Rural Life
New police ATV to help protect rural Bodmin Moor area
Devon and Cornwall Police have deployed the area’s first ATV policing vehicle in the Bodmin Moor area with the aim...
Rural Crime
Rural Life
Rural crime: Man arrested on suspicion of ATV burglary
Northumbria Police have arrested a 22-year-old man on suspicion of burglary after a spate of burglaries in rural Northumberland. It...
Rural Life
Stolen quad bike among items recovered by Kent Police
A quad bike, dozes of hedge trimmers and other stolen tools have been recovered by rural police officers in Dartford,...
Rural Life
Northamptonshire farmers urged to mark property after spate of thefts
Farmers and landowners in Northamptonshire are being reminded to mark their property as the county has already received eight reports...
Rural Life
Thames Valley rural crime team awarded 'most proactive' against machinery theft
The Thames Valley Police rural crime taskforce (RCT) has been awarded the Rob Oliver Award for excellence in the fight...
Rural Life
Man arrested on suspicion of New Holland tractor theft
A man has been arrested on suspicion of the theft of a New Holland tractor in the Thames Valley. He...
Rural Life
Over £120,000 worth of machinery stolen in Dorset
Dorset Police’s rural crime team is appealing for information regarding the theft of over £120,000 worth of machinery and equipment...
Sheep
Man convicted after skinning sheep and feeding it to hounds
Hartley Crouch of Cottesmore Road, Ashwell, has been convicted of theft after he stole a sheep, skinned it and fed...
Rural Life
Lincolnshire police appeal for information on farm burglary
Lincolnshire police have appealed for information following a farm burglary in Witham-on-the-Hill in the early hours of the morning of...
Rural Life
Man charged with 16 offences relating to rural crimes
An unnamed man has been charged with a total of 16 offences in connection with a warrant carried out by...
Rural Life
NFU forum chair shares personal experience losing £60k in farm theft
Next Generation forum chair of the National Farmers’ Union (NFU), Eveey Hunter, has spoken out about the impacts of rural...
Sheep
Sheep killed and their skins left behind in Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire Constabulary’s rural crime action team is urging farmers to be extra vigilant following reports of sheep across the county...
Rural Life
Police deploy stinger in cross-border rural crime fight
Three suspected thieves have been admitted into custody following a police-deployed stinger as part of a cross-border rural crime operation,...
Other
Two German Shepherd dogs suspected of Welsh dog attack
North Wales Police’s rural crime team has caught the dogs it suspects as being responsible for an attack that resulted...
Other
Welsh dog attack: Number of dead sheep expected to triple
The number of dead sheep as a result of a dog attack in northest Wales last night (Sunday, November 20)...
N.Ireland
Rural crime: UFU urges farmers to up their security
The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) is urging farmers across Northern Ireland to be on high alert for rural crime and...
Rural Life
Nine police forces join together for rural crime crackdown
Nine police forces have announced today (Thursday, November 10) that they have teamed up for one of the biggest rural...
Rural Life
NFU Mutual: Rural crime cost the UK £40.5m in 2021
A rural crime report from National Farmers’ Union (NFU) Mutual has revealed that rural theft cost the UK around £40.5...
