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Rural thefts

Watch: Stolen farm telehander rams shop wall in cashpoint raid

Agri-Business

4 months ago

Watch: Stolen farm telehander rams shop wall in cashpoint raid

Police are investigating an incident where two cashpoint machines were stolen from a co-op store using a telehander from a nearby farm.

New £3,500 reward offered in NI  following rise in rural quad thefts

N.Ireland

9 months ago

New £3,500 reward offered in NI following rise in rural quad thefts

A NI charity is offering a reward of up to £3,500 for information that results in the arrest and conviction of people behind rural thefts

Trailer, quad, tools and £400 of fresh produce stolen from Dorset farm

Rural Life

2 years ago

Trailer, quad, tools and £400 of fresh produce stolen from Dorset farm

A trailer, hand tools and a dark grey CT MOTO quad bike have been stolen from Attisham Farm, Pilsdon, Dorset, the rural crime team has said.

Kent rural crime team recovers items worth over £2m in 2024

Rural Life

2 years ago

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...

Quad bike and Ford tractor stolen from properties in 'close proximity' in Dorset

Machinery

2 years ago

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...

N.Ireland

2 years ago

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,...

Cost of rural crime in Northern Ireland falls by over 20% – report

Rural Life

2 years ago

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,...

Tools worth £10,000 stolen from farm in Coddington

Rural Life

2 years ago

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...

CLA finds 'large disparity' in funding for UK rural crime teams

Rural Life

2 years ago

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.

Dorset: Appeals for info following theft of plant machinery

Rural Life

2 years ago

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...

Man arrested following theft of trailers in Flintshire

Agri-Business

2 years ago

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...

30 20kg bags of calf milk stolen from Wiltshire farm

Agri-Business

2 years ago

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 theft.

NFU Mutual to hold police training day to tackle farm machinery theft

Rural Life

2 years ago

£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.

£156k rural crime partnership to protect rural Oxfordshire

Rural Life

2 years ago

'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...

'New wave' of GPS thefts is 'incredibly alarming' - NFU Mutual

Rural Life

2 years ago

Lock farmyard gates at night to deter 'drive through thieves' - crime team

Wiltshire rural crime team is urging farmers and those in rural areas to lock their farmyard gates at night to deter 'drive through thieves'

Lock farmyard gates at night to deter 'drive through thieves' - crime team

Agri-Business

2 years ago

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...

Farm shop owners urged to stay vigilant amid 'alarming' theft cases

Rural Life

2 years ago

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...

Essex rural team recovers £80k of stolen machinery

Rural Life

2 years ago

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...

NFU Mutual urges vigilance amid rise in thefts of farm pick-ups

Rural Life

2 years ago

Wiltshire: Thieves are targeting Massey Fergusons to sell overseas

Rural thieves are targeting classic Massey Fergusons and exporting them overseas due to the simpler...

Wiltshire: Thieves are targeting Massey Fergusons to sell overseas

Machinery

2 years ago

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 missing over the past 12.

Man arrested for suspected theft of £200k worth of farm machinery

Rural Life

2 years ago

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: 6 men jailed for agri machinery thefts worth £1 million

N.Ireland

2 years ago

‘Worrying’ number of sheep theft reports in Co. Antrim – PSNI

The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) is appealing for information following a...

‘Worrying’ number of sheep theft reports in Co. Antrim – PSNI

Rural Life

3 years ago

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 Kime and Special

TVP rural crime team recovers stolen machinery worth £110k

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