Rural crime

Arrests yet to be made after 11 sheep worth around £2,000 disappeared from Diddly Squat

Trained community volunteers will be deployed to provide drone support to live police incidents

More than 22,000 tonnes of waste were illegal dumped on the site which officers first responded to in July 2025

Cases of rural crime show the immense emotional, financial and environmental burden placed on British farmers and growers

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

National Rural Crime Action Week runs from September 6 to 11

The television star has told the thieves to ‘put them back’ after discovering the sheep missing

Items including a JCB dumper truck, horseboxes a generator and a trailer were recovered

The site was larger than the pitch at Wembley Stadium including tonnes of commercial and household waste