Six new officers are set to go full throttle on rural crime after receiving specialist off-road training.

A 31-year-old man from Oxford Road, Gerrard's Cross has been sentenced to six and a half months in prison for stealing a cattle trailer as well as driving while disqualified and without third party insurance.

Two men have been convicted of the theft and dishonest handling of property from farms across west Somerset following a lengthy police investigation.

A fundraiser is seeking to help cover a farmer's legal costs who was found not guilty of two charges after he used his telehandler to remove a car on his driveway.

In a separate incident, a Ford transit campervan was stolen from Well Street in Langham at around 9pm on Thursday, January 27

The arrests relate to 16 offences including the theft of caravans and horseboxes

Several items, including petrol-powered garden tools, were seized after reports of a burglary at a kennels in Henfield.

Dangerous farm tools were snatched in a burglary, which took place overnight, on a farm in Rise between February 6 and February 7.

A land Rover driver was left embarrassed after having to "beg a local farmer to help" pull him out of a particularly boggy patch of a field he was driving to navigate across.

Between 6pm on Saturday, February 12, and 8am on Monday, February 14, two quad bikes were stolen from a property in Alderholt.

Farmers in Cheshire are being urged to ramp up security after a number of farms were targeted by GPS thieves.

On arrival, crews confirmed that the barn, measuring approximately 20mx10m, was completely alight and a 27-year-old male was suffering from burn injuries. Firefighters administered first aid and he was taken to hospital shortly afterwards.

Police quickly recover trailer and quad bike stolen from a farm in a Harborough village

Eight people have been arrested following after a spate of rural crime at farms in Aylesbury Vale.

POLICE patrols have been stepped-up in the Worth Valley after a string of quad bike thefts – mainly from farms.

A JCB digger was stolen from a rural address in Wimborne, prompting a police investigation.

Criminal gangs are monitoring social media posts by farmers to create “shopping lists” of tractors and quad bikes they then steal from farms.

A rural affairs team in Cornwall has announced it will be setting its sights on illegal off-road riding and driving this Month.

Two men from Hailsham were arrested on Saturday, February 5, following a burglary in Henfield.

Police seize approximately £220k worth of property, including Royal Crown Derby porcelain in theft investigation

Wiltshire Police are warning people to be vigilant after a number of quad bike and vehicle thefts across the county.
The Rural Crime team say they have seen a rise in recent weeks.

Two suspects were arrested during a series of warrants conducted following a renewed commitment to tackling rural crime.

Officers were called just before 11am after two men in balaclavas were seen making off on a Honda Four Track quad bike from a farm near Harwood, in Teesdale, after breaking into a secured building.

Local organisations have joined forces to help tackle rural crime in Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park.

A prolific offender has been remanded after trying to target our rural community.

Fly-tipping was once again the top rural crime reported in the survey and, overall, 43% of people said they have been a victim of rural crime in the past 12 months.

The latest addition to the police fleet will not be caught up in a high-speed pursuit any time soon - but it will certainly turn heads when it's out and about.

Twelve minutes from report to arrest.
Two men have been charged with a number of offences following their arrest during a crackdown on rural crime this week.

Three suspects targeted an address in Mickleton in the early hours and took a quadbike and scrambler bike from an outside shed.

TWO suspected burglars accused of threatening their victim with a screwdriver during a raid at a remote farm were arrested within 12 minutes.

A farmer who saw a sharp rise in crime on her land has told how she has blocked 50 gateways, dug ditches around fields and hired a private security firm to protect her business.

Thieves have stolen 40 GPS tractor kits from farms across East Anglia and Hertfordshire in an organised crime wave estimated to have cost farmers about £500,000.

The pair started the pursuit after being disturbed trying to take a Polaris ATV vehicle from a farm building in Barnard Castle.

An increase in pet ownership and trips to the countryside also saw dog attacks on farm animals jump by 60 percent

North Wales Police (NWP) says the technology can help protect farmers who are often working in remote areas, on their own.

Scrambler bikes stolen from workshop on farm in Hullavington

The Northumberland Partnership Against Rural Crime has received "landmark funding"

Officers from Operation Reacher became slightly suspicious of a telehandler they were following on 11 October from Worksop towards Blyth.

South Somerset District Council’s planning enforcement team were informed in 2018 of a caravan being sited without planning permission on agricultural land in the tiny hamlet of Westport, between Ilminster and Langport, writes Daniel Mumby, Local Democracy Reporter

Reports of loud noise, reckless driving and anti-social behaviour have come from local residents.

A police spokesperson said on Thursday night: "As part of our commitment to tackling burglaries and car theft your Rossendale Rural Task Force and Armed Response Units have been patrolling the areas that border Manchester.

Detectives in Ballymena are investigating a series of recent rural crimes where a number of high-value items were reported stolen from properties in the area.

Four men have appeared in court charged with offences relating to the theft of fuel in west Kent.