Crime: Rural Areas
Commons · Question 119881 · Tabled 11 Mar 2026 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 19 Mar 2026
Question
Asked by Jim Shannon
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help support police forces in addressing rural crime.
Answer
Answered by Sarah Jones, 19 Mar 2026
Our police reforms will end the postcode lottery of provision by setting central targets, increasing transparency so people can see how their force is performing, and taking robust action where forces are not performing.With our Neighbourhood Policing Gua...