Newcastle Police

newy.com.au - Four boys, the youngest just 11 years old, have been charged following a chaotic police pursuit on Tuesday morning that resulted in collisions with two patrol cars. The incident began at 6:50 am at Heatherbrae, when officers attached to Operation Soteria attempted to pull over an allegedly stolen vehicle on the Pacific Highway. When the driver refused to stop, a pursuit was initiated but quickly terminated near Karuah […]

newy.com.au - A one-year-old girl has died after being struck by a utility at Tanilba Bay in the Port Stephens region on Tuesday evening. According to NSW Police, emergency services were called to Lloyd George Grove, Tanilba Bay, about 5.40pm on Tuesday 9 December 2025. Officers from Port Stephens-Hunter Police District arrived to find the girl had been struck by a Toyota utility on the property. NSW Ambulance paramedics treated […]

newy.com.au - Minister for Police Yasmin Catley has joined Member for Newcastle Tim Crakanthorp, police, council representatives and local business owners on Beaumont Street in Hamilton to discuss community safety and the role of CCTV. The walk-through followed a series of community concerns about crime and anti-social behaviour in the area, with Crakanthorp pushing a whole-of-community approach and calling for the installation of CCTV along the busy dining and retail […]

 newy.com.au - 53-year-old former real estate boss Anthony Di Nardi faced court on Tuesday 9 December 2025 after detectives investigating alleged sexual offences in the Newcastle area arrested him during a morning raid at The Junction. Police say the charges follow a lengthy investigation by Newcastle City Police District detectives into several incidents of a sexual nature alleged to have occurred over a span of almost two decades. According […]

  newy.com.au - A kayak angler has been rescued from the water off Pulbah Island on Lake Macquarie after his craft overturned late on Wednesday 3 December, with Marine Rescue Lake Macquarie volunteers bringing him safely back to shore. Marine Rescue NSW said the incident showed how wearing a lifejacket and staying with a vessel could help save lives, with a coordinated response from water and air assets helping locate […]

newy.com.au - Police who are investigating the suspicious death of toddler Jordan William Thompson in Singleton 20 years ago have welcomed a $500,000 NSW Government reward announced on Thursday 4 December 2025. The new reward is aimed at finally uncovering who was responsible for the 21-month-old’s death in March 2005, after a long-running homicide investigation, an earlier $100,000 reward failed to produce a conviction but left his family and the […]

newy.com.au - Three teenage boys have been charged over alleged break-ins at unit complexes in Tarro after a police investigation into property offences in the Hunter Region late last month. Police said officers began investigating on Sunday 30 November 2025 following reports of break and enters at unit complexes in the Tarro area, leading to the recovery of a stolen car and the arrest of three boys aged 15 and […]

newy.com.au - Liberal councillors from Newcastle, Maitland and Port Stephens are urging Newcastle Council to refuse any future request from protest group Rising Tide to use public land for events in 2026, arguing the latest blockade caused economic damage and stretched police resources. The councillors say a weekend protest linked to Rising Tide, which they described as a “blockade”, resulted in cruise ship cancellations, lost tourism revenue, disruption to major […]

newy.com.au - Police are seeking public assistance after a series of suspicious grass fires were reported across Sawyers Gully, Buchanan and Black Hill in the Hunter Valley on Sunday 30 November 2025. NSW Police say multiple small fires were lit along roadsides over a four-hour period, prompting a response from the NSW Rural Fire Service but causing no reported injuries or damage to vehicles or property. Emergency services were first […]