In July 2017, the NFU launched its Combatting Rural Crime report with a reception at the House of Lords attended by MPs and peers including the policing minister Nick Hurd MP...read more.
Our recent work:
- Members are being asked to respond to Defra's consultation on waste crime - take part in the consultation before 21 March 2018 here.
- NFU responds to Government announcement on fly-tipping: following the launch of the 25-Year Environment Plan.
- 'Left behind': NFU calls for fairer police funding: NFU chief land management adviser Sam Durham said: “Rural areas have unique policing challenges and it is essential funding is available to take these specific needs into account. This report highlights concerns they are being left behind to become a soft target for criminals.
- Police, CPS and NFU join forces to combat hare-coursing: 31police forces, representing over 90% of forces facing issues with hare coursing in England and Wales, and the Crown Prosecution Service joined the NFU at a seminar on 19 December 2018.
Coverage includes:
- Rural crime responses: Examines the work of Lincolnshire and North Yorkshire police forces and provides information on cyber crime and how to avoid it.
Further rural crime news and analysis:
- NFU joins call to put rural issues on government agenda
- Three police forces join together to tackle rural crime
- Hare coursing 'a serious blight', MP tells parliament
- Scourge of the countryside: These fly-tipping images show true scale of problem
- Fly-tipping 'spiralling out of control'
- National warning over baled waste crime
- Rural crime costs up 20% despite 'fortress farms'
How we inform the public about rural crime and how they can help
Our public campaign, Back British Farming has an information page on hare-coursing, fly-tipping and theft.