Rural Crime News

Crimestoppers has partnered with Cumbria, Lancashire, North Yorkshire, Northumbria, Cleveland and Durham police forces to help tackle cross-border rural crime. 

Eight rare breed chickens have been stolen in what farm owners fear is a planned and targeted theft.

Evie Watson was ordered to pay £700 after her two dogs killed 15 sheep and injured another 13, costing the farmer over £7,400.

Warwickshire Police said that over 100 sheep have been stolen from fields in the county. 

Personal details of staff working at a Norfolk poultry factory have been stolen in a cyber attack. 

A 16-year-old boy will appear in court over claims that he drove a tractor underage and was using his phone while driving. 

Around 40 sheep were stolen from a farm in the South East, leaving the farmer “heartbroken”. 

Harvest is on hold at the farm after organised criminals broke into a locked grain shed to steal the loader, bypassing security measures.

Agricultural cooperative Dachie Livestock is asking people for information in regards to an incident in which a sheep was killed with “either a crossbow/bow and arrow or similar weapon”. 

A radical animal rights group, Animal Rising, has been fined nearly £60,000 after causing around £100,000 worth of damage at an Arla dairy distribution centre in Hertfordshire. 

Hertfordshire farmer Geoff Simms has fallen victim to rural crime after thieves ripped the GPS dome from the roof of his John Deere tractor. 

Police are appealing for information in regards to £2,000 of damage that was done to crops on a field in East Dorset.