Crime and Police News

Niagara Falls, ON – In the summer of 2025, Niagara Regional Police Service (NRPS) Street Crime Detectives assigned to 2 District (Niagara Falls/Niagara-on-the-Lake) initiated an investigation into an individual selling illegal narcotics out of an address in the Main Street and Barker Street area in Niagara Falls.  On Tuesday, August 5, 2025, Street Crime Detectives assigned to 2 District executed a search warrant at that address. Read more…

Pelham, ON – On the morning of Tuesday, August 5, 2025, uniformed officers with the Niagara Regional Police Service (NRPS) Traffic Enforcement Unit (TEU) conducted a speed enforcement initiative in response to community complaints regarding excessive speeding on Effingham Road in Pelham/Fonthill. Read more…

On Friday, August 1, 2025, uniformed officers of the Niagara Regional Police Service (NRPS) conducted R.I.D.E. spot checks throughout the Niagara region with checks in Port Colborne, Welland, St.Catharines and Niagara Falls. Read more…

St. Catharines, ON — On Friday, August 1, 2025, at approximately 6:30 p.m., officers from the Niagara Regional Police Service (NRPS) 1 District (St. Catharines/Thorold) responded to reports of a motor vehicle collision at the intersection of King Street and Carlisle Street in St. Catharines. Read more…

The Niagara Regional Police Service (NRPS) 2 District Criminal Investigations Bureau (Niagara Falls / Niagara-on-the-Lake) is requesting the public’s assistance in locating Mackenzie PENDER, a 27-year-old woman from Niagara Falls. Read more…

On Saturday August 2, 2025, uniform officers with Niagara Regional Police Service (NRPS) 2 District (Niagara Falls/Niagara-on-the-Lake) began a human trafficking investigation which was continued by the NRPS Human Trafficking Unit (HTU). Read more…

On July 31, 2025, detectives from the Niagara Regional Police Service (NRPS) 3 District Criminal Investigations Bureau (Welland/Pelham) launched an investigation into a disturbing act of animal cruelty involving multiple horses. Read more…

The Niagara Regional Police Service (NRPS) has several officers on scene of a fatal motor vehicle collision at an aquatic centre located at the corner of Carlton Street and Niagara Street in St. Catharines. Read more…

In May 2025, Niagara Regional Police Service (NRPS) Detectives assigned to the Internet Child Exploitation (ICE) Unit commenced an investigation into the sexual exploitation of children over a social media platform.   Read more…

Detectives with the Niagara Regional Police Service (NRPS) 8 District (Grimsby/Lincoln/West Lincoln) Criminal Investigations Bureau (CIB) have continued to investigate a home invasion that occurred on March 13, 2025, in the area of Winston Road and Kelson Avenue North in the Town of Grimsby.  Read more…