HERE is your round-up of crime stories from this week.
GARDENERS were left heartbroken following a spate of vandalism attacks at a popular Worcester allotment site.
Perdiswell allotment site was vandalised on Tuesday night (October 27).
This came after another sabotage on October 23 and October 24.
The full story is here.
EIGHT Worcestershire drivers were stopped by police for insurance offences.
West Mercia Police officers were targeting uninsured drivers in the county on October 29.
The full story is here.
A MAN launched a desperate appeal for information after he says his Land Rover was stolen from outside his Worcester home.
Tim Hardisty, awoke on Monday morning to find his beloved Land Rover Defender was missing from outside his house on Ombersley Road.
The full story is here.
In Evesham, vandals made a mess along a footpath causing anger in the community.
Pershore resident Sue Gooderham said she had contacted Rooftop Housing Group about the footpath on Almonry Close, the site for a proposed redevelopment.
Read more here
And new figures showed violent crime has risen in South Worcester area over the last year, despite an overall drop in recorded offences.
Changes in society while coronavirus restrictions were in place led to most types of crime plummeting nationally over the period – although drug offences rose by nearly a third during lockdown – the Office for National Statistics said.
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