Rural policing team recover £1m of stolen machinery

A renewed focus on tracking devices, sharing of intelligence and partnership with farmers on the ground is helping a rural crime team crack farm machinery theft.

Since January 2022, Leicestershire Police’s rural policing team has been working more closely with farmers to crack down on the theft of tractors, quad bikes, trailers, 4x4s and other bits of expensive kit.

The team has been keeping a tally of all the stolen equipment and items they have traced since then and the recovery value has now breached the £1m mark. Besides farm machinery, some of the more unusual items recovered include caravans, a goat and a parrot.