Rural Crime News

An Essex-based chemical manufacturing company has been fined £2.5 million following two incidents of uncontrolled releases of highly corrosive acids at its site in West Thurrock. 

A vegan activist, Louise Murguia, has been found guilty of animal cruelty after she stole a lamb from a field in Dorset.

Nearly one in five people surveyed by the Countryside Alliance say they have considered leaving the area where they live due to the increase in rural crime. 

Almost 30 vehicles were stopped as part of a multi-agency operation to tackle rural crime and road safety along the border between Cambridgeshire and Lincolnshire, Cambridgeshire Constabulary confirmed.

63 ewes have been recovered following a theft of 75 sheep from a farm in Newcastle Emlyn, Wales. 

A farmer who lives in the biggest fly-tipping hotspot in the East of England and faces the crime on a daily basis has spoken out about how it influences his life.

A Hertfordshire farmer has expressed her frustration, as she had to spend thousands of pounds to remove 40 tonnes of fly-tipped waste from her land.

A 40-year-old man has been arrested after approximately 75 sheep have reportedly been stolen from a farm in Newcastle Emlyn, Wales. 

Urgent action has been demanded to protect the UK from a host of diseases with the potential to devastate British farming and jeopardise food supply, following a Countryside Alliance investigation.

Four alpacas and a sheep were shot dead in East Hatley, near Gamlingay, Cambridgeshire Police have confirmed.

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.