Press releases

A man has been sentenced to 10 weeks in prison for stealing eight charity collection boxes from offices, shops and pubs in the City of London.

Officers from the City of London Police are appealing to the public to help them identify a man who attacked a London bus driver.

A man has been sentenced after he diverted £31,970 worth of payments from his employer to service providers, into his and his partner’s bank account. 

An American man has been jailed for over four years after he imported MDMA and Ketamine into the UK and had it delivered to his hotel in the City of London.

A man has been sentenced after lying about his car being stolen in order to make a false insurance claim. He also attempted to inflate the value of his claim by exaggerating the value of the car by over £10,000. 

The City of London Police has launched a new initiative today (Monday 18 November 2019) to provide life-saving ‘Bleed Control Kits’ to late-night venues in the Square Mile. 

Lakehal specifically targeted the ‘Rack and Tenter’ bar in Moorgate during the summer and was successful in stealing five rucksacks from male victims, all of whom were out in the City after work, having drinks with friends.

We are appealing for witnesses after a 67-year-old man was seriously injured in a collision with a cyclist on King William Street, near to Monument tube station, at approximately 17.00hrs on Thursday 24 October 2019.

Officers are asking the public if they recognise the thief whilst trying to raise awareness of the tactics being used by criminals after bag thefts in the City increased by nearly 50% in three months.

Two criminal call centres in Kolkata, which were instrumental in defrauding thousands of victims in the UK alone, have been put out of business, in an operation conducted by City of London Police and Microsoft, in cooperation with the Indian police service.