Rural Crime

Two men have been banned from owning or keeping dogs for three years under new legislative powers designed to target poachers.

The “well-organised” break-in at a secure distributer store saw a large quantity of herbicides stolen.

The Environment Agency is seeking views from farmers and landowners to help tackle waste crime in England.

NFU Mutual is urging farmers to fortify their farmyards to stop thieves from draining their diesel tanks and disrupting food production.

The NFU Mutual is urging farmers to increase security on their premises following a recent surge in tractor and GPS equipment theft on East Anglian farms.

Owners of Land Rover Defenders urged to take sensible security measures as thefts on course to increase again in 2022.

Farmers are being urged to boost security as fuel and machinery prices rise.

Tougher sentencing and improved powers to tackle hare coursing have come into force today (1st August).

Criminal gangs could take advantage of the busy harvest period to steal expensive Global Positioning Systems (GPS) from tractors and combines, warns NFU Mutual.

A new report from Defra shows a distinct rise in the number, and cost, of fly-tipping incidents on public land in the past year. The figures also show a decline in perpetrators being punished, with rural groups responding that the figures only show a small fraction of the actual crime.

Farmers are being urged to review security as the long dark evenings draw in, as criminals will use the cover of darkness to target rural areas.

Farmers are being urged to be vigilant and strengthen security in case recent fuel shortages draw thieves to the countryside.