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ANCASHIRE is among the top 10 counties when it comes to rural ’


....... And it is one ofthe hard- :'A est hit areas for livestock ■ . theft, which rose by 25 per ■ cent across the UK, making • last year one of the worst on •record. ,;. In total the cost of rural


„ crime in Lancashire last year : was an estimated £1,8m, ” putting the county in joint fourth place along with Kent


i■ y- According to NFU Mutual, ; high-value tractors stolen for , export, a substantial rise in , sheep rustling and opportun­ ist thefts of garden tools and ornaments helped push up


the cost of rural crime to near record levels


The rural insurer's annual


rural crime survey revealed the cost of crime to the rural economy totalled £44.5m , in 2013-u p 5.2 per cent on


2012 figures and close to the • 2011 peak for crime in the countryside. At an estimated £27 mil­


lion, Cambridgeshire bore the greatest cost of any UK county while the East Midlands, Northern Ireland, East Anglia and the North East experi- enced the largest year-on-year increases (38 per cent, 15 per cent, 12 per cent and 12 per cent respectively).. Large-scale sheep rustling


in the North West ledto the cost of livestock theft claims


increasing by 68 per cent. Another new crime trend


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.. identified in the survey is the theft of chemicals such as fer­ tilisers and pesticides, which can be taken in small or large


• volumes and exported quickly and easily. In one example, • close to £20,000 worth of - chemicals was taken in one raid alone. The Mutual surveyed its


network of more than 300 local offices throughout rural


“ areas.of the UK to identify cur­ rent trends. It found the most commonly targeted items in the last 12 months were fuel


-such as domestic heating oil - and farmers' supplies of 'red' diesel - tools and quad bikes


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• Rural theft estimated : to have cost UK economy


• £44 5m in 2013 • Driven up by thefts of high-value tractors worth ■ ■


up to £80,000 .• Livestock theft up 25% '


. as thieves target she&p. and cattle


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Top 10 UK counties by estimated cost of rural crime


1. Cambridgeshire (£2.7m) 2- Lincolnshire (£2.3m) 3. Essex (£2.1 m) 4=. Kent (£1.8m)


4=. Lancashire (£1.8m) 6. Suffolk (£1,5m)


^?. Co. Antrim (£1.2m) 1,


10. Somerset (£ 2m) 1


. 7. North Yorkshire (£1,5m) I .! 8. Leicestershire (£1,3m) I


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Top 10 items ta rg e ted by thieves


I 1. Tools


.,i ?. ATVs/Quad bikes 3. Oil/Diesel 4. Machinery 5. Garden equipment 6. Livestock 7. Tractors 8. Trailers 9. Vehicles


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