, figures show

Possession of a bladed article made up the highest proportion (68.5%) of all knife and offensive weapon offences recorded in latest Government data.

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3 d. ago Top Tory accidentally exposes party’s shocking record on prison spaces

Exclusive: Responding to a written question from Tory MP Richard Holden, a justice minister revealed that the Conservatives increased the capacity of the prison estate by less than 500 spaces in fourteen years

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4 d. ago Police warn of burglary tactic used to check if homes are empty over half

England and Wales's police forces received 238,893 crime reports about burglary in 2024

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4 d. ago Man convicted over plot to commit FGM in ‘landmark case’ has sentence increased

Emad Kaky, 48, had his sentenced increased to seven years’ imprisonment after the case was referred to the Court of Appeal.

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4 d. ago Crimes in Wales and England have gone down but prisoners have increased

While successive governments have tried to show they were "tough on crime" it has resulted in prisons being on the "brink of collapse", a new report has found

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