Survey reveals 60% see no improvement to rural policing with crime commissioners

Nearly 60% of those surveyed by the Countryside Alliance do not think rural policing has improved since the introduction of police and crime commissioners in 2012.

According to responses to the Countryside Alliance’s annual rural crime survey, 73% of the more than 2,000 people surveyed felt that rural crime has gotten worse in the last 12 months.

42% said they feel less safe than they did five years ago and 12% said they feel unsafe after dark in their homes or communities.

44% said they have felt “intimidated by criminality or criminals” over the last year with 16% considering moving or leaving their local area because of crime.