Crime

19th January 2021 | By Emily Mcintyre

Manchester students call for action over increase of sexual assaults and harassment in Fallowfield

“I often hold my keys like a knife in my hands and put my phone in my bra,” says  20-year-old psychology student Efa Ashman. Efa is...

8th January 2021 | By George Crafer

Man jailed for life after brutal knife attacks on two elderly women in Oldham

A man who carried out a brutal knife attack on two elderly women has today been jailed. Jayden Hayes, 24, was sentenced to life in...

29th October 2020 | By Matthew Kay

Drugs will not be tolerated in pandemic Manchester, say police after four men arrested in Strangeways area

Four men were arrested and a large amount of cannabis was seized in the Strangeways area of Manchester as police attempt to tackle drug abuse during...

5th October 2020 | By Hayley Grice

Volunteers go on street patrol in their neighbourhood to prevent crime in Failsworth

Volunteers from Failsworth are pulling together to help tackle crime in their local community. Local resident Paul Wadsworth saw that there had been a surge of...

24th February 2020 | By Anish Vij

Former Manchester United coach-turned-author’s book about Wales’ first prison football team

Jamie Grundy worked at Manchester United as a coach in the ’90s and links football to his interest in the criminal justice system.  His first book, 90...

21st February 2020 | By Kamila Sebestova

Withington residents feel safe despite a rise in crime of 27% in one year

Statistics from Greater Manchester Police show that burglaries in Withington rose by 27% last year.  The south Manchester suburb is popular with students and has been undergoing development...

15th January 2020 | By Imogen Campion

Andy Burnham: ‘A lot more needs to be done to win back trust on stop and search’

A panel of professionals came together at Man Met last night to discuss the controversial use of stop and search by the police. Statistics suggest...

16th October 2019 | By Megan Marsden

CCTV shows men stealing luggage from terminal 1 at Manchester airport

Security at Manchester Airport have released CCTV images of two men who stole baggage from a storage room in Terminal 1 during a burlgary on...

3rd August 2019 | By [email protected]

Firearm amnesty rids pistols and machine guns from criminal contact

As a two-week firearms amnesty comes to an end,  hauls of arms handed in anonymously are being handled by police officers across Greater Manchester. In an...

13th December 2018 | By H.Austin

Students do not Feel Safe in their Accommodation

Having their house broken into is a student’s worst nightmare, and not being able to get the justice they deserve is just as bad.  Every...

13th December 2018 | By Jordan White

Facebook group used to help locals tackle crime and anti-social behaviour

Stockport is a large town in Greater Manchester and has a population of around 136,000. 14,500 of those inhabitants are members of the ‘SK8’ Facebook...

13th December 2018 | By Jordan White

Fallowfield: A Youth Centre success story.

In light of the Change 4 Cheadle Youth campaign going live earlier this year. We seeked to find a similar story in which we could...

13th December 2018 | By Jordan White

Double frustration as next door neighbours both experience car break-ins

Two local girls have expressed their anger as both their cars have been broken into in two separate incidents.  Courtney Cunningham and Hannah Adshead of...

12th December 2018 | By Jordan White

Local man blames a ‘lack of discipline for the younger generation’ after being attacked in Cheadle

Royston Able was attacked by a young man in the early hours of Saturday morning in Cheadle village last month and blames a lack of...

22nd November 2018 | By Jordan White

Campaign launched to combat crime and anti-social behaviour in the SK8 area of Manchester.

Change for Cheadle Youth is a campaign raised to combat the levels of crime and anti social behaviour around the SK8 area of Greater Manchester...

11th November 2018 | By Andrew Wong

Fallowfield students wake up to find front doors daubed with phallic vandalism

  Residents in a student street woke up to find every house on their road daubed with a penis graffiti on their front door. Students...

9th October 2018 | By Mia Abeyawardene

Manchester: great nightlife, shame about the litter and crime

The Northern Quota took to the streets to find out what Manchester residents consider to be their favourite and least favourite parts of the city....

16th January 2018 | By [email protected]

Burnage man jailed for five years for attempted robbery of two Didsbury bars

A 30-year-old man from Burnage has been jailed five years for attempted robbery of two Didsbury bars. Taurean Edwards burst into The Botanist bar on...

16th January 2018 | By Sanaa Reddy

Man jailed for six years after sexually assaulting woman in her 90s

A 24-year-old man who sexually assaulted a woman in her 90s has been jailed for six years. The elderley woman, who suffers from dementia, was left with...

12th January 2018 | By Sanaa Reddy

MMU professor speaks on Manchester’s worst female criminals

Victorian England is known for its brutal and violent history, crime was prevalent and even worse is the punishment for these crimes from hangings to...