Vicki Couchman for The Times

Vicki Couchman for The Times 

I am the crime correspondent for The Times where I cover breaking stories and court cases and file features and reports. I also contribute to Times Radio. Knife crime, robbery and the role of technology in preventing crime are among my areas of focus.

My stories have been published in the Sunday Mirror, the Guardian, VICE and FADER. In 2021 I was shortlisted for the Outstanding Journalism prize at the Criminal Justice Alliance Media Awards.

Previously, I worked at The i Paper, PA Media and The Sun where I joined its two-year graduate training scheme and was later promoted to a health reporter.

I started in journalism at the South London Press, The Voice and the Camden New Journal; I door-knocked my way around inner-London, reported from courts, crime scenes, community events and interviewed scores of local heroes. It was the best training.