2011

• Crimestoppers launches campaign to fight benefit fraud

  Crime fighting charity Crimestoppers is today launching a campaign that will support the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) in tackling benefit fraud across the country following research from the NFA Annual Fraud Indicator 2011 shows that on average, fraud against all sectors of the UK costs each UK adult £765 per year.

• Crimestoppers help tackle betting shop robberies in Liverpool

  01 December, 2011

  Independent charity Crimestoppers has teamed up with William Hill betting shops in a joint campaign launched today that aims to cut the number of robberies of betting shops in North Liverpool.

• Operation Captura arrest as wanted individual hands himself in

  30 September, 2011

  Crime-fighting charity Crimestoppers and the Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) can confirm that Paul Anthony WALMSLEY surrendered at Copy Lane police station on Wednesday 27 September, where he was arrested and charged.

• Fifth anniversary of Operation Captura campaign sees new appeal for criminals believed to be hiding in Spain

  20 October, 2011

  UK crime-fighting charity Crimestoppers and the Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) are once again on the hunt for Britain’s most wanted, thought to be on the run in Spain [20 October 2011]

• Crimestoppers Charity takes annual review online

  Twenty-three people are arrested each and every day in the UK thanks to information given by individuals in communities – this is just one of the key successes crime fighting charity Crimestoppers has revealed in its first online annual review for 2010-2011 [16 Novmeber 2011]

• Crimestoppers offer up to £5k reward for information on murder at residence in Bulkington, Warwickshire

  27 June, 2011

  Crime-fighting charity Crimestoppers is offering a reward of up to £5,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person/s responsible for the murder of a man at an address in Rugby Road in Bulkington, Warwickshire on Sunday. [27 June 2011]

• Crimestoppers response to disruption caused by cable thieves today

  06 September, 2011

  Michael Laurie, our chief executive, was affected by cable theft this morning. He has released a statement speaking out against this crime and offering a reward for information.

• Crimestoppers offer up to £5k reward for information on sexual assault of two women in Glasgow

  Crime-fighting charity Crimestoppers is today offering a reward of up to £5,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person responsible for the rape of one woman and sexual assault of another in Glasgow in the early hours of yesterday morning [22 December]

• Crimestoppers launches campaign to fight ID fraud in the run up to Christmas

  Crime fighting charity Crimestoppers is today launching a campaign to tackle identity fraud and is encouraging the UK public to pass on information about identity crime anonymously [12 December 2011]

• Accused £12 million fraudster arrested and charged as fifth member of Crimestoppers fraud campaign located in just two months

  05 October, 2011

  A campaign launched by crime-fighting charity Crimestoppers in August to locate ten of the UK’s most wanted fraudsters has seen a fifth arrest, bringing the success rate of the campaign up to 50 per cent [5 October 2011]

• Security company offer up to £25k reward through Crimestoppers

  Security solutions company G4S is today offering a reward of up to £25,000 through the charity Crimestoppers for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the persons responsible for the kidnap and attempted robbery of one of its employees [23 November 2011]

• MP Nick Herbert describes Crimestoppers as “immensely important” at successful seminar to fight rural crime

  Nearly 300 attendees were present at the recent national seminar aimed at stopping rural crime, hosted by crime-fighting charity Crimestoppers and the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) [17 November 2011]

• Crimestoppers offer up to £5k reward for information on theft of £25,000 remembrance poppy

  Crime-fighting charity Crimestoppers is offering a reward of up to £5,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for the theft of a remembrance poppy worth an estimated £25,000 [16 November 2011]

• What’s your status? 4 out of 5 ex-burglars believe thieves are targeting your home using social media*

  26 September, 2011

  A survey carried out by UK home security experts Friedland has revealed social media is being put to use by today’s home burglars [26 September 2011]

• Crimestoppers join seminar to close the gate on rural crime

  Crime-fighting charity Crimestoppers, the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO), and members of rural communities will next week join forces in a key seminar called “Closing the Gate on Criminality” to combat rural crime [7 November 2011]

• Crimestoppers offer up to £3k reward for information on metal theft from war memorial

  Crime-fighting charity Crimestoppers is today offering a reward of up to £3,000 for crucial information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person/s responsible for the theft of brass from a war memorial in Carshalton, Surrey [4 November 2011]

• Crimestoppers Property Protector now available from Tesco Extra stores

  19 September, 2011

  Householders have been given a new way to protect their valuables following the launch of a unique product; Crimestoppers Property Protector, available from Tesco Extra stores across the UK.

