Rise in Islamophobic hate crime recorded in Sheffield 6 January 2022 A Freedom of Information request has revealed the stark reality for Muslim communities, with a significant increase in hate crime incidents reported to South Yorkshire Police in 2021.
Enough is Enough: Community comes together following local shootings 18 May 2020 "We will not be divided," says community group, after rise in criminal activity in Nether Edge during lockdown.
Crime Scenery: Illegal killing of the Peak District’s Birds of Prey 30 October 2016 One of the great joys of Sheffield is its proximity to the Peak District. Walking through the Peak on a sunny spring morning, you find…
Crime: Thatcherism and the ‘1980s Crime Wave’ 28 January 2016 The recent election of Jeremy Corbyn as Labour Party leader provoked a rash of headlines and images on the web relating to his political…
Murder?: The Likely Story of Gareth Williams 23 November 2013 A Welsh lad achieves A grade Maths and Computer Science A-Levels aged 13. He gets a first class degree in Maths aged 17 and at 18 he begins…
RIOTS: TOUGH ON CRIME 30 August 2011 Hope is a wonderful and terrifying prospect and, much to Barack Obama's chagrin, if you do not deliver on the prospect then you should…
Sheffield Gangs: A History of Violence 28 December 2010 Not so long ago, Sheffield was infamous for its gang culture, a story told in J.P. Bean's excellent local history, The Sheffield Gang Wars.
