Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to reduce rural crime.

Police reform is working and crime has fallen by well over a quarter since 2010, according to the independent Crime Survey for England and Wales. Overall, people in rural areas are two thirds as likely to be the victim of crime as those in urban areas. The election of Police and Crime Commissioners has given communities, including those in rural areas, a strong voice in determining how police resources are allocated to tackle the crimes that matter most to them.