Written Question·Home Office·UIN 71300

Crime: Rural Areas

Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 8 September 2025

Question

Matt Vickers

ConservativeStockton West

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what support is available to police forces tackling rural crime in (a) County Durham and (b) North Yorkshire.

Answer

Sarah Jones
Rural crime can have devastating consequences for countryside communities and the agricultural sector. That is why this Government is committed to reducing crime in rural areas. Under our Safer Streets Mission reforms, rural communities will be safeguarde...

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