Category: crime
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Luke backs Easterside ASB fight
22 July 2026 More neighbourhood police are on Teesside’s streets as Luke Myer MP continues his campaign to tackle crime and antisocial behaviour in Easterside. Luke has been working with residents, Cleveland Police, Middlesbrough Council and community organisations to help address the issues affecting the area. Following a residents’ meeting…
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County lines crackdown protects vulnerable children
10 July 2026 Record numbers of county drug lines have been shut down across the country as Labour steps up its crackdown on the gangs exploiting children and vulnerable people to traffic drugs and carry knives. New Home Office figures show 2,833 county lines were closed last year, with 7,381…
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Illegal bikes crackdown nets 33 seizures in first month
6 July 2026 Illegal off-road bikes are being taken off the streets across Teesside after a new Cleveland Police taskforce seized 33 vehicles in its first month of operation – backed by extra Government funding and stronger powers introduced since Labour took office. The specialist team was launched to target…
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Domestic abuse experts now in 999 control room
30 June 2026 Victims of domestic abuse in Teesside will receive faster specialist support when they dial 999, after Cleveland Police has become one of the latest forces to embed dedicated domestic abuse experts in its control room under the Labour Government’s rollout of Raneem’s Law. The move delivers on a…
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£500k in criminal cash recovered
19 June 2026 Luke Myer MP has welcomed new figures showing Cleveland Police have taken over £500,000 in cash from criminals over the last two years, and frozen or recovered a further £3.2 million in criminal assets. The force’s Economic Crime Unit has used ‘proceeds of crime’ powers to target…
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Wheels of justice: ‘Trojan Bus’ deployed to tackle ASB
1st June 2026 Luke Myer MP has welcomed another plain clothes police operation on buses across south Middlesbrough, following antisocial behaviour on local routes last year. Middlesbrough South Neighbourhood Policing Team carried out the operation over the weekend, with support from Stagecoach. Plain clothes officers travelled on ‘Trojan buses’ across…
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£1.3m secured to tackle serious violence
15 May 2026 Teesside has secured more than £1.3 million in Labour Government funding to continue efforts to reduce serious violence and keep young people away from crime. The funding will allow the Cleveland Unit for the Reduction of Violence (CURV) to continue its work for another year, including placing…
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Luke meets new police officers in Guisborough
17 April 2026 Residents in Guisborough today spoke with some of Cleveland Police’s new PCSOs and officers at their community safety drop-in at Sunnyfield House. Dozens of extra neighbourhood officers and PCSOs have been rolled out across Cleveland – putting visible policing back on the streets. A total of 48…
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Bobbies back on the beat: 48 more PCSOs deployed in Cleveland
7 April 2026 More police are back on the streets across the country after the Government hit its target to boost neighbourhood policing ahead of schedule. Published today, new figures show over 3,000 additional neighbourhood officers and PCSOs have been put into local roles since April last year, two months…
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Labour gives Redcar & Cleveland £500k CCTV boost
2 March 2026 A major £500,000 investment in new CCTV has been delivered across Redcar & Cleveland, funded by the Labour Government as part of its drive to make communities safer and tackle anti-social behaviour. More than 200 cameras are now in place following a full upgrade of the system…
