Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the number of thefts of agricultural GPS equipment recorded by police forces in each of the last five years; and what estimate she has made of the value of equipment stolen.

The Home Office does not centrally hold data on the number of thefts of agricultural GPS equipment recorded by police forces in each of the last five years, or the value of equipment stolen.

However, the National Farmers’ Union (NFU) Mutual Crime Report 2026 found that Global Positioning System (GPS) units saw a dramatic fall in cost, down 80% to nearly £250,000.