Nuneaton and Bedworth Rural Area
Alert
Warwickshire Police have received a number of calls regarding people being flagged down by a male asking for money for fuel or stating that he has his pregnant wife in the car and needs fuel. If you come across a similar situation please stay in your vehicle and keep it secure, including your window up. …
Read MoreFREE Anti-Tamper Number Plate Screws
We have received a number of reports around the county of number plates being stolen by offenders. If you have your number plate(s) stolen, please report to the police in case it is used by the offender(s) in a crime. To help protect your number plates we have a limited supply of packs of anti-tamper…
Read MoreLarge Quantity of Waste Fly Tipped on Grange Road Hartshill
A large quantity of general waste has been fly tipped on Grange Road, Hartshill. If you have any information, including dashcam or mobile phone photos, that could assist the police or local council in identifying the offender(s) or you recognise anything from the photos that would help with identifying where this waste may have come…
Read MoreNew Member to Rural Crime Team
Following funding from the Office of the Warwickshire Police and Crime Commissioner, we are pleased to welcome Jack Deaves to our Rural Crime Team. Jack will be working in the North of the county providing crime prevention advice and supporting victims of rural crime. If you have a farm, stables or remote rural property and would like a crime…
Read MoreFly Tipping in Hartshill
There have been a number of incidents of fly tipping reported in different areas along Woodford Lane, Hartshill. If you see a vehicle or persons acting suspiciously in this area or have any information, including dashcam or mobile phone photos, that could assist the police or local council in identifying the offender(s) please email ruralcrimeteam@warwickshire.police.uk,…
Read MoreTake Five – Advice on Purchases
Where possible, use a credit card when making purchases over £100 and up to £30,000 as you receive protection under Section 75 of the Consumer Credit Act. You could get your money back if: The product or service is faulty The company you bought the product or service from breaks their contract with you The…
Read MoreArrest in Bulkington
A man was arrested after a van failed to stop for officers and collided with a police car in Bulkington yesterday morning. Officers tried to stop the van in Shilton Lane when it fled the scene colliding with the police car in the process. An officer suffered minor injuries in the collision. It was stopped…
Read MoreAppeal Re Damage Caused to Monument of Fallen Soldier in Nuneaton
Officers in Nuneaton have expressed their disgust at this damage caused to a monument to a fallen soldier in Riversley Park, Nuneaton. The monument was to Fusilier Louis Carter who died while serving in Afghanistan in 2009. He was helping a wounded colleague at the time. To make matters worse, the damage was discovered and…
Read MoreMale Charged and Stolen Property Recovered
The Rural Crime Team have charged a 47 year old man from the Southam area to court for a barn burglary that occurred in the Hatton area in early September 2022. The investigation led the officers to locating stolen property from a number of other burglaries in the Warwickshire area which they were pleased to…
Read MoreStolen Car Recovered by Rural Crime Team
RCT officers recently located this stolen Ford Fiesta in the north of the county. As part of our teams continued development, we have managed to obtain two vehicles with mounted Tracker systems. These systems pick up the signal output by specific tracker systems, we then follow the arrow on the screen to locate the vehicle.…
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