Crime: Rural Areas

(asked on 6th September 2021) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what support she is providing to police forces to help tackle rural crime.


Answered by
Kit Malthouse Portrait
Kit Malthouse
This question was answered on 14th September 2021

We are committed to driving down rural crime, which is why the Government provides funding for the police’s National Wildlife Crime Unit and fully supports the National Police Chiefs’ Council’s Rural Affairs Strategy, which helps provide a better rural focus in policing. Delivery of the Strategy is supported by the Government’s recruitment of an additional 20,000 police officers over the next three years to ensure that the public are protected against crime, including rural crime. As of 30 June, this year Leicestershire have recruited 206 additional officers and have been allocated a total of 177 additional officers for years one and two of the uplift.

It is the responsibility of Police and Crime Commissioners and Chief Constables, who understand the priorities of their communities, to ensure that resources, including these new officers, are deployed accordingly.

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