Statistics on crime in the Blantyre area have now been made available for the period between 17th November 2018 and 14th January 2019. There were 815 incidents reported to Police in this area. From this, 19% of visits resulted in Crime Reports being raise and from these 158 reports, 66 were detected (43% detection rate) […]
Wolcott Drive Further details have now been made public relating to an incident which took place in Blantyre last night, where a 35 year old man was stabbed on Wolcott Drive. Police had been called to the street on the evening of Saturday 29th December 2018 around 6.55pm after reports of a fight by 6 […]
We’ve heard of TWO separate incidents this week where a local person’s Cashline Card has been cloned and used by others! This is an alert for this local area, given one of the people this happened to, was a family member. Thieves have been trying to use cards in the East Kilbride area that are […]
Crime incidents thankfully have been very quiet in Blantyre during December (and long may that continue), but we wanted to highlight a theft which has left a local lady very upset. On the evening of Tuesday 18th December 2018, an unknown thief or thieves entered garden on Station Road and stole a stone statue of […]
A workman’s van was targeted last night by thieves in Church Street, Low Blantyre. Sometime, between midnight and 7am in the early hours of Friday 30th November 2018, unknown person or persons broke into van parked in the street. A quantity of tools were taken. Police were called this morning, but due to weather, there […]
A local woman was left distressed and shocked yesterday when she was robbed in broad daylight in Stonefield Public Park, Blantyre. Around 10.30am on Wednesday 14th November 2018, a 35 year old woman was walking alone through the park in Low Blantyre when she was approached by an unknown male. The man who was around […]
A night of shed, garage and vehicle break-ins seems to have ended with 2 arrests by police. Late on Thursday night, 18th October into the early hours of today Friday 19th October, 2 males caused havoc with multiple instances of vandalism and breakins in High Blantyre. The youths were first seen trying to break into […]
We signed off early last night so unfortunately missed several alerts late, messaged into the Telegraph just before and after midnight. So, apologies for the lateness of this post, but it’s now posted anyway for the sake of ongoing awareness, relating to last night. Crime roundup for evening of Tuesday 9th October 2018: DOORS TRIED […]