• Crimestoppers to spread anti-crime messages through distribution of new 2012 calendar

  01 November, 2011

  An anti-crime message for every month will greet residents in East Birmingham in 2012 after crime-fighting charity Crimestoppers produced a calendar that will be distributed across the area in the coming weeks [1 November 2011]

• Paedophile arrested hours after most wanted appeals revealed

  20 October, 2011

  The latest collaboration between crime-fighting charity Crimestoppers and SOCA to locate wanted fugitives in Spain has seen early success after the arrest of a wanted paedophile within hours of the new campaign going live [20 October 2011]

• Identity fraud continues to rise with 4 million victims in UK alone - Yet consumers continue to be complacent with their identities

  17 October, 2011

  Partners of National Identity Fraud Prevention Week issue a stark warning to public: individuals could be risking up to £9,000 as a result of an ID fraud incident [17 October 2011]

• Crimestoppers’ community launch tackles Asian gold theft

  13 October, 2011

  Crime-fighting charity Crimestoppers is launching a Leicester community event on Thursday 13 October to help keep Asian gold jewellery safe from theft over the upcoming festival of Diwali [13 October 2011]

• Wanted for Extradition

  04 October, 2011

  The Metropolitan Police Service is launching an appeal to trace 14 dangerous men who are believed to have offended abroad and are now believed to be living in the UK [4 October 2011]

• Further success as Crimestoppers’ fraud campaign results in arrest of alleged £5 million fraudster

  30 August, 2011

  A campaign launched by crime-fighting charity Crimestoppers to locate ten of the UK’s most wanted Faudsters has seen a fourth individual arrested who is alleged to have committed over £5 million worth of fraud [30 August 2011]

• Campaign to hunt some of the UK’s most wanted fraudsters launched by Crimestoppers

  02 August, 2011

  Crime-fighting charity Crimestoppers is hunting for ten of the most wanted fraudsters from across the UK, this follows reports earlier this year that fraud cost the UK an estimated £38 billion in 2010.

• Crimestoppers launches anonymous pin project in prisons

  22 September, 2011

  Crime-fighting charity Crimestoppers has teamed up with the Ministry of Justice’s National Offender Management Service (NOMS) to launch a project that will allow those in prison to anonymously pass on information about crime [22 September 2011]

• Further success under Operation Return

  15 September, 2011

  A campaign launched by crime-fighting charity Crimestoppers to locate some of Britain’s most wanted fugitives in Amsterdam has seen further success following the arrest of an individual believed to be Dion Kendrick Lee [15 September 2011]

• Further success as Crimestoppers’ fraud campaign results in two more arrests

  12 August, 2011

  A campaign launched by crime-fighting charity Crimestoppers to locate ten of the UK’s most wanted Fraudsters has seen two more individuals arrested, bringing the total to three out of ten appeals in just over a week [12 August 2011]

• Man featured on Crimestoppers’ Most Wanted Fraudsters list arrested in Shrewsbury

  09 August, 2011

  An individual from the West Midlands who is one of ten suspected fraudsters featured in Crimestoppers’ Most Wanted Fraudsters Campaign has been arrested in Shrewsbury. Nicholas Slocombe gave himself up at Shrewsbury police station.

