Dunn pleaded guilty to one house burglary, three farm building burglaries, one theft of a quad bike, three aggravated taking of vehicles and assaulting an emergency worker.

He was first person in North Yorkshire to be given a Criminal Behaviour Order (CBO) for hare coursing offences last year

Bird Crime continues to be a significant issue in North Yorkshire but the situation is getting better.

A poacher handed a banning order following a North Yorkshire Police investigation has had his sentence increased at court.

Quad bikes and other farm machinery have been stolen since the spate began in November last year, police said.

Dedicated officers from the North Yorkshire Police Rural Task Force have been targeting patrols last night (February 7) in Scoreby and surrounding areas of York and Selby District.

POLICE with drones have been tackling rural crime around York and Selby.

A watchdog charged with holding to account a police commissioner responsible for one of Britain’s worst wildlife crime hotspots has been reassured more effective actions to tackle offenders have been launched.

Police have launched an investigation after vandals killed four chicks from a rare bird of prey in North Yorkshire.

A 21-year-old man has been sentenced after leading police on a high-speed pursuit through North Yorkshire countryside before having his tyres blown out by a stinger.

Specialist teams - including the Rural Task Force, Neighbourhood Policing Teams and Operational Support Unit - are running targeted operations in rural areas and around the county’s borders.

He is one of several suspects arrested this week as officers work “round the clock” to keep communities safe and catch offenders.

It was stolen from Easton Way at around 7.30pm on Friday October 7.

The report by the office of North Yorkshire and York Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner Zoe Metcalfe highlights how since the launch of North Yorkshire Police’s Operation Figaro last year, 241 individuals have received warning letters and 41 have received Criminal Behaviour Warnings.

A problem-solving approach to tackling rural crime has seen the number of poaching incidents drop by almost a third in the space of a year, a report has revealed.