Rural crime

New report warns current system is failing with victims left to pay the price

Officers discovered animals kept in unacceptable conditions on the farm in Liskeard back in 2024 with no change during a 2025 visit despite the farmer receiving advice

While overall UK crime fell by 6%, the cost affecting Northern Ireland has risen to over £2 million

Tackling domestic abuse requires the Government to confront inequality in how safety is designed and delivered, and to ensure rural victims, including children and families, are no longer overlooked

Although the cost of rural crime across the UK fell by 6%, in Scotland it rose by 14% reaching £1.4 million

Under Manx law, dog owners can be fined up to £1,000 if their pet is found worrying livestock while straying, or not under control, on farmland

Officers said a member of the public had to pull the dog away from the sheep in order to prevent further injury

Wiltshire Council said the resident had made no attempt to use the household recycling centre which was open on the day the waste was dumped

A Cornish farmer has been told to pay out £3,765 after a spill of digestate at his farm led to a fish kill in the River Ottery

What is being done to protect roads in the countryside from the sorry state of fly-tipping?