News from the National Rural Crime Network and its members, along with articles and stories from other relevant contributors.
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.
MoreThe 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’.
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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.
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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:
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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.
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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.
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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 […]
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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 […]
MoreThe Environment Agency and Crimestoppers have produced leaflets to raise awareness of fly-tipping issues and reporting. For copies of the leaflets and posters click on the attached links. Farmers-Beware Landowners beware Flyer Poster
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The NFU launched its Combatting Rural Crime report with a reception at the House of Lords attended by MPs and peers including the new policing minister Nick Hurd MP (pictured above, centre, with Chief Constable Dave Jones of North Yorkshire Police and NFU Deputy President Minette Batters). The bill for rural crime is now more than £42.5 million and […]
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