Written Question·Home Office·UIN 80774

Crime Prevention: Rural Areas

Tabled: 10 October 2025
Answered: 20 October 2025

Question

Robin Swann

Ulster Unionist PartySouth Antrim

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she has taken to help tackle rural (a) rural crime and (b) thefts in the last two years.

Answer

Sarah Jones
Rural crime can have devastating consequences for countryside communities and the agricultural sector. Under our Safer Streets Mission reforms, rural communities will be safeguarded, with tougher measures to clamp down on equipment theft, anti-social beha...

This is an extract from the Parliament API. Search the full answer on Parliament.uk (UIN 80774) →