Agri-Business
New officer joins National Rural Crime Unit to tackle livestock theft
Rural insurer NFU Mutual has funded the appointment of a new officer to the National Rural Crime Unit (NRCU) to...
Rural Crime
Rural Life
Wiltshire: Thieves are targeting Massey Fergusons to sell overseas
Rural thieves are targeting classic Massey Fergusons and exporting them overseas due to the simpler level of mechanical maintenance, according...
Rural Life
60% see no improvement to rural policing with crime commissioners - survey
Nearly 60% of those surveyed by the Countryside Alliance do not think rural policing has improved since the introduction of...
Rural Life
Somerset men found with 20 pieces of stolen farm machinery
Two Somerset men have been sentenced after they were found with 20 pieces of stolen farm machinery. 25-year-old Harry Hollowell...
Machinery
Stolen agri machinery recovered through Harwich port operation
Essex Police rural engagement officers have recovered stolen agricultural machinery following an operation in Harwich International Port. The officers worked...
Rural Life
Nottinghamshire: 6 men jailed for agri machinery thefts worth £1 million
Six men have been jailed in connection with thefts of plant and agricultural machinery totalling £1 million. Nottinghamshire Police said...
Rural Life
John Deere stolen from development site in Faversham
A John Deere tractor was among the items stolen from a housing development site in Faversham earlier this month. Kent...
Rural Life
TVP appeals for witnesses to Aylesbury farm burglary
Thames Valley Police is appealing for witnesses to a farm burglary in Aylesbury which included the theft of farm equipment....
Rural Life
2 men arrested for 3 rural burglaries in Sussex
Sussex Police rural crime team have reported that two men have been arrested for three rural burglaries in Sussex. The...
Arable
Nottinghamshire farm suffers 'thousands of pounds of damage' to crops from quads
Nottinghamshire Police has appealed for information regarding the damaging of crops from quad bikes on a farm in North Nottinghamshire....
Rural Life
70 turkeys and equipment stolen from Bridport farm
Police are appealing for information after 70 live turkeys and equipment was stolen from a farm in the Bridport area....
Environment
West Oxfordshire Council to increase fly-tipping penalties
West Oxfordshire District Council has said it will increase fixed penalty notices to the maximum allowed by the government to...
Sheep
Police appeal for info after two instances of sheep worrying in Wiltshire
Wiltshire Police’s rural crime team is appealing for information after two instances of sheep worrying in Bowerchalke. The incidences occurred...
Rural Life
Livestock theft: 35 sheep stolen in Powys
Dyfed-Powys Police’s rural crime team is appealing for information in relation to the theft of 35 sheep from the Old...
Rural Life
TVP rural crime team recovers stolen machinery worth £110k
The Thames Valley Police (TVP) rural crime team has seized stolen machinery worth an estimated £110,000. The force said PC...
Rural Life
Cumbria rural crime team makes 12 arrests and recovers farm machinery
The Cumbria Police rural crime team has made 12 arrests and recovered numerous stolen items since it was launched in...
Rural Life
Peterborough man fined over £18k for pursuit of hares offences
A Peterborough man has been fined charges totalling over £18,000 for offences related to trespassing in pursuit of hares. Fred...
N.Ireland
PSNI investigates connected thefts of quad, trailer and car in Co. Tyrone
The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) is investigating the theft of a quad and trailer from an outbuilding on...
