All Crime articles – Page 2
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NewsHome Office fines for car washes employing illegal workers jump 35%
The latest statistical release from the Home Office reveals hand car wash businesses were fined £2.38m for employing unregistered workers in the final quarter of 2025, a 35% jump on the same period in the previous year.
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NewsPenny On The Move double robber jailed
A knife-wielding robber who held up the same Penny On The Move forecourt twice within the space of a week has been sentenced to 40 months in prison.
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NewsForecourt thief sentenced to seven days in prison
A thief who stole goods worth £155 from a petrol station in Fleet, Hants, has been given a seven-day custodial sentence.
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AnalysisCOMMENT: Fuel theft is an age-old problem in need of a new solution
The other day I was interviewed on the radio (this isn’t a boast – broadcast news relies on an endless stream of talking heads) about fuel theft, which has risen by around a quarter since prices spiked following the start of the Iranian conflict.
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NewsForecourt operators “policing themselves” as officers continue to ignore fuel theft
Police across the UK are continuing to effectively ignore drive-offs from petrol stations, leaving forecourt operators to “police themselves” as they turn to private firms to enforce the law.
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NewsFuel theft continues to rise
No means of payment and drive-off incidents increased by 23% over March and April compared to the previous two months, new figures have revealed.
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NewsUnpaid fuel incidents rise again
April saw unpaid fuel incidents rise again, according to the British Oil Security Syndicate, with a 3% increase compared to the previous month, which saw an even sharper uptick.
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NewsFacebook post turns locals into fuel-theft detectives
A forecourt operator is advocating the use of social media to stamp out the rise in fuel theft which has been taking place at petrol stations across the UK since the war in Iran has inflated petrol and diesel prices.
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NewsMan jailed for attempting to set petrol station on fire
A 47-year-old man has been sentenced to 15 months in prison for holding a lighter next to a petrol pump and threatening to burn down a forecourt in Cambridge.
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NewsPolice appeal for help following Cheshire forecourt burglary
An attempted petrol-station burglary in Tarporley, Cheshire, has prompted police to appeal for witnesses, after thieves broke into the site’s shop but were disturbed before they could steal anything.
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NewsForecourts losing £1,000 a month due to unpaid-fuel incidents
Rising petrol and diesel prices correlated with a 19% increase in unpaid fuel incidents in March, with the average forecourt now losing £1,000 a month, according to the British Oil Security Syndicate.
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NewsPolice hunt men following attempted forecourt cashpoint raid
Officers from Dorset Police are appealing to members of the public for information after two men in a Transit van attempted to remove a cash machine from a filling station in Wimborne.
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NewsForecourt assault sees police appeal for witnesses
Officers from Kent Police are appealing to members of the public for information following an assault that took place at a petrol station in Ramsgate.
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NewsBen Lawrence takes to The Telegraph to highlight surging fuel theft
Independent forecourt operator Ben Lawrence has highlighted the plight of fuel retailers being hammered by drive-offs and no means of payment incidents, both of which are up significantly alongside fuel prices.
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NewsForecourt thief jailed after leaving receipt at crime scene
A thief who stole cigarettes worth £11,000 from a petrol station in Chester was caught after police found a till receipt left at the scene of the crime.
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NewsValue of fuel taken in no-means-of-payment incidents up by 65%
Rising fuel prices coupled with increasing boldness from drivers have led to the value of fuel drawn during no-means-of-payment incidents rise by 65%, while opportunism has seen motorists fill drinks bottles with fuel.
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NewsForecourt staff member at risk of permanent eye damage after assault
Officers from Merseyside Police are appealing for information following an assault that left a forecourt employee temporarily blind and facing “permanent or long-term damage” to their eye.
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NewsPenny On The Move praises staff after forecourt is held up twice in a week
Staff at a Penny On The Move forecourt in County Durham who were subject to two knifepoint robberies in the space of a week have been praised by the firm for their calm responses to the hold ups.
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NewsForecourt Eye works with police in “multi-force” operation to track down organised fuel thieves
Security technology company Forecourt Eye has taken part in a “multi-force” police operation to help apprehend a team of criminals engaging in organised fuel theft from forecourts across Hertfordshire and the surrounding areas.
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NewsPump-price rises see surge in fuel theft
Rising pump prices driven by the Iranian conflict have resulted in a 10% increase in fuel-theft incidents, according to a new analysis.