Identifying Types of Rural Crime
Knowing the difference can change what happens next.
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A vehicle is seen driving slowly across private farmland at night, using a powerful lamp to dazzle and shoot deer.
Livestock worrying
Lamping
Poaching
Hare coursing
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Individuals are trespassing on private land with metal detectors searching for archaeological artifacts or treasure.
Poaching with traps
Coursing
Nighthawking
Metal theft
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Large amounts of household waste are dumped overnight in a gateway or field.
Littering
Anti-social behaviour
Pollution
Waste Crime
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Two dogs are released to chase a hare across open farmland for sport and betting.
Illegal hound racing
Dog mucking
Hare coursing
Dog worrying
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Alpacas in a farmers field are attacked or killed by a dog that is loose and not under control.
Livestock theft
Poaching
Criminal damage
Livestock Attacks
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Fuel is siphoned from farm tanks during the night and sold on illegally.
Metal theft
Organised poaching
Fly‑tipping
Fuel theft
Trespass
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An offender enters a barn at night and steals tractors, tools, or GPS equipment.
Aggravated trespass
Agricultural machinery, equipment, and vehicle theft
Sheep rustling
Fly‑grazing
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Fish are taken from a river without permission and outside legal seasons.
Lamping
Hunting
Illegal fishing (poaching)
Fly‑tipping
Criminal damage
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Horses are illegally placed onto private farmland without the landowner’s permission and left to graze.
Trespass
Animal cruelty
Fly‑grazing
Agricultural poaching
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Livestock such as sheep or cattle are stolen from fields and transported elsewhere for sale.
Burglary
Rustling
Illegal slaughter
Cownapping and Sheepnapping
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