News

• Nottinghamshire Crimestoppers launches youth project to battle knife crime

  The Nottinghamshire regional board of Crimestoppers are bringing the charity's youth brand, Shadow CS, to the city's youngsters in a bid to deter them from the knife crime culture that has claimed so many lives across the country. [29 September 2008]

• Crimestoppers beer

  Nottinghamshire Crimestoppers and Castle Rock Brewery have joined forces to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Crimestoppers in the county, with Castle Rock brewing a special beer specifically for the occasion, appropriately named ‘Most Wanted'.

• Drug seizure

  Following anonymous information received on the Crimestoppers phone number, 0800 555 111, Crimestoppers passed on information about drug trafficking to the Nottinghamshire Police. Local officers carried out a warrant at a house in Bestwood and recovered more than 40 kilos of amphetamines, with an estimated street value of £400,000.

• More than 200 arrests last year

  We had more than 200 arrests in Nottinghamshire last year as a result of the information received by Crimestoppers. We're hoping to top that in 2008!

• Nottinghamshire Police thank Crimestoppers

  Nottinghamshire Police have been saying a huge ‘Thank You' to every single person who has called Crimestoppers with information. Last year 2,086 calls were made to Crimestoppers with information about crime in Nottinghamshire.