• Success for Cambridgeshire Crimestoppers as last year’s conviction figures are topped in just four months

  26 August, 2011

  Residents giving information to the charity Crimestoppers since April about criminals in Cambridgeshire has resulted in a 410 per cent increase in cautions and convictions on the same period last year, while also passing the figure for the entire previous 12 months [26 August 2011]

• Crimestoppers’ Most Wanted features individuals sought in connection with recent disorder in London

  22 August, 2011

  Crime-fighting charity Crimestoppers’ Most Wanted gallery now features images of those sought in connection with the recent disorder incidents in London [22 August 2011]

• Crimestoppers thanks the public for their help with information on UK riots

  10 August, 2011

  Crime-fighting charity Crimestoppers can confirm that over 1,000 calls were made to Crimestoppers yesterday and there has been a consistent high level of information being received since the weekend.

• Crimestoppers offer up to £5k reward for information on the person/s responsible for the suspected murder of Chippenham man

  03 August, 2011

  Crime-fighting charity Crimestoppers is offering a reward of up to £5,000 for crucial information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person/s responsible for the suspected murder of a man from Chippenham [3 August 2011]

• Crimestoppers offers £10k reward for information on the fatal fire in Helensburgh, Scotland

  25 July, 2011

  Crimestoppers is offering a reward of up to £10,000 for crucial information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person/s responsible for the fatal fire and murder at an address in Scott Court, Helensburgh on 24 July 2011.

• Crimestoppers offers up to £2k reward for information on the person responsible for sexual assault on 81-year-old

  21 July, 2011

  Crime-fighting charity Crimestoppers is offering up to £2,000 reward today for crucial information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person responsible for the sexual assault on an 81-year-old woman in Newcastle.

• Operation Captura captures Anthony Fraser

  18 July, 2011

  Crime-fighting charity Crimestoppers and the Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) can confirm that Anthony Fraser, grandson of the notorious criminal Frank Fraser, was arrested in Gibraltar at approximately 12.15pm today (local time) after surrendering to local authorities.

• Operation Return II

  Following the success of Operation Return, launched last year in Amsterdam, crime-fighting charity Crimestoppers is today releasing details of six further UK criminals suspected of being on the run in the Netherlands [27 June 2011]

• Crimestoppers offer up to £5k reward for information relating to the fatal road traffic collision in Wakefield

  21 June, 2011

  Crime-fighting charity Crimestoppers is offering up to £5,000 reward for crucial information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person responsible for the hit and run road traffic incident which killed a six-year-old pedestrian in Wakefield [21 June 2011]

• Crimestoppers offers up to £10k reward for information relating to the murder of an 18-year-old man in Tulse Hill, London

  13 June, 2011

  Crime-fighting charity Crimestoppers is offering up to £10,000 reward for crucial information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person/s responsible for the murder of an 18-year-old man in Tulse Hill last week.

• Crimestoppers offers up to £3k reward for information relating to the series of arson attacks in Castle Bytham, Lincolnshire

  13 June, 2011

  Crime-fighting charity Crimestoppers is offering up to £3,000 reward today for crucial information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person/s responsible for the series of arson attacks to the same property on High Street, Castle Bytham in Lincolnshire.

• Cutting crime from the horse’s mouth - Crimestoppers at Appleby Horse Fair

  31 May, 2011

  Crimestoppers is taking the fight against crime right to the heart of the travelling community by using new technology to get its message across. Starting at the biggest travellers’ gathering, the Appleby Horse Fair on 2 June, and then continuing at other gatherings and at local sites throughout the country.

• Crimestoppers offers up to £5k reward for information relating to the double shooting in Milton Keynes

  27 May, 2011

  Crime-fighting charity Crimestoppers is offering a reward of up to £5,000 for crucial information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person/s responsible for the double shooting in Milton Keynes which left two men, aged 18 and 19, dead.

• Crimestoppers and Openreach join forces to tackle cable theft

  25 May, 2011

  Openreach is the latest partner to join forces with crime-fighting charity Crimestoppers in a bid to tackle cable theft, with the launch of a new regional campaign in hot spot theft areas today, 25 May.

• Crimestoppers offer up to 10k reward for information relating to the murders of the Ding family

  19 May, 2011

  Crime-fighting charity Crimestoppers is offering up to £10,000 reward today for crucial information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person/s responsible for the murder of four members of the Ding family who were found stabbed to death in Pioneer Close, Wootton on May 1 2011.

