The findings have been published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) using data from its long-running annual crime survey of people aged 16 and over.

Ian Weinfass reports on a Public Finance Initiative (PFI) dispute which threatens to continue to eat into a police force's resources.

The above-inflation pay deal includes a commitment that the pay award will remain at least 1% above the average consumer ...

Police Scotland is the only force in the UK that does not have arrangements for crime proceeds to be spent directly on law enforcement.