Coronavirus and Organised Crime in rural areas.

Bleating Lamb

Just watching 1o’clock news,big increases in drug pushing arrests etc,organised crime still a jibe g problem.more shootings,attempted murders have doubled but funnily they never mentioned rural crime on the news snippet.....( maybe not as perhaps Rural Policing is not really a priority....thinking of all the closed Stations!!).

Would imagine that thefts of quads/tractors etc has to be down as it would be harder for the criminals to move them undetected with the lockdown restrictions.

Has anyone anecdotal evidence of how Crime rates are in Rural Irelabd since the Lockdown measures began?

Bleating Lamb

Just bumping this.....haven’t heard of any Farm related Burglaries in this area (Leitrim) since Coronavirus movement restrictions came in....the perpetrators obv afraid they will be easier to spot out at night checking out places to hit.

Anyone any news/views on this fron around the Country?

Bass Reeves

Look at the ATM robbery it was easy for police helicopter to spot escape as fewer cars on road. Criminals moving long distances to commit crime are more noticeable. It no longer a needle in haystack

davidk1394

On a more light hearted note. Along our road (before the lockdown) a couple of children painted rocks and started putting along the road. As they walked up and down the road they'd pick up a stone and then drop it where they stopped walking. A new neighbour got worried and rang the locan Garda and said the stones were used to mark out houses to be burgled. The children had to stop with the little game.