POLICE services across the south-west have united to launch a survey to explore crime in rural communities.

In Wiltshire, the Rural Crime Team cover all heritage and wildlife crime including theft of livestock and machinery, fly tipping, poaching and hare coursing to name a few.

All five Police and Crime Commissioners from Dorset, Devon and Cornwall, Avon and Somerset, Gloucestershire, and Wiltshire are hoping that this survey will provide further insight into what types of crime are affecting the rural communities of the South West.