Central London Bomb Threat
A bomb threat warning has been received relating to central London today (16 May). The threat is not specific in relation to location or time. The City of London Police, Metropolitan Police Service and...
View ArticleAdvanced-fee fraud warning
City of London Police is reminding the public of the dangers of advanced-fee fraud. The message comes after officers learnt fraudsters have used the force’s name to suggest that a lottery scam was...
View ArticleCyclists ‘swap’ places and get new perspective on safety
Cyclists will be getting more with their muesli at a free breakfast and cycle safety event on Wednesday 22 June at St Paul’s Cathedral from 7.30 am. City of London Police will be running another highly...
View ArticleCrime down in the City
Government crime figures released today show that crime is down three per cent in the City of London. The statistics, which compared crimes in 2010/11 with the year before, showed there had been 11 per...
View ArticleAssistant Commissioner thanks businesses for releasing Special Constables
Assistant Commissioner Frank Armstrong has thanked City businesses for their support by releasing Special Constables for duty, as the police continue to respond to the unrest that has affected the...
View ArticleLatest update on London disorder
More than 1,000 people have now been charged in connection with the violence and disorder earlier this month. In total, more than 1,700 people have been arrested following a wide-reaching investigation...
View Article“Keep it out of sight”, smartphone theft victim warns
“Keep it out of sight”. That is the advice from a businessman who had his iPhone 4 stolen from in front of him in a coffee shop on High Holborn earlier this year. Now, after City officers recovered his...
View Article‘Safeguarding data is not important, it is imperative’
Commissioner Adrian Leppard has warned businesses that fraudsters are increasingly targeting their customer data. Writing in the Daily Telegraph, the Commissioner highlighted that while technology was...
View ArticleAnnual Report for 2010/11
The Annual Report for 2010/11 is now available online. Over the last twelve months the force has continued to see crime fall in the City and to bring some of the UK’s biggest fraudsters to justice. We...
View ArticleConference delegates: safeguard your belongings
The City of London Police is reminding conference delegates in the Square Mile to safeguard their belongings from fraudsters. The advice comes as detectives ask for the public’s help to find a...
View ArticleDedicated Cheque and Plastic Crime Unit on ITV1 tomorrow at 9pm
The Dedicated Cheque and Plastic Crime Unit (DCPCU) will be the focus of attention on ITV1’s ‘Fraud Squad’ tomorrow at 9pm. The hour-long programme, which also features the force’s Cheque and Credit...
View ArticleCrime down in the City for tenth year
Residents, workers and visitors to the City are safer than at any point in the last ten years, according to figures announced today. The City of London Police’s crime summary figures show crime fell by...
View ArticleCity of London Police undergoes comprehensive review of its service
The City of London Police, like other police forces in the country, is facing the financial challenge of a 20 per cent budget reduction by 2014-15. This is the result of the Government’s Comprehensive...
View ArticleCapital crack down on crime and disorder
A police operation targeting anti-social behaviour, theft and other offences across London resulted in 117 arrests. The arrests last Thursday, 17 and Friday, 18 May dubbed Operation Emperor, saw over...
View ArticleMan charged with Charterhouse Street murder
City of London Police has this evening charged a 25-year-old Ealing man with murder following an incident near a Farringdon night club on Sunday morning (June 24) in which a 33-year-old man suffered a...
View ArticleOlympics - July transport update
London has now become an Olympic City. Please avoid driving into central London, on and around the Olympic Route Network (ORN) and near Games venues. Roads within the North Circular and the South...
View ArticleOlympic Torch Relay
Today, Thursday 26 July, the Olympic Torch Relay arrived in the City of London. The torch visited St Paul’s Cathedral, the Museum of London and Guildhall, before leaving the City via Millennium Bridge....
View ArticleIFED make further Midlands arrests
A Walsall woman has been arrested by the Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department on suspicion of making up to 50 bogus insurance claims over the last four years. The 30 year old is believed to have...
View ArticleLap-dancing breaches results in £28k fine
In one of the first prosecutions under the revised sex establishment legislation, City of London police and The Corporation of London have successfully fined three people for operating a lap-dancing...
View ArticleFurther two people charged following Gresham Street stabbing
A further two people have been charged with committing grievous bodily harm with intent following a stabbing on Gresham Street on Sunday 15 July 2012 – bringing the total number of people charged to...
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