Rural Crime News

Police have apologised after dozens of 4X4s linked to hare coursing ripped through farmland and fields across the county.

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary is warning farmers about a farm machinery scam that is affecting victims across the UK.

A farm company and its director have been fined almost £8,000 after failing to ensure that slurry on his land did not cause pollution.

One of the Lurcher puppies is still missing following the theft of seven dogs that happened in North Dorset just after Christmas. 

A Wiltshire farmer has been given a suspended prison sentence after decaying sheep carcases were found on the farm.

Communities across Lancashire will receive funding to crackdown on rural crime following the theft of a milk tanker and other large farming vehicles. 

Officers from Dorset Police are appealing for information following the theft of seven puppies that happened just after Christmas.

Another dog attack on livestock happened in Suffolk in the space of just two weeks, seeing three sheep being killed by out-of-control dogs. 

A fire that destroyed two barns as well as three tractors on a farm near Totton, Hampshire, is being treated as an arson attack.

A pregnant ewe was attacked and killed by a dog in a field in Lavenham, Suffolk. 

A Buckinghamshire-based animal farm has issued a plea for help after its goats were stolen for the second time. 

A family-run farm shop located in North Yorkshire has shared a video of a recent incident that saw a shoplifter driving into a worker who tried to stop him from leaving the premises.