Panic as Britain's churches hit by horror spate of crimes including £90k heist

Church in the UK are being targeted in a string of crimes (Image: Getty)Britain's churches have been hit by a string of targeted attacks including arson and a £97,000 silver heist, as concerning figures point to a growing trend.The Countryside Alliance, an organsation that aims to "Give Rural Britian a voice" has revealed that between 2022 and 2024, more than 9,000 crimes have been commited on church property and other religious premises. The group made Freedom of Information (FOI) requestes to all of the nation's 45 territorial police forces, with 33 providing them with worrying figures.Upon investigating the data showed that there were 9,148 records of theft, burglary, criminal damage, vandalism, and assault from January 2022 to December 2024. Based on the results, that would mean over the three-year period, churches were victim to at least eight crimes everyday. The investigation comes as part of the Countryside Alliance's continous campaign to focus on rural churches and increase f...