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Other Rural Crime Alerts
Hampshire Constabulary
Monday, 14 August 2023
Mounted rural patrol and ANPR cameras: New efforts to tackle countryside crime
Police Commissioner Donna Jones announces £84K funding to combat rural crime in Hampshire and Isle of Wight
Cheshire Constabulary
Monday, 14 August 2023
Jailed hunt saboteur branded a ‘danger to the public’
A hunt saboteur has been branded a “danger to the public” by a judge as he was jailed.
National
Thursday, 10 August 2023
Cumbrian farming couple hailed for efforts in boosting Curlew numbers
Ian Bell and Rebeca Dickens were among seven regional winners and awarded the overall title at the Great Yorkshire Show.
National
Thursday, 10 August 2023
Farmer sets new British shearing record in Herefordshire
An experienced shearer is now a British record holder after shearing 706 lambs in eight hours.
West Mercia Police
Thursday, 10 August 2023
Hereford flytipper who failed to turn up for trial found guilty
A flytipper has been found guilty of several charges after failing to turn up for his trial.
West Mercia Police
Monday, 7 August 2023
Telford flytipper who dumped 'large amount of tree waste' in country lane caught out by CCTV
Flytipper who dumped 'large amount of tree waste' in country lane caught out by CCTV
National
Tuesday, 1 August 2023
Cost of rural crime up £9m in a year as gangs target farm machinery
Organised crime gangs are stealing farm machinery and GPS kits worth tens of thousands of pounds to sell on in the UK and abroad, an insurer has warned.
North Yorkshire Police
Monday, 3 July 2023
Man sentenced after death of Barn Owl near Scarborough
When spoken to by police, the tenant of the plot, Leslie Shooter, 57, stated that he had set a number of traps to control rats. However, he had not covered the traps as required by law, resulting in the trapping of the bird.
Suffolk Constabulary
Monday, 3 July 2023
Four men sentenced for metal detecting over an ancient monument
Sergeant Brian Calver of Suffolk Constabulary’s Rural and Wildlife Crime team said: “This crime was not an opportunist moment. This was organised, planned criminality, targeting our heritage. We’ll never know just how much history and knowledge has been lost as a result of their offending, purely for selfish gain.
Northamptonshire Police
Monday, 3 July 2023
Northampton trio set to be sentenced after string of planned rural thefts amounting to £180,000
Police say the offences were “planned meticulously”
Dorset Police
Monday, 3 July 2023
Verwood man banned from keeping dogs and chickens by courts
As reported, police investigating hare coursing were shown evidence of a dog being set on a chicken. The chicken was killed in the incident, Dorset Police’s rural crime team said.
West Yorkshire Police
Monday, 3 July 2023
Police appeal after duckling killed in South Kirkby
POLICE have launched an appeal after a group of youths caught a duckling with a hook and dragged it until it died.
Thames Valley Police
Monday, 3 July 2023
Youth punished for damaging church gravestone near Banbury
A spokesman for Thames Valley Police's Rural Crime Taskforce said: "Four days ago we posted a picture of this damaged historic gravestone at St Mary’s church in Adderbury
West Mercia Police
Monday, 3 July 2023
Arrest after stolen solar panels worth £100k seized in Worcestershire
"Our Safer Neighbourhood Teams have been actively engaging with local businesses to combat rural crime and ensure the security of vital installations such as solar farms. Solar farms play a pivotal role in the UK’s renewable energy infrastructure.
Thames Valley Police
Monday, 3 July 2023
Man convicted of having knife in public – Milton Keynes
PC Daniel Smith from the Rural Crime Taskforce conducted a stop-and-search on Rolls following intelligence in Woolmans, Fullers Slade, at around 11am on Thursday (22/6).
