The National Rural Crime Network (NRCN) is welcoming the Environment Secretary’s decision to set up a review of serious and organised waste crime and its impact on communities.
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National Rural Crime Network calls on Home Office not to forget rural communities
Posted on June 6, 2018 in Breaking News, GenericThe Chair of the National Rural Crime Network has urged the Home Office not to forget rural communities when deciding how much money should be given to police forces to fight crime and anti-social behaviour.
MoreHave your say, make your voice heard – The 2018 National Rural Crime Survey
Posted on April 12, 2018 in Breaking News, Research
It’s three years since the last National Rural Crime Survey revealed the huge cost of crime to rural communities – both financial, at £800 million per year, and fear, with chronic under-reporting, anger and frustration at the police and government.
MoreNRCN response to ‘The countryside at a crossroads’ report
Posted on March 22, 2018 in Breaking NewsThe NRCN has commented on today’s report from the House of Lords Select Committee on the Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006, ‘The countryside at a crossroads’.
MoreRural communities at risk of being cut off from justice system
Posted on March 21, 2018 in Breaking News, Generic
Rural communities risk being cut off from the criminal justice system due to closures of courts and tribunal buildings, according to the National Rural Crime Network.
MoreLivestock Worrying Report: Our View
Posted on February 21, 2018 in Breaking News
The National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC) have today produced a new report on the barriers they face tackling attacks on livestock. This is the response of Julia Mulligan, Chair of the National Rural Crime Network:
MoreNRCN seeks research partner to help count the true cost of rural crime
Posted on November 3, 2017 in Breaking News, Research
Following the success of the largest rural crime policing survey in 2015, the NRCN is looking for a research partner to help them repeat the exercise and identify what progress has been made and what still needs to be done.
MoreNRCN seeks research partner to understand domestic abuse in rural areas
Posted on November 1, 2017 in Breaking News, Research
The National Rural Crime Network is looking for a research partner to help them understand the barriers to reporting domestic abuse in rural areas, improve reporting, and improve services to victims to help them to cope and recover.
MoreRural crime tops commissioner’s agenda
Posted on August 23, 2017 in Breaking News, Generic
Rural crime topped the agenda during a visit by Derbyshire Police and Crime Commissioner Hardyal Dhindsa. Mr Dhindsa was at Castleton Visitor Centre in Hope Valley on Thursday (17 August) to where he pledged to do more to help rural communities. He met representatives from the Peak Park Authority, Derbyshire Dales District Council and High […]
MoreSharp rise in cost of rural crime
Posted on August 15, 2017 in Generic
THE cost of rural theft has risen sharply in the first half of 2017 – despite a 4% drop last year. Early theft claims statistics for the first half of this year show a sharp rise of over 20%, according to NFU Mutual’s 2017 Rural Crime Report. The rural insurer said the figures raised concerns […]
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