Warwick Rural Area
Modern Day Slavery Advice
Sadly, slavery is not confined to history books. Warwickshire Police are joining with charities, businesses, individuals, local authorities and colleagues from other police forces to raise awareness of slavery in 2021. Modern slavery and human trafficking are horrendous crimes affecting some of the most vulnerable people in our communities. People are forced to work each day against…
Read MoreIntensification Week Sees Force Target County Lines Drug Activity
Numerous arrests were made during a week-long operation designed to crack down on county lines activity within Warwickshire. County lines involves groups travelling from large urban areas to smaller county locations on a regular basis to sell drugs, collect drugs and deliver cash. The groups may challenge existing ones from the area or other group…
Read MoreSecurity Advice Following Car Key Burglaries – South Warwickshire
Warwickshire Police is issuing home security advice to residents, ahead of the clocks going back and the darker evenings drawing in. In recent weeks, car key burglaries have been reported in South Warwickshire, including Stratford, Alcester, Wellesbourne, Snitterfield and Southam. Several of the offences are being treated as linked, with most incidents occurring overnight. The…
Read MoreHave your say on contacting Warwickshire Police
A survey has been launched to help inform our understanding of how the public wish to contact and engage with the force. The survey has been commissioned by Warwickshire Police and is open to anyone who lives or works in the county. Those taking part in the survey do not need to have ever contacted…
Read MoreCaravan Recovered in Ryton on Dunsmore
Officers from the Rural Crime Team and Rugby Police Safer Neighbourhood Team attended a location near Ryton on Dunsmore this week. Information was received that a stolen caravan was being stored at the location. The caravan was confirmed as stolen, taken from Inkberrow in Worcestershire in 2016, so was seized and recovered. Unfortunately the caravan was…
Read MoreRural Security Event on Monday 18th October
The Warwickshire Rural Crime Team will be at the Rural Security Event at Rugby Farmers Market, Stoneleigh Park, CV8 2RG, on Monday 18th October, between 10am and 2pm. Also there will be the NFU, NFU Mutual Insurance, Tracker UK with their new nano trackers and Datatag, plus different types of crime prevention equipment for you to see.…
Read MoreATV Stolen in Hockley Heath
Inc 316 of 5/10/21 At around 17.00 hrs yesterday (5/10/21), 2 males entered a farm in Hockley Heath and stole a brown Yamaha ATV, that had a plastic tool box on the front and a wood basket on the rear. If you saw anyone acting suspiciously in the area, or have any information that could…
Read MoreWarwickshire Rural Crime Team at Crime Prevention Event in Packington
Officers from the Warwickshire Rural Crime Team will be at the Rural Policing and Crime Prevention event in Packington, just over our border in Leicestershire, on Saturday (9/10/21). As well as working with our border forces on a regular basis and supporting each other on operations, intelligence sharing etc, a number of farms have land in both…
Read MoreAdvice on Second Hand Caravans
The Rural Crime Team have put together a short video for those looking at purchasing a 2nd hand caravan. https://www.facebook.com/WarwickshireRuralCrimeTeam/videos/137952598546701 (If this link does not work by clicking onto, copy and paste into your browse bar). This is part 1 of 3 videos that they will be releasing over the next few weeks. The films…
Read MoreGPS Systems Stolen From Tractors in Wootton Wawen
Crime ref: 23/39489/21 Sometime overnight on the 29th/30th September, unknown offender(s) entered a farm in Wootton Wawen and stole GPS systems from 2 x tractors. If you saw anyone acting suspiciously in the area, or have any information that could help the police with their enquiries, possible CCTV or Dash-cam footage, please contact us by either advising us…
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