• Operation Captura arrest in Marbella

  17 May, 2011

  Crime-fighting charity Crimestoppers and the Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) can confirm that another successful arrest under Operation Captura has been made in Spain this afternoon (17 May 2011).

• Reward of up to £100,000 to unmask armed bank robbers

  11 April, 2011

  Crimestoppers has launched a campaign to ask the public to pass on information anonymously about armed robbers in Greater Manchester and Merseyside, with a reward of up to £100,000 available for information on armed bank robbers that leads to an arrest and conviction.

• Crimestoppers offers £50k reward for information on the murder of Police Officer, Ronan Kerr

  05 April, 2011

  Crime-fighting charity Crimestoppers is offering a £50,000 reward today for crucial information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for the murder of police officer, Ronan Kerr.

• Crimestoppers and the Association of Convenience Stores offer £50k reward for information on shooting in Stockwell

  31 March, 2011

  Crimestoppers and the Association of Convenience Stores offer £50k reward for information on shooting in Stockwell.

• Second arrest this week for Operation Captura

  24 March, 2011

  Jonathon Lejman, born 15/05/1981 in Stoke-On-Trent was arrested this afternoon (Thursday 24 March 2011) about 2.30pm UK time in Tenerife and was found living in a commune on a beach. Lejman was on an EAW for his part in an aggravated burglary in Staffordshire.

• Another arrest for Operation Captura

  24 March, 2011

  Patrick Pious HANCOX, 68, from Dublin appeared on the latest list of wanted individuals under Operation Captura was arrested by the Gardai in County Longford in the afternoon of Tuesday 22 March.

• Scottish subject wanted under Op Captura arrested in UK

  11 March, 2011

  Crime-fighting charity Crimestoppers and the Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) can confirm that a further successful arrest under Operation Captura has been made in the UK. Andrew Spooner, 41, who appeared on the latest list of wanted individuals under Operation Captura was arrested by SOCA officers at 6.30pm (GMT) Thursday 10 March in Salford, Greater Manchester.

• Two arrests in two days under Operation Captura

  23 February, 2011

  Crime-fighting charity Crimestoppers and the Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) can confirm that a second successful arrest in under 48 hours has been made in Spain.

• Early success for latest Operation Captura campaign

  22 February, 2011

  A crackdown on Britain’s most wanted who are believed to be on the run in Spain has resulted in an arrest on the first day of the campaign, launched by UK crime-fighting charity Crimestoppers and the Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) yesterday (21 February).

• Criminals hiding on the Costas beware as Operation Captura returns

  21 February, 2011

  UK crime-fighting charity Crimestoppers and the Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) are once again closing in on Britain's most wanted who are believed to be on the run in Spain.

• Public urged to help catch ‘Most Wanted’ distraction burglars targeted by new campaign

  25 January, 2011

  Crime-fighting charity, Crimestoppers, and the police are today launching a list of the 10 ‘Most Wanted’ people sought in connection with distraction burglaries.

• Crimestoppers launches first ever product

  10 January, 2011

  Crime-fighting charity, Crimestoppers, has launched its first ever product Crimestoppers Property Protector. Crimestoppers Property Protector is a clear liquid solution used to mark products in such a way that they can be traced back to you if stolen.

• Information given to Crimestoppers achieves a record increase in arrests and charges

  17 May, 2011

  Crime-fighting charity Crimestoppers has seen a 32 per cent increase which equates to 2027 more people arrested and charged as a result of information given to the charity over the last three years.

• Crimestoppers offer up to £1k reward for information concerning series of arson attacks on safety cameras in Lincolnshire

  22 June, 2011

  Crime-fighting charity Crimestoppers is offering up to £1,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person/s responsible for the series of arson attacks on safety cameras in Lincolnshire

• Crimestoppers and Openreach join forces to tackle cable theft in Doncaster

  01 August, 2011

  Crime-fighting charity Crimestoppers and partner Openreach have joined forces in an attempt to clamp down on hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of cable theft that has occurred in the Doncaster area and across Humberside in recent months, with a £2,000 reward on offer from the communications company for information that leads to a conviction [1 Augus