Rural Crime Action Week

Writing from his family’s farm in Cumbria, Farmers Guardian online content specialist Tom Ryder reflects on the reality of rural crime, after thieves targeted both his family farm and, recently, Jeremy Clarkson’s Diddly Squat

Through the Rural Crime Partnership, the Young Farmers’ Clubs of Ulster work to raise awareness of practical steps to keep communities and businesses safe

Members have been encouraged to contact the CLA on all matters related to crime, particularly as it helps in its work with police forces across the North and beyond

In the rural districts of West Oxfordshire, South Oxfordshire, and Vale of White Horse, the decrease in rural crime was 36% in the first quarter of this year compared to the same quarter last year