rural crime

Fuel theft
Agriculture/Livestock News
Rural residents in the UK alarmed as fuel theft increases
The UK farming community has seen a huge increase on fuel theft, which has more than doubled in both cost and frequency in the first quarter of this year, compared to the same period in 2021. This was established from statistics extracted from a NFU Mutual rural crime report. In the company’s view, the increase was driven both by criminal gangs roaming freely since the end of pandemic restrictions and…