During National Rural Crime Action Week 2026, FCN’s Joint Helpline Coordinator Mark Thomas reflects on the impact of rural crime on farmers and farm businesses.
Whether it’s machinery theft, poaching, fly-tipping, hare coursing, arson, or other criminal activity experienced in the rural community, the resulting disruption and costs to the business can be considerable.
But the implications of rural crime go well beyond the profit and loss account. Its impacts on people can be significant and long lasting.