Rural Life
3 boys 'deliberately' set bales alight in Staffordshire - police
Staffordshire Police officers are appealing for information after three young boys, aged between 10 and 12, are believed to have...
Rural Crime
Rural Life
Warwickshire crime team finds 3 trailers in £50k recovery mission
Warwickshire Police’s rural crime team has recovered a number of items, including three trailers, in a recovery mission worth £50,000....
Rural Life
Teenage boy arrested for tractor theft and dangerous driving in Dorchester
A teenage boy has been arrested in connection with the theft of a tractor and subsequent dangerous driving near Dorchester....
Rural Life
£156k rural crime partnership to protect rural Oxfordshire
A new rural crime partnership, funded by £156,000, is aiming to protect the fields and farms of rural Oxfordshire. The...
Rural Life
North Yorkshire: Appeal for info after 11 sheep stolen from field in Whitby
North Yorkshire Police is appealing for information after 11 sheep were stolen from a field in Hutton Mulgrave, Whitby. The...
Rural Life
'New wave' of GPS thefts is 'incredibly alarming' - NFU Mutual
Rural insurer NFU Mutual has said that a “new wave” of GPS thefts is “incredibly alarming”, and has issued a...
Rural Life
Thieves throw items at farmer while 'taking off' on his quad bike
On Monday, May 20, a farmer returned back to his farm in Wincle, Chesire to discover two thieves taking off...
Rural Life
Lock farmyard gates at night to deter 'drive through thieves' - crime team
Wiltshire Police’s rural crime team is urging farmers and those living in rural areas to lock their farmyard gates at...
Rural Life
Dorset: Dog owner fined £300 after lamb is killed by dog
A dog owner has been ordered to pay a farmer £300 after their dog killed a lamb during a sheep...
Rural Life
North Wales: 10 Bluefaced Leicester ewes stolen from Denbigh
10 Bluefaced Leicester ewes were stolen from a location in the Green, Denbigh, the North Wales Police rural crime team...
N.Ireland
Rural crime: ‘Farmers should not be living in fear’ – MP
The Westminster spokesperson for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Carla Lockhart MP has raised her concerns at the rising incidence...
Agri-Business
Each dog attack as been more 'catastrophic' than the last - farm manager
A farm manager in Wiltshire has said each dog attack has been more “catastrophic” than the one before, bringing financial...
Agri-Business
Farm shop owners urged to stay vigilant amid 'alarming' theft cases
NFU Mutual is urging farm shop owners to stay vigilant as its research shows “an alarming number of cases of...
Sheep
Dorset rural crime team recovers 2 stolen blue texel lambs
The Dorset Police rural crime team has recovered two stolen blue texel lambs in rural Bridport. A vehicle suspected to...
Sheep
78% of rural crime teams notice increase in dog attacks on sheep - survey
78% of rural crime teams reported an increase in dog attacks on sheep over recent years, according to a survey...
Agri-Business
Thames Valley rural crime team to expand by 10 officers
Thames Valley Police’s rural crime taskforce is set to expand with the recruitment of 10 additional officers to the team....
Rural Life
Tech investment to make rural Hampshire 'impenetrable' for criminals
Investment in specialist resources and technology will make rural Hampshire and the Isle of Wight “impenetrable” to criminals. This is...
Agri-Business
Those linked to 'international drug trade' are targeting rural communities - report
The Countryside Alliance has said “serious organised criminals” including those linked to the international drug trade are increasingly preying on...
