Theft of plant and agriculture machinery

 The theft of agriculture plant and machinery has been a prevalent issue across the UK and local rural areas have suffered some significant loss due to this.

Items of plant and machinery are hugely expensive and easy to sell for profit and often targeted by organised criminal groups.

The Neighbourhood Policing Team would advise the following crime prevention actions:

• Consider fitting tracking devices on your agriculture and plant vehicles. You can also mark them using security or forensic markings. Check with your insurance provider as some will offer discounts once a tracker is fitted.
• Consider locking vehicles and plant in secure outbuildings or containers.
• Record vehicle and machinery serial numbers and take photographs for reference. If your plant is stolen a photo will increase publicity and possibly aid the recovery of your stolen property.
• Secure your vehicle (QUAD and ATVs) using suitable locking devices and fixed ground anchors secured to the floor using the correct gauge in security chains and padlocks.
• Protect your vehicles, trailers and plant by registering them on the Immobilise Property Register.
• Consider fitting a key safe so keys to vehicles are kept in a secure place.
• Remove all GPS from your machines when not in use and store in a secure place.
• Ensure all trailers are fitted with a good standard wheel clamp and hitch lock. Consider the use of a ground anchor also.

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• 2 March 2025
  

  We are in the process of trying to organise an equipment marking day ,which will held at Standerwick market .

  Hopefully we will have some more soon .