Rural Life
Six men charged for rural thefts worth nearly £1 million
Six men have been charged in relation to rural thefts and burglary conspiracy worth nearly £1 million after a police...
Rural Crime
N.Ireland
100 items recovered and man arrested in relation to NI rural thefts
The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has confirmed that more than 100 items were recovered from a property in...
Rural Life
First ever Welsh rural crime and wildlife strategy to be launched
The first ever made-in-Wales strategy to tackle wildlife and rural crime is to be launched at the Royal Welsh Showground...
Rural Life
People urged to be vigilant following rural thefts in the Cotswolds
Gloucestershire Constabulary has warned people to be vigilant following a number of reports of thefts in the Cotswolds recently. The...
Agri-Business
Cost of GPS theft up 30% on last year - NFU Mutual
The cost of GPS theft has gone up 30% in the first quarter of 2023, compared to the same period...
Sheep
Dorset: Lamb euthanised by vet following suspected dog attack
Dorset Police’s rural crime team has reported what it is calling “yet another” suspected dog attack, which in this case...
Rural Life
NFYFC launches rural crime training for young farmers
A new training course aimed at helping farmers handle and prevent rural crime has been developed by the National Federation...
Sheep
Northamptonshire Police appeal for info on fatal sheep worrying incident
Rural crime officers from Northamptonshire Police have appealed for information regarding a livestock worrying incident which led to the death...
Rural Life
Dyfed-Powys Police face 'yet another' dog attack on sheep
Dyfed-Powys Police’s rural crime team has said that it is dealing with “yet another dog attack on livestock” in a...
Rural Life
Stolen £40k pump and £4k trailer recovered in Derbyshire
Derbyshire Constabulary’s rural crime team has seized and recovered a number of high-value agricultural machinery items during the last week,...
Rural Life
7 men sentenced for trespassing and poaching in Oxfordshire
Seven men have been sentenced for entering land as a trespasser with poaching equipment in Britwell Salome, Oxfordshire. Following a...
Rural Life
Four men charged with hare coursing offences in Lincolnshire
Four men have been charged with hare coursing offences after Lincolnshire Police received several reports from the Common Drove area...
Machinery
£158k of machinery recovered from 'scene like an Avengers film'
Warwickshire Police’s rural crime team has recovered £158,000 worth of stolen machinery in a mission it said was “like a...
Rural Life
Further arrests made amid 'spate of burglaries' in rural Wales
North Wales Police has said two more people have been arrested following a “spate of burglaries” in rural communities in...
Rural Life
Derbyshire Police's off-road bikes to help tackle 'rural problems'
Derbyshire Police is set to get new off-road bikes to help them tackle “rural problems” like machinery theft, trespassing and...
Rural Life
Police investigating 70,000L diesel theft in Carmarthenshire
Dyfed-Powys Police are investigating the theft of approximately 70,000L of diesel from the Oil4Wales fuel depot in Nantycaws, Carmarthenshire. The...
Rural Life
62% of rural residents believe reporting crime is a 'waste of time'
Nearly two thirds (62%) of those in rural communities believe that reporting rural crimes to police is a “waste of...
Rural Life
Police investigating illegal sheep slaughter after skin found
Dyfed-Powys Police’s rural crime team is investigating the illegal slaughter of a sheep after a farmer found a yearling lamb...
