Newcastle Police

newy.com.au - A 34-year-old man was due to face court in Newcastle on Friday after being charged with 23 offences following an investigation into alleged property offences across multiple NSW regions. Police from Newcastle City Police District said they began investigating in early December 2025 after a man allegedly stole several items from a clothing retailer in Kotara, with inquiries later linking him to other alleged incidents in Newcastle, Port […]

newy.com.au - A 29-year-old man has been charged and refused bail after an alleged shooting at Mayfield in October, NSW Police said. Emergency services were called about 11.50pm on Sunday 5 October 2025 to a unit on Elizabeth Street, Mayfield, after reports a woman had been shot. Officers from Newcastle City Police District found a 19-year-old woman with a gunshot wound to her leg, police said. She was treated at […]

newy.com.au - A fourth teenage boy has been charged after an investigation into alleged break-ins at unit complexes in Tarro and the theft of a Suzuki sedan late last month. NSW Police began investigating after reports a group targeted properties on Quarter Session Road, with three other teenage boys already charged and remaining before the court as part of the inquiry police have named Operation Soteria. Police allege a group […]

newy.com.au - Detectives from the State Crime Command’s Raptor Squad North have released CCTV as they appeal for information about a suspicious fire at a barber shop in East Maitland in September. Emergency services were called about 1am on 14 September 2025 to a shopping precinct on Garnett Road after reports of a suspicious fire, with officers establishing a crime scene and starting inquiries before the matter was referred to […]

newy.com.au - A 60-year-old man has died in hospital following a motorcycle crash last month on Industrial Drive at Mayfield (Tuesday 18 November 2025). Police said the man had been in a critical condition since the crash, which is now the subject of an ongoing investigation and will be the subject of a report for the Coroner. Emergency services were called to Industrial Drive about 12.15pm on Tuesday 18 November […]

newy.com.au - Holiday motorists are being urged to plan ahead and allow extra time if they are driving through Hexham on the Pacific Highway over the Christmas and New Year period, with Transport for NSW warning of heavy traffic and delays. The link between the M1 Pacific Motorway at Beresfield and the Pacific Highway at Hexham is a key part of the major north–south route along the New England Highway […]

A 46-year-old man will face court tomorrow charged with multiple offences, including reckless wounding, following an alleged stabbing in Newcastle earlier today. Emergency services responded to reports of an assault at a unit on Watkins Street, Merewether, about 7:20 am. Police were told that two men had become involved in an altercation at the property, during which one man allegedly sustained a knife wound. NSW Ambulance paramedics treated a 46-year-old […]

A young motorcyclist has lost his life following a collision with a utility in Lake Macquarie this afternoon. Emergency services were called to Clydebank Road in Balmoral, approximately 4km south of Toronto, at about 12:55 pm today (Wednesday, 10 December 2025) following reports of a serious crash. Upon arrival, officers from the Lake Macquarie Police District were told a motorbike and a ute had collided near the intersection of Kooringal […]

newy.com.au - Police and transport officers are stepping up enforcement at three railway level crossings in Newcastle this month in a safety crackdown on risky behaviour by motorists, pedestrians and cyclists. Transport for NSW says the joint operation with NSW Police aims to reduce crashes and near misses at level crossings by reminding people to slow down, follow the signs and signals and respect the speed and stopping limitations of […]