Rural Crime News- 14th November

Crimestoppers

Crimestoppers in an independent charity that has been helping communities to ‘Speak up. Stay safe.’ for over 30 years. Our 0800 555 111 telephone number and website crimestoppers-uk.org gives people the power to speak up and pass on information about crime 100% anonymously and in over 30 years, we have always kept this promise. Our staff are expertly trained in how to take information from callers and they are regularly given updated training in what to ask because crimes, drugs and methods change rapidly.

• It’s estimated that around 20% of people are unwilling to speak directly to the police. This can be for a host of reasons, from fear of reprisals to cultural reasons. That’s why Crimestoppers charity is here to help.

• In 2017 / 2018 over 450,000 trusted us with their crime information and since Crimestoppers was established in 1988, it has received over 1.9 million actionable calls, resulting in more than 144,000 arrests and charges, over £136 million worth of stolen goods have been recovered and over £346 million worth of illegal drugs have been seized.

Here to help!

• We have hundreds of volunteers across the UK who help us promote our services to those that need to hear about them and every region of the UK has a Crimestoppers team responsible for raising awareness of our charity and running local campaigns about issues that affect their area.

• A large part of the work that we do, is to raise awareness of crime types and encourage people to use the service. We do this by regional and national campaigns. In the past year, Crimestoppers has run many campaigns on specific crime types to help the public better understand traditionally taboo crimes, such as Modern Slavery and Domestic Abuse.

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• In 2005, Crimestoppers launched the UK's Most Wanted on its website which allows the public to view images of criminals and pass on vital information about their whereabouts. It has been highly successful, with over 4,200 arrests to date.

• This year Crimestoppers has also made new efforts in fighting Rural Crime.

• Rural crime is on the rise and it is a serious issue for farmers, businesses and those who live in the countryside.

Rural crime

Whether it is large-scale, industrial fly-tipping, hare coursing, livestock theft or machinery theft, rural crime has a devastating effect on farms and other rural businesses. Those responsible for this blight on our countryside are suspected of having links to organised crime. It is vital that we bring them to justice. In conjunction with the NFU, Crimestoppers has launched its dedicated Rural Crime hotline 0800 783 0137 for the public to give information anonymously about one of these four crimes: • Large-scale industrial fly-tipping • Hare coursing • Livestock theft • Machinery theft

Rural Crime isn’t the only crime types that has seen an increase. Over recent years, Our charity has seen a significant rise in reporting on Modern Slavery (75%), Domestic Abuse (37.5%), Possession of Weapons (35%) and Violence (18%) and around 10 people are arrested and charged every day as a result of information given to Crimestoppers.

Fighting crime

Farmwatch It’s a good idea to keep up to date on the current crime trends in your area. A good way to do this is to join your local Farmwatch.

Lincolnshire Farm and Country Business Watch is a scheme that shares information and knowledge to reduce opportunities for

crime.

The scheme launched in 2005 and has a membership of over 1,300, with new members signing up all the time.

The scheme works in partnership with:

• Force Neighbourhood Policing Teams (NPTs)

• Lincolnshire Police Wildlife Crime Officer

• NFU East Midlands Region

• Country Land & Business Association (CLA)

• Lincolnshire Federation of Small Businesses (FSB)

• Arson Task Force, Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue.

As a registered member, you will also be part of the LincsAlert system. This is a digital messaging system that allows our

neighbourhood policing teams to send messages direct to you. Messages will inform you of criminal activities happening in your

area. It will also offer general information and advice that can assist in reducing crime.

To sign up please visit: http://www.lincolnshirebusinessalert.co.uk/

Other types of crime • Rural Crime isn’t the only crime types that

has seen an increase. Over recent years, Our charity has seen a significant rise in reporting on Modern Slavery (75%), Domestic Abuse (37.5%), Possession of Weapons (35%) and Violence (18%) and around 10 people are arrested and charged every day as a result of information given to Crimestoppers.

• The rise in figures shows that the need for

Crimestoppers charity continues to grow. If we weren’t here, then where would the callers go? It would be wrong to say automatically that they would go to the police as at least 20% won’t speak directly to the police, for a host of reasons, which is why CS is uniquely places to help keep our communities safe.

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Rural crime? … Report it every time We rely on information from our rural community. Every call counts and adds to our intelligence picture. Please

continue to report hare coursing or any other rural crime. We are genuinely grateful for every call.

We appreciate that some people will wish to report anonymously, and that’s fine too …

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