crime
27 Feb 2015
Arrests follow rural crime crackdown
FIVE people were arrested as police targeted rural crime hotspots and travelling criminals in North Yorkshire. The hard-hitting “day of action” on Thursday (26 February) saw suspected stolen property recovered,...
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17 Feb 2015
Rural crime clampdown yields results
A CLAMPDOWN against rural crime in Avon and Somerset yielded good results, say police. Dozens of officers across the Avon and Somerset force area took part in an overnight operation...
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15 Jan 2015
Fingerprints ‘breakthrough’ for wildlife crime investigators
Scientists say they have made a forensic breakthrough in the fight against wildlife crime. To read more from this BBC article, click here.
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29 Dec 2014
No horsing around in commissioner’s crackdown on fly-grazing
Hertfordshire’s crime commissioner is working in conjunction with an animal charity in an effort to tackle the countywide problem of ‘fly-grazing’ and stray horses. Fly-grazing involves using someone else’s land,...
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29 Dec 2014
Rural Crime prevention leaflet
A new Rural Crime prevention leaflet is available on the North Yorkshire Police website at http://www.northyorkshire.police.uk/ruralcrimeleaflet
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26 Nov 2014
Travelling criminals targeted in cross border crackdown
139 vehicles were stopped last night and cash and drugs seized in a joint police operation across the north of England. Five police forces took part in Operation Checkpoint which...
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26 Nov 2014
Home Secretary endorses agricultural crime initiative
Home Secretary Theresa May MP has praised an agricultural industry led crime initiative which brings farmers, auctioneers and the police together in an effort to put an end to livestock...
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10 Nov 2014
UFU hosts crime conference
The Ulster Farmers’ Union has hosted its inaugural rural crime conference ‘Tackling Rural Crime in Northern Ireland – Working Together’ at the Crumlin Road Gaol, welcoming nearly 140 people from...
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27 Oct 2014
Recorded Crime
Police forces in England and Wales are required to send police recorded crime data to the Home Office. The following analysis takes this quarterly data over the period September 2012...
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26 Oct 2014
Kent police scoop rural crime award
KENT Police have been named the country’s best rural crime fighters at a special awards ceremony in London. The Kent Police rural liaison team was crowned the best country crime...
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