Improving the quality of life in the community The issue of anti-social street drinking around Ripon bus station has again begun to rear its head.  I have issued a number of Dispersal Authorities under Section 35 of the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 which has empowered my officers and PCSOs to direct individual […]

Shortly after 10pm on Saturday 6 July 2019, officers were called to a disturbance involving a group of up to 12 men in their early 20s, near to the Market Tavern in Knaresborough. A 24-year-old man, not believed to have been a part of this group, suffered serious facial injuries after being assaulted with a […]

The incident started at about 9.15pm in Cathedral Gardens (which run between the Cathedral and Sainbury’s upper car park) and then continued across the car park towards St Marygate. It involved a group four males in their late teens. The victim was struck by one of them, and £20 stolen was from him. The victim […]

It happened at around 8.50am today (Tuesday, 2 July) at the A59 Bond End area of the town. Police and ambulance crews attended and a 37-year-old man was taken to hospital, where he was treated for his injuries which are not believed to be life-threatening. Other vehicles may have been involved and officers are investigating […]

It happened on Brickyard Road between midnight and 3am on Monday 1 July 2019 We are requesting the public’s assistance to help establish the full circumstances surrounding the incident. In particular, we are appealing for information about any sightings of the stolen trailer. Anyone with information that could assist the investigation should contact North Yorkshire […]

A black Mercedes saloon collided with a lorry on the A168 near Grafton. Officers were called to the scene at 10.15am. Ambulance crews also attended. Sadly the Mercedes driver, believed to be a man in his 40s, was pronounced dead at the scene. The lorry driver was not seriously hurt. The road is currently closed […]