Official Home Office statistics show that there was a significant increase in the total monthly number of crimes taking place in Bradley Stoke during June 2018, with 114 cases being recorded. This is the first time that more than 100 crimes have been recorded in the town within a single month since the recording system categories were last changed in
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The Bristol Evening Post reports that a Bradley Stoke man has been given a 14 month jail sentence for stealing funds from a local pre-school. Andrew Sheppard, of Chequers Court, stole more than £12,000 from Flying Start Pre-School, which was based at the Community Pavilion on Patchway Common. Bristol Crown Court heard that the money was used to settle gambling
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Police are appealing for witnesses and information after Christ the King Church in Bradley Stoke was damaged by graffiti. Overnight Thursday to Friday 14th-15th October, graffiti that included a swastika, expletives and racist terms was daubed on the glass doors of the church and the columns either side. Neighbourhood Inspector Bob Evely said: “I can assure the community that we
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The Stokes Pub Watch scheme, which covers licensed premises in Bradley Stoke, little Stoke, Stoke Gifford and Patchway, is being hailed a success by local police on the first anniversary of its introduction. According to the Bradley Stoke Beat Team’s winter 2010 newsletter, a total of 28 people have been banned under the scheme in the past year and the
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Police have praised a member of the public who reported seeing people acting suspiciously at a house in Bradley Stoke in the early hours today (Monday 12th July). Four men were arrested nearby within 10 minutes of the call. A 28-year-old man and three teenagers aged 18, 17 and 15 remain in police custody. Neighbourhood Sergeant Clive Johnson said: “We
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Police say they have stepped up patrols after a spate of vandalism in which 27 cars were damaged in Bradley Stoke in the space of ten days (the Bristol Evening Post reports). Journal readers first heard about the incidents in a reader’s comment on Tuesday, which reported that “rocks/bricks had been thrown through the windows of cars belonging to …
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Police have arrested two 17-year-old men in connection with a series of car and property blazes in Bradley Stoke during the early hours of Friday morning. The incidents began at 1:40am when a wheelie bin was set on fire in Saxon Way. Within the next hour three cars were set alight and other smaller fires started. Police declined to issue
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New crime maps published by Avon and Somerset Police show Bradley Stoke to be an island of low crime incidence within South Gloucestershire. The town’s crime figures fall into the ‘below average’ category, meaning that the crime rate is between 12.5% and 37.4% of the national average. Neighbouring areas Stoke Gifford, Winterbourne and Severnside all fall into the ‘average’ category
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The work of two local Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs) has led to a man being detained on suspicion of thefts from cars in Bradley Stoke and Stoke Gifford. PCSOs Kirsty Flicker and John Hitchings were on a routine patrol on Tuesday (25th November) when they were given details of a man who had been seen acting suspiciously around cars. The
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