Rural Crime News

A Scottish farm has issued a plea to find people responsible for setting a tractor on fire.

Two men have been arrested in connection to a quad theft at a farm in the Llangammarch Wells area. 

A man has been charged following an incident that involved a knife at a Devon farm shop. 

Derbyshire Rural Crime Team is a part of a pioneering project that analyses canine DNA from livestock and can be used following dog attacks. 

A North Yorkshire farmer has recently raised concerns about a suspicious-looking vehicle that was hovering around his farm in Kilnsey, which led to five arrests. 

The owner of Cotswolds-based Diddly Squat Farm, Jeremy Clarkson, said that he has noticed suspicious activity around his home in recent weeks.

The widespread illicit smuggling of ‘bushmeat’ into the UK and its ‘home deliveries’ have been recently discovered by Countryside Alliance. 

Suffolk Police are appealing for help to locate the owner of a sheep that was found dead in Tunstall Forest on Tuesday, 4th March. 

Two farmers from North Yorkshire have been fined after a former teacher, David Clark, was killed by a herd of cows while crossing the right of way.

The CLA has challenged the government to launch its rural crime strategy, as new figures reveal how rural communities are being buried under mountains of fly-tipping. 

A sheep that was shot on a Suffolk rare breeds farm has made a full recovery, having recently given birth to “gorgeous” twins. 

Farm animals worth almost £1.8 million were severely injured or killed in dog attacks in 2024. This marks a decrease of 26% compared to the previous year, NFU Mutual has reported.