Crime

WOKINGHAM burglaries are on the rise as lockdown eases, according to UK CrimeStats data. The borough sees an average of 34 reported burglaries each month, but this dropped to 23...

“We didn’t have youth workers out of the streets, so in our budget this year the Town Council found some money to support some youth initiatives on the streets and...

Two men from Reading, aged 18 and 23, and a 19-year-old man from Devon, have all been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder.

The 15-year-old cashier was threatened with a Stanley knife and told to open the till.

The motorcyclist, a man in his sixties, sustained a life-changing shoulder injury and required hospital treatment. He has since been discharged.

“We would also ask any motorists who were driving at around 10.40pm near or on the Showcase Cinema roundabout to please check their dash-cams."

A TEENAGER was assaulted and had his bike stolen by a gang in Lower Earley last week.  It is the second such incident to have taken place in the area...

A TEENAGE boy was punched by would-be thieves while he was playing with friends in a Lower Earley park. The incident took place in Chalfont Park in Lower Earley on...

RESIDENTS are demanding action after vandals struck in Wokingham’s town centre on Saturday night. Plants and trees were torn down from Howard Palmer Gardens and the new Elms Field development,...

POLICE are appealing for witnesses to come forward after a taxi office in Twyford was the location of an arson attack.  The incident took place last month, but British Transport...