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Crime & Public Safety Nailsworth
Five motorbikes were stolen during an early-morning raid in Hardwicke on November 4. Four were found in Hardwicke and a fifth was recovered in Holmleigh Park, Tuffley, but suspects have not been identified.
Crime & Public Safety Nailsworth
Foysol Ahmed has been jailed for eight years after persuading a woman in Gloucestershire to buy more than £1m of gold bullion in a courier fraud scam. Police said the victim suffered severe financial and emotional harm.
Crime & Public Safety Nailsworth
Police are searching for two men after two 17-year-old boys were reportedly chased on Chalford Road, Tuffley, shortly after 8.50am on Friday, November 6. One boy suffered a superficial wound believed to have been caused by a sword, while a woman remains in custody after being arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender.
Crime & Public Safety Stonehouse
Armed officers searched for people who fled after an altercation near St Peter’s High School in Tuffley, Gloucester, on Friday morning. Police said a male was seen with a long-bladed item, one boy was taken to hospital for assessment and there was no ongoing threat to pupils.
Crime & Public Safety Stonehouse
Special Sergeant Reuben Watt and Special Constable Cameron Blacker have received Lord Lieutenant’s Awards for their voluntary contribution to policing and community safety in Gloucestershire.
Crime & Public Safety Stonehouse
Five items believed to be Second World War bombs were found by construction workers at the Great Tythe Barn near Tetbury, prompting a 200-metre exclusion zone before suspected wartime explosives were safely detonated in a nearby field.
Crime & Public Safety Stonehouse
A 15-year-old boy reported missing after leaving an address near Stonehouse in the early hours has been found safe, police said.
Crime & Public Safety Cainscross
A 13-year-old boy was flown to Bristol Children’s Hospital after an electronically assisted pedal cycle carrying two boys collided with a wall at Victory Park, off Church Road, Cainscross. He remains in a stable condition, while police investigate and appeal for witnesses.
Crime & Public Safety High Street
Police were called to an address in Stroud High Street at around 9.35am on Saturday, October 24, after a man was found dead. His death is being treated as unexplained but non-suspicious.
Crime & Public Safety Stonehouse
Reader photographs sent to Stroud Times showed two police cars, one police van and three ambulances in Stroud on Saturday morning, October 24, 2026. The circumstances behind the response had not been confirmed when the report was published.
Crime & Public Safety Stonehouse
Police are appealing for information to locate Liddy and Summer, both aged 13, who were reported missing from the Forest of Dean and Stroud area. Officers believe the girls are together in Gloucester town centre and are asking the public to call 101 with information, or 999 if they can see them at the time of calling.
Crime & Public Safety Berkeley
A man in his 80s remains in hospital with serious injuries after a two-car collision on the A433 Bath Road near Westonbirt. Gloucestershire Police is appealing for witnesses and dashcam footage, while the road has reopened after a collision investigation.
Crime & Public Safety
A body has been found during a search for Isaac, a 26-year-old man reported missing from Cheltenham. Formal identification has not yet taken place, police said, while the death is not being treated as suspicious.
Crime & Public Safety
Two people were arrested after a protest in Stroud calling for the ban on Palestine Action to be lifted, Gloucestershire Police said. Officers said signs expressing support for the proscribed organisation were displayed during the gathering on Saturday, October 10.
Crime & Public Safety
Police are appealing for information to help find Susan, who was last seen in Brownshill at about 2.15pm on Sunday, October 11. Officers are concerned for her welfare and are searching with the Severn Area Rescue Association.
Crime & Public Safety Rodborough
Gloucestershire police are seeking information about Amber, a missing 58-year-old woman last seen in Gloucester after leaving Winnycroft Lane in a blue Citroën Berlingo. Officers say she is known to visit Rodborough Common and the Tuffley area.
Crime & Public Safety Cam
Police are searching for Rebecca, a 53-year-old woman reported missing from Cam, after she left an address and was later seen leaving The Railway Inn on Station Road. Officers are concerned for her welfare and have appealed for information.
Crime & Public Safety Stonehouse
An elderly woman lost more than £20,000 after fraudsters posed as Gloucestershire police officers and kept her on the phone for 16 hours across two days. Police are urging Stroud residents to warn elderly and vulnerable people about the scam and to contact 101 if they are unsure who is calling.
Crime & Public Safety Dursley
A 13-year-old boy remains in Bristol Children’s Hospital after a collision involving a red Vauxhall Corsa and a pedal cycle on Dursley Road, Woodfield, Cam. Police are seeking witnesses, dashcam footage and CCTV to assist their investigation.
Crime & Public Safety
Police are appealing for information after a burglar was reportedly disturbed by a homeowner’s dog during an attempted break-in at a property in Amberley.
Crime & Public Safety
Five men remain in custody after three suspicious vehicles were reported travelling towards RAF Fairford on Sunday, September 27. Around 85 households were evacuated while an Army explosives disposal team examined the vehicles inside a 400-metre cordon.
Crime & Public Safety
Police have issued a 48-hour dispersal order covering Stroud town centre after reports involving youths and alleged anti-social behaviour affecting members of the public and local businesses.
Crime & Public Safety Five Valleys
Police are appealing for information to locate Hollie, a 25-year-old woman from Stroud who was last seen in Weston-super-Mare on 23 July. Officers say they are increasingly concerned for her welfare after enquiries involving multiple police forces.
Crime & Public Safety Cam
A man from Cam has been arrested after a group was allegedly subjected to racist abuse and event materials were damaged at Bank Gardens, Stroud. Police are appealing for witnesses who were at the park on the afternoon of Saturday 5 September.
Crime & Public Safety Nailsworth
Gloucestershire Police are appealing for witnesses after a man allegedly shouted racist remarks at a group of people and damaged event materials at Bank Gardens in Stroud. A man in his 30s from Cam was arrested and later released on police bail while enquiries continue.
Crime & Public Safety Nailsworth
Gloucestershire Police says a new approach to shoplifting investigations helped push the force’s charge and solved rates above national averages between May and July 2026, with 94 charges sought in July alone.
Crime & Public Safety Five Valleys
Gloucestershire Police are appealing for witnesses after masked offenders stole a jet ski and trailer from a property in Slimbridge on September 7, using a blue Ford Transit van with a bull bar.
Crime & Public Safety Nailsworth
Police are appealing for information to locate Kathleen, an 89-year-old woman who has not been seen since the morning of Saturday, September 19, 2026. Officers believe she may be travelling on foot or by bus in the Nailsworth area or nearby locations.
Crime & Public Safety Nailsworth
Gloucestershire Constabulary recorded a 12% increase in non-fatal strangulation offences, from 216 to 242, as police, health services, the county council and charities launch an awareness campaign. Agencies are warning about delayed medical effects, misconceptions about consent and routes to support.
Crime & Public Safety Nailsworth
Police are seeking the owner of a dog involved in an attack at Woodchester Park that left a woman with a serious hand injury requiring surgery and another dog with puncture wounds. Witnesses and anyone who recognises the owner or dog are also being asked to come forward.
