Rural Life
Trailer, quad, tools and £400 of fresh produce stolen from Dorset farm
An old trailer, hand tools and a dark grey CT MOTO quad bike have been stolen from Attisham Farm, Pilsdon,...
Rural thefts
Rural Life
Kent rural crime team recovers items worth over £2m in 2024
Kent Police’s rural crime team has now recovered suspected stolen items worth more than £2 million since the start of...
Machinery
Quad bike and Ford tractor stolen from properties in 'close proximity' in Dorset
A quad bike and a blue Ford tractor have been stolen from twoproperties in close proximity to each other in...
N.Ireland
Cost of rural crime in Northern Ireland falls by over 20% – report
The cost of rural crime in Northern Ireland fell by 21.3% last year to an estimated £2 million, according to...
Rural Life
Tools worth £10,000 stolen from farm in Coddington
Power tools believed to be worth more than £10,000 have been stolen from a farm in Coddington, Cheshire Constabulary has...
Rural Life
CLA finds 'large disparity' in funding for UK rural crime teams
The Country Land and Business Association (CLA) has found a “large disparity” in rural crime team funding, with some UK...
Rural Life
Dorset: Appeals for info following theft of plant machinery
Dorset Police’s rural crime team is appealing for information following the theft pf plant machinery in Three-Legged Cross. The plant...
Rural Life
Man arrested following theft of trailers in Flintshire
A man has been arrested following a recent theft of trailers from Flintshire, North Wales Police’s rural crime team has...
Agri-Business
30 20kg bags of calf milk stolen from Wiltshire farm
Approximately 30 20kg bags of calf milk have been stolen from a farm south of Warminster in Wiltshire. Wiltshire rural...
Agri-Business
NFU Mutual to hold police training day to tackle farm machinery theft
NFU Mutual will host a police training day next week with the aim of helping officers tackle rising farm machinery...
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
'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
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...
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...
Rural Life
Essex rural team recovers £80k of stolen machinery
Essex Police’s rural engagement team has returned more than £80,000 of stolen machinery to its owners after locating it on...
Rural Life
NFU Mutual urges vigilance amid rise in thefts of farm pick-ups
Rural insurer NFU Mutual is urging farmers and other owners of pick-up trucks to take actions to safeguard their vehicles...
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...
Machinery
Man arrested for suspected theft of £200k worth of farm machinery
A 26-year-old man from Essex has been arrested after six items of farm machinery and vehicles that had been reported...
