Farm animals worth an estimate £2.3 million were stolen from UK farms last year – with the cost of livestock rustling in the south west rising by a third. New figures released today by rural insurer NFU Mutual reveal that rustling was one of the most costly crimes for British farmers, after vehicle and machinery theft. Although the pandemic saw the cost of rustling decrease by a quarter in the UK overall, in the south west region the cost of animals stolen rose by more than a third to an estimated £320,000. One of the reasons the UK total fell was the Midlands seeing a sharp fall of 44 per cent in 2020 followed the successful prosecution of livestock thieves who horrified farmers and the public in 2019 by barbarically slaughtering large numbers sheep in fields in Northamptonshire and leaving their remains behind.
Farm animals worth an estimate £2.3 million were stolen from UK farms last year – with the cost of livestock rustling in the south west rising by a third. New figures released today by rural insurer NFU Mutual reveal that rustling was one of the most costly crimes for British farmers, after vehicle and machinery theft. Although the pandemic saw the cost of rustling decrease by a quarter in the UK overall, in the south west region the cost of animals stolen rose by more than a third to an estimated £320,000. One of the reasons the UK total fell was the Midlands seeing a sharp fall of 44 per cent in 2020 followed the successful prosecution of livestock thieves who horrified farmers and the public in 2019 by barbarically slaughtering large numbers sheep in fields in Northamptonshire and leaving their remains behind.
Livestock worth £2.3m stolen from UK farms in 2020
25 January 2021 |
The cost of rustling fell in most regions but the South West saw a sharp rise
New figures reveal that farm animals worth an estimated £2.3m were stolen from UK farms in 2020, making it one of the most costliest crimes for farmers.
Although the pandemic saw the cost of rustling decrease by a quarter, in the South West region the cost of animals stolen rose by over a third to an estimated £320,000.
Overall, livestock rustling remains one of the most costly crimes for British farmers after vehicle and machinery theft.
The Midlands saw a sharp fall of 44% in 2020 following the prosecution of thieves, who, in 2019, slaughtered large numbers sheep in Northamptonshire.
Man sought for questioning in connection with robbery of food deliveryman
Updated Jan 12, 2021;
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. The NYPD is asking for tips via social media to solve the gunpoint robbery of a man delivering food a week ago in West Brighton.
The suspects then fled in a white BMW, according to the flyer.
Anyone with any information is urged to contact the Staten Island Robbery Squad at 718-876-8415 or the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-8477 (TIPS) or for Spanish, 1-888-577-4782 (PISTA). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then entering TIP577. All calls are strictly confidential.